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Aug 27, 2013 | 12:02 am

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Originally Posted by wenzlydale

I was upgraded to a OF Mid-J 744 last week and was told by the CSD that no more 744s were being upgraded to NF because it cost 80K GBP/seat and they were short of LH frames.

I was told that this situation would last until at least March 2014 when the new LH frames arriving would be able to release enough NF 744s to retire the OF ones.

The reason is not because they are short of aircraft, but because the 14 unrefurbished aircraft are first on the list to be retired (based on their scheduled D checks) once more A380s start joining the fleet.

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