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Old Sep 18, 2017 | 10:25 pm
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Originally Posted by kylejaymes
What's the lifespan (how many cycles) of AC's A330s? Do you figure they'd be sold off, or scrapped?
Fairly new planes actually. Less than 17 years old. Compare that with their 320s, on average 24 years old.

Anyway, they are repainting them, so, doesn't look like they won't keep long.

I seem to recall AC kept their DC-9s for over thirty years.
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