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Old Mar 15, 2020, 11:53 am
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highupinthesky
 
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Originally Posted by citiflyerUK
I imagine they will be trying to preserve as much cash as possible not spending it on upgrades that are not essential.
This is a temporary situation and in the long run, they will save money by doing the upgrades now when the birds is on the ground anyway and normal maintenance is reduced.
For the installation I saw an article once, where it was stated that it take 7 days with work round the clock to install the internet in 1 bird. If they do it now, they can do it in normal day time and spread it over 3-4 weeks and probably work on multiple birds in parallel.

Also the birds are build to fly. If you don't get them in the air at least once a week, you need to do additional checks/maintenance before you fly with pax the next time. If a bird is expected to be on the ground for a month or more, you need to prepare it for long storage, otherwise it can take days to get it back in the air.
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