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Old Jun 12, 2006, 2:10 pm
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tommy777
 
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Originally Posted by larsll
In a kind of facinating comment today in Dagbladet the Boeing Technical Director in Europe claims it is unbelievable that someone would close down a 737 Classic heavy maintenance facility in a fast growing market.

I assume that most smaller LCC-style airlines will have to buy such services from the market as it is not their core business to run such a facility.
I don't know where DY service their 733s, but SVG could be a good alternative. But I think LH Teknik and many others are probably just as competitive as SAS.

I think it's just as important for SAS to focus on being a good airline instead of trying to do business servicing LCCs old 737s
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