A quick update on the new arrivals to Cotswold Airport for scrapping. These lot have all arrived in the last 3-6 months to be parted out by Air Salvage International Ltd
Here’s some photos from around this time last year
Now, let’s take look at the aircraft on the ground at EGBP as of 19th March
Boeing 727-269(A) M-FTOH was initially sent to EGBP in October for storage while she waited for a new owner. Unfortunately, she’s not looking so healthy any more and a new owner is nowhere to be seen! Anyone interested in buying a vintage 727?
GA Telesis have acquired two Ex Thai Airways International Boeing 777-2D7(ER)s and re-registered them as N175GT (Ex HS-TJE, stored at EGBP 23. Dec 2016) & N176GT (Ex HS-TJF, std at EGBP 12. Jan 2017).
They are slowly being parted out with Trent 700 Engines being removed
Air Atlanta Icelandic (Ex Saudia) Boeing 747-4H6 TF-AAE with missing engines, std at EGBP 27. Oct 2016.
The crazy thing about this aircraft? When I was 3 months old, she was the first aircraft I ever flew on, registered as 9M-MPI with Malaysia Airlines. Of course, I remember nothing of the flight but my dad logs all the flights he has been on. Funny how these things work out!
Thanks for checking out my photos! All taken on a Canon EOS 700D with 18-135mm & 70-200mm Lenses!
There’s a few lay-bys on the side of the road on the South side. Otherwise, you can just drive into the AV8 parking area or head down past the Bristol Britannia to get a look at the aprons
The banks that own the aircraft find that the aircraft is worth more as individual parts than as a whole airframe. They don’t want to lease the aircraft any longer as it won’t be as profitable
There are no VS aircraft at EGBP. To my knowledge, there have never been any VS aircraft at EGBP. However here is some information that may answer your question
VS currently have 7 A340-642s in operation and have sold on or stored 12. Of these 12, 4 are stored.
G-VWIN, wfu 08. Jan 2017, std at LDE 09. Jan 2017
G-VNAP, wfu 09. Jan 2015, std at LDE 24. Feb 2015
G-VWKD, wfu 18. Jun 2016, std at SFB 23. Jun 2016
G-VBLU, wfu 22. Apr 2016, std at SFB 27. Apr 2016
I’m not sure of the current state of these aircraft, some may still be in one piece and others may be scrapped (unknown to me). If some are in one piece, VS could use them at some point to provide extra seats. However, I have not heard of any particular problems with the fleet of 787s and I have not heard anything about A340s being brought back to provide extra seats
The issue is the Rolls Royce engines are unreliable, and there not enough spare engines in the system to replace them, hence rumoured A340s being reactivated to provide assistance. Bit more info here:
