Maintenance costs take there toll

American Airlines's decision to retire its MD-80s comes as no surprise. With rivalries between Airbus and Boeing driving prices downwards, the relative cost of maintaining aircraft, and older aircraft in particular, is suddenly looking more expensive. Nevertheless, maintenance remains big busin...

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Published in:Airfinance journal 1998-12 (212), p.34
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