Forex scarcity forces operators to ‘cannibalise’ disused airplanes as carriers face existential threat
Why 60% aircraft on offshore maintenance can’t return, Operators deplore spare price gouging, scarcity, travellers lament The lack of foreign exchange for airlines to bring back their aeroplanes from maintenance overseas has put enormous pressure on the operators. Some have resorted to ‘cannibalising’ by using some parts of their unserviceable aircraft for the ones in use. Lying on the apron across many of the country’s airports are aircraft without engines and other parts which…
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