First scrapping of an Airbus A318 due...

[Stratofreighter]

...and this while Frontier Airlines' leased N808FR is still in excellent shape!

Apparently this only two-year-old airliner is now more worth in parts than as a working machine...

She is now at Greenwood, Mississipi.

See http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forum ... 4/#menu101" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; . Aircraft is already de-registered since the 5th of June according to the Air Transport Data Base of Alexandre Avrane...

[patrick@tediek.com]

Wauw, that is unbelievable.. A plane that young is worth more in parts then anything else. This is almost the world upside down.. like buying your new tv in china and throw it out two years after as new one is cheaper....

looks like a similar situation as the thai 340-500

[Stratofreighter]

From http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/regdb.m ... av4&page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Airbus A318 -111 3092 N809FR (ex D-AUAB) Frontier ferried 28sep09 DEN-GWO, for part-out&scrap