The French-based aircraft MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) specialist firm TARMAC Aerosave has announced that it has acquired three further Airbus A380s that it intends to part out for spares. The move comes as the global A380 fleet continues to grow as more airframes are returned to service following the pandemic.

While TARMAC Aerosave has been integral in returning several other A380s commercial airline services in the past couple of years, the three aircraft involved in this transaction will be stripped of their useful parts, before the remainder of the airframe is eventually scrapped or recycled. TARMAC Aerosave has returned 29 A380s to commercial airline customers between 2023 and 2024.

TARMAC Aerosave has signed a contract with a German asset management company EastMerchant Capital GmbH to acquire the three aircraft. Each A380 will be dismantled and recycled at TARMAC’s facility at Tarbes–Lourdes–Airport (LDE) in Southwest France “over the coming months” and their parts will enter the spare parts supply chain to keep other A380s flying worldwide. It is understood that the three A380s in question are already in long-term storage at LDE so no ferry flights will be needed before work can begin.  

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