New York Times: Newer Planes Are Providing Airlines A Trove Of Useful Data

Without passengers to fill them, airlines have been retiring their older aircraft faster than normal. The more than 1,400 planes airplanes parked in 2020 that might not return to service is more than twice as many aircraft as would customarily be retired in a single year, according to a 10-year aviation forecast by the business consulting firm, Oliver Wyman. The result will a more modern fleet, the report states. These planes can collect more data to tracks the airplane’s health from nose to tail.

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