Airbus studies green solution for aircraft dismantling work
Airbus claims to have found ways to make aircraft end-of-life dismantling a greener and more profitable business.

Airbus claims to have found ways to make aircraft end-of-life dismantling a greener and more profitable business. Administrators of the Pamela (an acronym that stands for process for advanced management of end-of-life aircraft) demonstrator project in Tarbes, southwest France, concluded that about 85 percent of the dry weight of an aircraft can be recycled, rather than the currently accepted maximum of 60 percent. Airbus is now looking for ways to encourage the establishment of dismantling companies around the world.

Noting that civil aviation authorities have issued no rule stipulating the fate of a retired airliner, project manager Olivier Malavallon said that currently the only guiding principle is “What shall not fly again shall be destroyed.”

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