Maintenance and Modifications
Proper support keeps older aircraft flying
The plunging values of certain models of older business jets has rekindled a timeless debate: when is a jet too old to fly? “A rule of thumb is when the ai

The plunging values of certain models of older business jets has rekindled a timeless debate: when is a jet too old to fly? “A rule of thumb is when the aircraft is somewhere around age 25 to 30 years,” said Conklin & de Decker’s David Wyndham. “At that point costs are really going to be increasing and it will be harder to get the spare parts and the maintenance expertise” for aircraft of that vintage.

While this may be a rule of thumb, it is not an absolute, however. For West Star Aviation’s Dave Krogman, the general manager of the company’s Grand Junction, Colo. facility, “It is more about the pedigree of the airplane.

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