A380 burns around 4,500 gallons of jet fuel an hour (on average-ish) so that's about $25,000/hour to operate in fuel alone.<p>That's where they get ya! You can buy a much more reasonable 6-8 seater luxury jet for a few hundred thousand [1] because they burn $2k-3k of fuel an hour. You can even buy an old fighter jet for $340k [2]! Cheapest operating cost there is $1k per hour.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.controller.com/listing/for-sale/230560833/1973-learjet-25b-jet-aircraft" rel="nofollow">https://www.controller.com/listing/for-sale/230560833/1973-l...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.controller.com/listing/for-sale/223055901/1988-aero-l-39c-albatros-turbine-military-aircraft" rel="nofollow">https://www.controller.com/listing/for-sale/223055901/1988-a...</a>
For some reason, when the 380 was announced I mused about what it would be like as a private jet (in the end decided not to order one :-)). There are quite a few people who could afford to, and it would be quite the party plane.<p>But actually perhaps not. There aren’t actually that many airports where you could land or take off and with terminals that could deplane you (and you’d have to mix with <i>hoi polloi</i> in the process). No flying to Capri. And they are so huge that unless you travel with a seriously <i>enormous</i> entourage, it would always feel lonely and empty.<p>And as Bezos recently discovered if you really <i>do</i> buy the biggest yacht the same applies. In his case, when he arrives he has to park with the cargo ships.
It looks like based on how haphazardly they tried to paint over the logos that it's formerly D-AIMK of Lufthansa.<p><a href="https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/32822-lufthansa-a380-brings-back-daimk" rel="nofollow">https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/32822-lufthansa-a380-brin...</a><p>Based on this landing 3 days ago from LAX, and based on the aircraft location being "Rolling Hills Estates, California", I suspect this was the ferry flight in or around: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6jfARHff8A" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6jfARHff8A</a>
My guess here is the reason it's so cheap is:<p>1. Airframe is near the end of it's lifespan.<p>2. Engines are near the end of their lifespan.<p>3. No one wants to buy an A380 so they are trying to get the price low enough to move it.<p>I know nothing about how to evaluate aircraft listings so it would be interesting is someone here with more knowledge could shed some light on this.
stupid question, lets say someone does buy this for 25 million, how much expenditure per month are we looking at? can someone economic or aviation expert shed some light on this?
This video has a good breakdown on yearly private jet costs .<p><a href="https://youtu.be/APRgGpwx5TA?si=KIZzCtg_0iaJG5Ah" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/APRgGpwx5TA?si=KIZzCtg_0iaJG5Ah</a>
Engine Maintenance Program
None<p>Engine 1 Notes
First Limiter: 800 Cycles<p>Engine 2 Notes
First Limiter: 3100 Cycles<p>Engine 3 Notes
First Limiter: 3700 Cycles<p>Engine 4 Notes
First Limiter: 3700 Cycles<p>-----------------------------------------<p>This sounds like it could be expensive?
Probably formerly owned by China Southern Airlines until dec. 2011.
Owned by Jet Midwest since mar. 2022
Their business seems to be used aircraft parts & maintenance/ service.
<a href="https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/airbus-a380-800-n296jm-jet-midwest-group/r6v17m" rel="nofollow">https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/airbus-a380-800-n296j...</a>
I can't imagine the rationale behind listing this publicly on the internet over spending the effort to instead market it to the 2-3 international airlines who <i>may</i> be interested (although that's still a long shot). Maybe they are hoping some bored billionaire will buy it to stoke their ego before realizing what a shit idea it was?