Maybe because it has 46000+ hours on it? thats almost 3.5 hours a day, every day...

		mixologic on Aug 8, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fry's Electronics owns and operates a rare 747SP Maybe because it has 46000+ hours on it? thats almost 3.5 hours a day, every day. Also, owning a plane like that comes with some ridiculous expenses - you gotta park it somewhere, you have to maintain mechanical on it (annuals), and you have to pay for fuel. The cost of the plane probably pales in comparison to the cost of owning that plane.

46k hours and 8k cycles is not that old for a 747 - there are ones with 100k+ hours still flying.