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Originally Posted by Rowan McKeever
Many of them would certainly be relatively low cycle (for their age and given some spent most of their time on either international and/or PER/DRW/CNS runs) and QF aircraft have long been in demand for the way they're maintained. I can't speak to low time because I've no clue, although I can't imagine they're any lower on time relative to any other airline's 767s.
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IIRC many of the QF birds were high in cycles by comparison to others. I know the ZX birds arrived here with high cycles but that make an interesting comparison with the AirNZ birds for sale:
zxe 55k hours and 33k cycles
ZK- NCL 87k and 15k cycles
Of course we have no idea at price each aircraft went for, so it's all somewhat moot. I am sure it gives considerable satisfaction to the men and women who worked on the planes while they are in service, to know their work ensures an aircraft continues to fly even in its "old" age.