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(Reuters) - Airlines with planes idled by the pandemic are cutting costs by delaying some maintenance tasks like changing life vests, testing oxygen bottles and checking emergency exits under COVID-19 waivers from airplane manufacturers and regulators.
FILE PHOTO: Airplanes sit on the tarmac at the site of French aircraft storage and recycling company Tarmac Aerosave in Tarbes following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, June 19, 2020. Picture taken June 19, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
The move allows airlines to stop the clock on a category of parts that would otherwise need checks or pass their “use-by” date without leaving the ground because of the huge number of planes parked during the pandemic.
Airlines face headache over use-by date on some jet parts as COVID-19 grounds fleets
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