Purchase A Recycled 777?

Question

How much would it cost to buy a recycled 777? What about 767?

Answer 1

I don't think its possible to buy  767 or a 777 under 2 million considering the cost of a used 777 & 767, if you have that kind of money you wouldn't be asking on Yahoo Answers you would get your own solicitor to check out your budget and finance and redirect you to a company who is able to match you to your desired or similar plane you can actually afford...

How about trying leasing one instead?

Answer 2

The 777 is a very new class of aircraft. I doubt seriously that any examples of it have even been retired from any of the major operators to a minor one, which is the path for most airframes--major operator, minor operator, air cargo outfit, boneyard/scrapyard. The process takes about twenty or thirty years to complete.

It might help to know what exactly you mean by "recycled," and what you plan to do with the thing after you purchase it. For example, I myself had this crazy, hare-brained dream of converting a retired 747 airframe into a house. You sure could make a big ol' house out of a retired jumbo, eh? I may even try to, if I win the lottery or a heretofore unknown wealthy relative kicks the bucket and makes me his sole beneficiary. :-)

Of course, I'd then have to live out in the Mojave desert, where most old airplanes go to die. I'm not sure I like the desert...

There's at least one person I know of that's attempting to convert a retired aircraft into a house. Some industrious fellow in Tacoma, Washington picked up a retired 727 from Olympic and is converting it (http://www.airplanehome.com/). Of course, the site hasn't been updated since 2006, so I think maybe the project has killed him (he said with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek).

Answer 3

The 777 was put in service in 1993. Its design life being well over 25 years, the first 777 may be retired in 2018; so essentially you will not find one.

767 are still in production, but having been introduced in 1982, the first older units are being retired. But there is a catch: either those older planes are sold (for much more than 2 million, the value of each engine is already way over 2 million) after being reconditioned (or stored in a desert awaiting being reconditioned/sold), or they are retired because their airframe is worn out (hence they will not be flight worthy much longer). When a plane is retired in this manner, it is usually stripped of all salvageable equipment (which are reconditioned and sold as spare parts), leaving a totally non-flyable shell behind.

In a word: you are out of luck.

Answer 4

I don't know. go to evergreen aviation.

Answer 5

You can't get ANY airworthy airliner for under $2 million, let alone a newer model that's still in production.  Especially since those planes are still in production, an unairworthy 777 will still cost way more than $2 million because it's worth it in spare parts.

The biggest airworthy jet that you could get on that budget is a 30+ year old small business jet (<10 seats).