Recycling an Airbus

Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (AELS) recently extended its in-house dismantling activities to include widebody types. Airliner World follows the fate of the Dutch company’s first large airliner.

A sprawling complex of runways, taxiways and hardened air shelters all hemmed in by trees; Twente Airport’s military pedigree is immediately obvious. The airfield, which lies around 2 miles (3.2km) from the town of Enschede in the eastern Netherlands, was abandoned by the air force a decade ago and, today, is designated as a joint business airport and industrial park for the aviation sector.

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