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Bhutan Drukair |
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Bhutan Information |
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Druk
Air - Bhutan's National Carrier
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July 2007 and 3 April 2008 |
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Air's BAe 146 aircrafts sold |
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Druk
Air Corporation Limited has found a buyer for its two BAe 146 jets, which
it had been trying to sell since 2004.
A
sale agreement had been signed and the buyer, a company based in Europe,
had deposited a non-refundable deposit of USD 200,000 this week, according
to Drukair officials.
The
price of the aircraft was negotiated at USD 3.30 million with a two percent
payable as commission to the agent who initiated the deal on behalf of
Drukair. The jets will leave Bhutan by September 2007.
Finding
a buyer for the aircraft was difficult because of the huge difference between
the book value of the aircraft and the price available in the market. The
aircraft was also out of production and its age made it ineligible for
import in many countries.
Despite
losing Nu 142.526 million from the sale of its two old BAE-146 aircraft,
Drukair has managed to stay out of the red, for the second year in a row,
by making a net profit of Nu 31.15 million in the 2006-07 financial year.
The
two old aircraft were sold for around US$ 3.5 million, along with an extra
engine and spare parts. "Due to the good condition and maintenance of our
aircraft, we got a very good international price, considering that in China
these planes were being sold for US$200,000 a plane," said Drukair's deputy
managing director of finance, Rinzin Dorjee.
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KUENSEL, Bhutan's National Newspaper 2007 and 2008 |
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BAe
146-100
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