Hungarian Airlines Malév Rt withdrew its last Boeing 737 Classic yesterday, as part of a replacement project aimed at considerable savings on maintenance and operation, the company's technical director said yesterday.Viktor Hajsó said Malév had started replacing its aircraft in 2003, reducing the fleet's average age from nine to three years, adding that the operation would result in a 15 per cent drop in maintenance cost saving the company Ft 1.5-2billion a year. Cost of operation is also expected to go down by 15 per cent, leaving an annual Ft 7 billion with Malév, the director said. (MTI; Ng 5, Nv 5, Nb 15)
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04.01.2005