Context: During Covid, many airlines mothballed their large passenger jets, including 747s, A330 and A380s, and stored them in facilities like these.

This sequence shows a small aircraft storage provider in Alice Springs dramatically expanding their storage area and inventory from a few passenger jets to full capacity, around 100 jets in just over a year, an inventory worth around $20 Billion.

By late 2023, most aircraft have been rotated back into service, leaving a handful of stored or abandoned jets remaining.

A closer look at the facility in 2026 shows evidence of some jets having been scrapped for parts, having never returned to the skies.

I'm just trying to figure out how long a human could survive in one of those planes during the mid day heat of central Australia. I'm gonna guess 5 to 7 minutes.

Dang, I was in Alice last year, and drove past this airport.

Would have had a closer look, if I knew it was hosting our first boneyard/parking area for planes.

Post is 'very interesting' for me, ta.

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Aparrently, Iran got 3 777’s that were stored in Australia.

https://youtu.be/mL_OurMlkq0