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This is a budget airline. It may be unrelated but I really don't know if you wan to be on a budget when flying ... the plane sure sounds like it had a few miles. According to Der Spiegel magazine, the plane was delivered to Lufthansa new in 1991 and is one of the oldest 320s still in service with production number 147. Airbus said it had about 58k hours and 46k flights under its belt.

That's impressive. 58k hours! That's almost 7 continuous years in the air. If you had a car with 58k hours, and estimate about 30-40 mph average speed, you'd have hit 2,000,000 miles. Of course I'd think they rebuild these and refresh as needed, just as you would on a 2 million mile car that's still safe to drive. But still ...

At least they won't have to look for it in the pacific.

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