In a message dated 7/31/2003 4:00:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx writes: << I don't know how it works but can it be possible consider the engines having $0 value if the A310s that Turkish sold to Iran Air are fully depreciated by THY? These aircrafts were direct purchases from Airbus and served well for almost two decades in THY fleet. I even had a flight in the cockpit of one of the A310-200s IST-ESB. That is not what I am talking about. The A310s for Iran air and Mahan came from THY, but the A300s came directly from Airbus for Iran air. They are GE engines, so the engines must have added up in price to less that 40 million a year But I don't know how the whole thing works with the A320s. Last but not least, are the sanctions the same for Libya now? I know they have an A320 serving Istanbul from Tripoli with 6 hour delays on daily basis though :) >> They could have V2500 powered A320s, as IAE is based in the UK. Also, if they bought them from SNECMA, they might have finagled some CFMs, although most A320 opperators prefer the V2500