MD11LuxuryLinr From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1385 posts, RR: 16 Reply 1, posted (8 years 8 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3103 times:
They were supposed to be all retired as of early Sept. I don't know if any are still in use.
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FriendlySkies From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 4014 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (8 years 8 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3065 times:
I haven't seen any around ORD lately, and there were always TONS at ORD lol, so it's a good bet that they're out of the fleet.
AA777223ER From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 220 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (8 years 8 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3031 times:
Several of the F100's were purchased by Jetsgo and have begun operation with them. Do a photo search under Jetsgo for some pics of them in their livery.
Ckfred From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 4682 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (8 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1783 times:
If Fokker hadn't gone bankrupt, then AA would probably still be flying the Fokkers. According to a friend of mine who works at AA, there were a number of factors that led to retirement of the fleet. But the factor that sealed the fate of the F100 was the Fokker bankruptcy. With limited sources of approved, reasonably priced parts, AA was forced to manufacture many of its own parts. This was extremely expensive.
The Fokkers were good planes to fly and very fuel efficient. But they had a low max. landing weight, which made them difficult to schedule for short hops, and they were more difficult to maintain than the Boeing and McDonnell Douglas fleets.
ORD777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 258 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (8 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1745 times:
I've had quite a lucky streak lately. I saw over my house one of the last AA foker's to fly and then one of the last Swiss international MD-11's and one of the last AC 747 (10-30) at FRA. Don't think i'll have such a chance in the near future.
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