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AA777 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 2467 posts, RR: 31
Posted (13 years 5 months 1 week 15 hours ago) and read 662 times:

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hello.

Did you all notice that the 757-300 doesnt seem to be selling as well as the 757-200? It seems like a great plane to me.... Anyone got some info?
-AA777

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BadischerGreif From Germany, joined Jun 1999, 101 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (13 years 5 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 538 times:

Didn´t Icelandair order some of these planes?

Lenni

DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8771 posts, RR: 13
Reply 2, posted (13 years 5 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 536 times:

Icelandair ordered (I think) 6 753's to be used on the US routes.

Jeff

Ravi From Singapore, joined Oct 2005, 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (13 years 5 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 525 times:

Icelandair has ordered 2 757-300s and has a further 6 757 options that can be for -200 or -300 models.

Boeing did not expect the -300 to sell as well as the -200 variant. The airplane was primarily developed for charter carriers. Several 757 operators have shown an interest in the -300 version, and when replacements for short-haul 767-200s and A310s are the topic of interest at these airlines the 757-300 is expected to gain far more sales than it has thus far.

Phil330 From Australia, joined exactly 2 years ago today! , 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (13 years 5 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 494 times:

Don't give up on the 757-300 just yet. The 757-200 does not have the sales past you suggest, initial 757 sales were very slow to pick up, just like the 737 (which Boeing considered ditching due to a chronic shortage of orders, and is now the most popular plane in the world).

Now I'm not saying Boeing are about to sell 3,000 of these things, because the 757-300 is designed for charter holiday airlines rather than scheduled carriers. It possibly serves as a 767-200 replacement (lower operating costs) and many airlines have an interest in the aircraft.

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