Britair From United Kingdom, joined Aug 1999, 933 posts, RR: 17 Posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3091 times:
OK, so management changes, mergers happen, routes come and go, deals are done and some airlines seem to end up with the most diverse fleets! Some airlines seem to go out of their way to operate every competing aircraft type!
So, the question is: Who flies the most diverse fleet?
To start it off, I'll start with my airline, British Airways:
1. Concorde
2. Boeing 747-400
3. Boeing 777-200/ER
4. Boeing 767-300ER
5. Boeing 757-200
6. Airbus A321 (ordered)
7. Airbus A320-100/-200
8. Airbus A319
9. Boeing 737-400
10. Boeing 737-300
11. Boeing 737-500
12. AVRO RJ
13. ATR 72
.... and then if you include CitiExpress (wholly owned subsidary)
14. ATP
15. Jestream 41
16. Embraer 145
17. Dash 8 -300
18. BAe 146 -100/-200/-300
... and then, the Franchises with other types (Maersk, Comair, Loganair):
19. Canadair CRJ-200
20. Canadair CRJ-700
21. Boing 737-200
22. Boeing 727-200
23. Saab 340
24. Twin Otter
25. BN Islander
FlagshipAZ From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3419 posts, RR: 15 Reply 1, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3044 times:
Off the top of my head, I thought about Aeroflot, but then again since the break-up of the Soviet bloc, it still may be Aeroflot. Must do some research here. Regards.
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HlywdCatft From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5321 posts, RR: 7 Reply 2, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3044 times:
I think perhaps Air France...
Concorde
737-300
737-500
747-200
747-400
767-300
777-200
777-300 (on order)
A310
A318 (on order0
A319
A320
A321
A330
A340-200
A340-300
A340-600 (on order)
A380 (on order)
F70
F100
Then I know that their affiliates I am not sure what the regionals are called but they fly
H. Simpson From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 949 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3026 times:
HlywdCatft From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5321 posts, RR: 7 Reply 4, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3020 times:
USAirways no longer has the F100 and you are missing the ERJ-145 that Transtates and Mesa uses for them.
USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54 Reply 5, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3014 times:
Air France came to mind first for me as well...they seem to fly everything thats ever had wings and had a few seats on it...
Greg
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TriStar500 From Germany, joined Nov 1999, 4685 posts, RR: 47 Reply 8, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2985 times:
AF does not operate the F70/F100, these aircraft are flown by subsidiaries like Air Littoral.
They do fly the B747-300 however, which is missing in one of the previous postings.
Homer: Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!
Subzero From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 64 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2973 times:
HlywdCatft From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5321 posts, RR: 7 Reply 10, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2947 times:
Yeah Subzero...
Southwest has no 737-800, but they do have a 200.
TriStar500...
Ok, include the F70 and 100 in the regionals for Air France I have on there. What about the DC-10? Isn't one of Air France's subsidiarys flying the DC-10 too Air Liberte?
ConcordeBoy- I live in U.S. and Air France doesn't even serve my hometown airport so I don't know a lot about it. I just recall thinking that I read that they were getting the A340-600. Do they have the A340-200? I believe that they used to, but do they still? The A300 is out of service right for AF?
I think if you went thru Air France's history (including subsidiaries), they flew practically all of the different main types of jet aircraft made except I think the MD-11, 757 and DC-8.
Maiznblu_757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 5112 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2942 times:
DeltaMD11 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 1698 posts, RR: 38 Reply 12, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2922 times:
Air France has the most diverse fleet, and BA being the runner-up. Continental....considering they only operate Boeing's (even though they operate a good portion of the Boeing civil fleet), and the MD-80's, I don't consider it to be too diverse. Air France operates both Boeing, and Airbus, and their affiliates operate embraer, Bombardier, Bae, and Britten Norman. I think it is the most diverse by a landslide. BA has a nice diverse fleet as well. Love to see it.
Bryan
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HlywdCatft From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5321 posts, RR: 7 Reply 13, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2911 times:
Probably the most diverse in the U.S. would be Delta and its affiliates...
HlywdCatft From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5321 posts, RR: 7 Reply 14, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2903 times:
A couple years ago American Airlines would have been the most diverse in the U.S.
DeltaMD11 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 1698 posts, RR: 38 Reply 15, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2896 times:
HlywdCatft,
You're absolutely right. Currently in the US, DL has the most-diverse fleet
Bryan
Faithful Delta Air Lines Supporter
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Donder10 From Canada, joined Oct 2001, 6659 posts, RR: 23 Reply 16, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2895 times:
I would regard the 319/320/321 as 1 type really.BA are greatly reducing the 752 fleet and I expect a 321 order to replace the last 15 752s soonish.
AF came to my mind too especially when they have both the CRJ+ERJ!
DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8771 posts, RR: 13 Reply 18, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2868 times:
WestJet 8:
Don't forget that some of Air Canada's regional partners (ie Air Alliance) also fly the Beech 1900. At MHT, we get 4 of them each day that go up to YYZ.
United777 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 1648 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2797 times:
ConcordeBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 20, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 2770 times:
I live in U.S. and Air France doesn't even serve my hometown airport so I don't know a lot about it. I just recall thinking that I read that they were getting the A340-600. Do they have the A340-200? I believe that they used to, but do they still? The A300 is out of service right for AF?
AF no longer flies the A342 nor A300 and they also have no orders for the A346 as they currently are to become the first non-Asian operator of the 773
Na From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9605 posts, RR: 10 Reply 22, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2683 times:
HlywdCatft,
you´re probably right with Air France and their interesting fleet.
Two sub-types you even forgot (while A340-200 and -600 are wrong and I´m unsure about the Fokkers):
B747-300
B747-400ER F
AF´s fleet:
Concorde
737-300
737-500
747-200 (incl. 747-200F and 747-200 SUD)
747-300
747-400
747-400ER F
767-300
777-200
777-300 ER (on order)
A310
A318 (on order)
A319
A320
A321
A330-200
A340-300
A380 (on order)
F70
F100
25 AA717driver: A few years ago I would have said the hands down winner would be Iberia. Pulling into MAD, it was like "Jane's Airliners of the World". Every model of
26 Manni: Sabena/Sobelair/DAT also had a very diverse fleet, about a year or so before their collapse... A319 A320 A321 A330-200 A330-300 A340-200 A340-300 B737
27 EGGD: Air France gets my vote too. That and British Airways were my first thoughts. If you look back through history as well, I think you'll find they both
28 Donder10: And there is a certain reason for AF to have done so.
29 HlywdCatft: Lufthansa might be up there too. A300 A310 A319 A320 A321 A330 (on order) A340-200 A340-300 A340-600 (now these are on order right? or am I getting mi
30 Shankly: AA717 driver, your absolutely right. A couple of years ago, when the new fleet was begining to emerge, it seemed Iberia flew every commercial airplane
31 Ua901: HlywdCatft: you are partly right - although I have to say that LH is doing a pretty good job on it's way to a all-Airbus fleet. Well, except of the sm
33 Cloudy: Seems that one way to find airlines with a really diverse fleet is to stand at the door of the bankruptcy court and take a look at who's walking in.
34 Andrej: Hey all, immediately the first name which have came to my mind was Air France. They are doing really nice job with having such a diverse fleet, and it
35 Douglas DC-9: I'd think that United (Nasdaq Symbol: UAL) would have the most diverse fleet in the world, they fly dozens of different aircraft, and I'm including th
36 SAA201: Over the next few months SAA's relatively small fleet by international standards will start to look increasingly diverse as it makes the transition to
37 AOMlover: There is no more A310 in the AF fleet, they've all been retired in 2001 I believe... The actual AF fleet, according to Air France Magazine, is: 25 777
38 AA717driver: Perhaps we could all agree that Southwest and JetBlue are tied for last place! TC
39 Jofa: Boeing767-383 SAS has the A320? Don't think so.
40 Pilotallen: what about united? well they had more but now its the 733 757 747 a319 a320 crj do328 767 777 any others im missing? they used to have 747sp 742 727 a
41 ZK-NBT: Qantas operate a few different Jet aircraft. 747-400ER 747-400 (RR and GE engines) 747-300 747-200 767-300 767-200 737-800 737-400 737-400 717-200 (QF
42 Cloudy: There are airlines with diverse fleets that are doing well. So it isn't neccesarily fatal. Hitting yourself on the head with a hammer isn't either - b
43 Cloudy: Yes, I know America West avoided BK. Yet it would not have had it not been for the ATSB.
44 Coronado: NWA has more 'no longer in production' types than anyone! DC9-10 DC9-30 DC9-40 DC9-50 DC10-30 DC10-40 (still 1 active from what I hear between West Co
45 SafeFlyer: Air France at this moment would win hands down but I've got to put Air Canada (Incl. Tango, ZIP and Jazz) in like WestJet 8 said but with little corre
46 ExpressJet_ERJ: HlywdCatft, you forgot Chautuauqua!! USAir has Mesa, Trans States and CQ! CQ probably flies the most ERJs out of those 3!
47 SAA201: SafeFlyer, check out the following discussion http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/996921/4/ for answers to your question r
48 HlywdCatft: Yeah, you are right about Chataqua. I kind of forgot about them being a USAirways carrier still. I been linking Chataqua lately with their Delta opera
49 HlywdCatft: Actually Jet Blue has Southwest beat for last place. Southwest 737-200 737-300 737-500 737-700 Jet Blue, just the A320
51 Superfly: I would guess Aeroflot. They have Russian/Soviet, EU and US aircraft. No other carrier is more diverse than that. AN-12 AN-24 AN-72 IL-62 IL-76 IL-86
52 Aviatsiya: Superfly From the list you provided, Aeroflot no longer fly the following: AN-12 AN-24 AN-72 TU-204 Yak-42
53 Superfly: Aviatsiya: Thanks for the update. What happened to there TU-204s? They are so new.
54 Aviatsiya: Superfly SU never actually operated the Tu-204. There were Tu-204s in the SU livery, but they weren't being operated. SU was trialling the aircraft to
55 Superfly: Aviatsiya: Thanks Hey I have that same post card.
56 RayPettit: But what about the smaller carriers that might have one of this and one of that and one of the other. An example is Goodjet - haven't they operated A3
57 DC-10 Levo: BA are a large company, so they should have a large range of aircraft. My guess would be British Airways, Air France, and Delta. DC-10
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