Good retirement date , 767 product are inferior on AA widebody fleet due lack of PTV. Plus, the engines fitted are non FADEC CF6-80C2. The newest at retirement date will have 17-18 years, highly probable to be converted to freighter following older sisters. I learned something new here... I always ...
Jump to postAnd by 2021 none of the fleet will have PTV as AA has already said they are all being removed. none of the NARROWBODY fleet (minus A321 Transcon). No plans to remove PTV from widebodies. The LAA 319s are keeping the PTVs as well. Thanks. I forgot those sub-fleet. (sharklet winged A319). A321 and 73...
Jump to postGood retirement date , 767 product are inferior on AA widebody fleet due lack of PTV. Plus, the engines fitted are non FADEC CF6-80C2. The newest at retirement date will have 17-18 years, highly probable to be converted to freighter following older sisters. And by 2021 none of the fleet will have P...
Jump to postGood retirement date , 767 product are inferior on AA widebody fleet due lack of PTV. Plus, the engines fitted are non FADEC CF6-80C2.
The newest at retirement date will have 17-18 years, highly probable to be converted to freighter following older sisters.
DL757NYC wrote:Some of Delta’s 747 were 2003/2004 delivered maybe they will find a home. I thought later build 747’s already came with the modification
AA and DL at the time had very limited TPAC network. AA could have bought 744 as MD11 early replacement increasing LHR capacity (LHR slots were acquired from TWA) and 763ER engine commonality, if AA had ordered 763ER with FADEC engines. But Crandall disliked to risk with quads. KE was the airline th...
Jump to postLAX772LR wrote:The only two routes that are exclusively 777 have been ATL-JNB and LAX-SYD.
Is there a plane that could make MEX-ICN-MEX non-stop in both directions while carrying a full load of passengers? No, MEX is a hot and high airport. 789 have a bit longer range than 788, but transpacific operations beyond NRT won't be unrestricted. AM used MTY stopover in the past when 767 were us...
Jump to postAC has the oldest 763ER in service, a former ex-CP aircraft : C-FCAB. AA retired all of their 763s built in 1980s, last year.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CFCAB
Only one 767 have the the old LAA painting, but seven have the old seat configuration 30/188. By the 4Q all this seven planes will be retire. In the 3Q, the plan is to retire 12 757, and all are ex US Air planes. The only four Ex US Air planes that will be in the fleet by the end of the year are th...
Jump to postAdipasquale wrote:N174UA was just retired today, it just flew SFO-VCV as UA2582. UA's fleet is now down to 15 744s.