Originally Posted by
chuck till
N610AA was delivered in 1989, which was fairly late in the game for first deliveries of 757s. By that time, DL had already taken delivery of over 50 757's.
A good portion of the scrapped 757s were originally built for EA. About 90% of all 757s built are still in service, however. What's interesting to me is how concentrated they are in the U.S. I remember flying on BA 757s a number of times, but BA disposed of all theirs. Just five U.S.-based airlines (DL, AA, UA, UPS, and CO) account for over half the 757s flying.
Trivia question: why wasn't AA's first 757 numbered N601AA? Answer: at that time, AA still had the two 747-SPs that were numbered 601AA and 602AA.
Neither Boeing or Airbus has done a good 757 replacement
180-210 seats with 4500nm range at the right price.
737-900ER comes close on seats but not on range.
Maybe Boeing needs a 737-1000ER.
So what will AA (and the others) do to replace the 757?
Looks like the 757's are going to be around a long time.