Originally Posted by
FWAAA
The planes were nearing the end of their useful life; they needed much more maintenance than comparable Boeings; they were fuel hogs and AA felt it had to remove substantial amounts of capacity in the wake of the Great Recession (greatest recession since the Great Depression, right?), The AB6 fleet was the natural choice.
The odds of AA buying any Airbus planes are very low. The odds that AA buys Airbus widebodies are zero.
AA was also cutting capacity at the time and those a/c held more paxs than any of the other a/c types. This allowed AA to keep frequency but remove seats from certain markets. And as
FWAAA said, the A300s were mechnical nightmares and gas hogs.