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Old Sep 7, 2013 | 12:09 am
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Originally Posted by airmotive
The 535 proved to be a much more reliable and less-expensive on a cost-per-hour engine, in spite of the fuel burn....so much so that AA parked their Pratt-powered 757s they inherited from TWA....and then sold them to Delta. Delta, having a massive PW2000 maintenance machine already in-place, can operate Pratt 757s and make money. AA could not.
Is it possible to just replace the engines on an existing aircraft? If it is, then I take it AA figured that it was not worth the extra cost of buying a new set of engines.
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