Originally Posted by
fly18725
Both AA and DL are parking 757s and the rate of the retirements will start accelerating next year. They're replacing with slightly smaller aircraft - 737-900ERs and/or A321s, just like United.
Originally Posted by
ORDnHKG
Sounds like your information are not up to date.
AA and DL flies very few 767 domestically compare to 10 years ago. AA used to fly quite a bit if 767/777 for domestic hub to hub including ORD-MIA, ORD-SFO, ORD-LAX, ORD-DFW, ORD-MIA, DFW-SFO. Now is like down to one 777 LAX-MIA. All AA's transcon 762 just retired and replace with 321. How many DL 763 are flying domestically other than a few transcon ? At one point DL even use 763 for ATL-ORD and the much bigger L1011, but those times are long gone.
Did you realize both AA and DL are both purchasing and delivering all the airbus 319/320/321 currently ? Both of them are slowing retiring 757, once they finished retired all their MD80, 757 will retire much faster than you think.
I realize AA and DL are replacing their 767's and 757's. The difference between them and UA though is AA has plenty of 737/A320 family orders, as does Delta and they will do a fair aircraft swap/increase frequency. UA has some 737's on order, but currently UA's plan of attack it seems is to stick a CRJ or ERJ at the route and call it a day.
Like I said, UA is not a bad airline/company at all, but they can't keep throwing RJ's at routes that deserve at least a 737-700 or A319.