Originally Posted by
Longboater
Per a DL employee on another forum: The A320 retirement that was supposedly delayed by DL per a life cycle extension from Airbus will begin next year with ship 3215 exiting in March. The plane may be coming off lease rather than time for a heavy maintenance visit. So in the end, 68 A320s will receive mods at a maximum.
Interesting how 3209 and 3212 have gotten mods although they are in the same age area as the 7 that will exit. I guess those must be staying on. Interesting move overall to get rid of some of the old birds and reduce the amount going through mods.
Update:
N332NW is exiting as 9931 tomorrow.
N314NB is still in mods apparently, will update est. exit as 10/13
N316US was not in mods, out after a week.