Originally Posted by
readywhenyouare
Lol there are still DC-3's flying in commercial service. The only thing that kills an MD product is fuel prices.
Did you really just compare a non-pressurized prop to a pressurized jet?
good lord.
DC and MD jets have cycle limits just like Boeing and Airbus do. While MDs generally have higher cycle limits, depending on the airplane, the heavy checks, ADs and SBs basically make operating one over 30 years incredibly costly.
And someone could come up with an aging aircraft program for a 320 but just like a MD it wouldn't be worth it.
Airbus has gotten the 320 up the 75K cycles just like the 737NG. In 99.9% of cases that is more than enough.