I had thought that they were manufacturing them until the end of the year. I am glad that I read about the last planes going off the assembly line from FT. I would otherwise have missed this event.

Although I am in the minority of people who prefer MD88 ocer the 757, this story reminded me of the last Concorde flights.

If the presidential elections were not more newsworthy last week, more people would have been aware of this end of an era.