Originally Posted by
MrAndy1369
What was AA's official reason for discontinuing the A333's back then? Retirement? Makes no sense, as there were/are older 777's still in rotation.
AA should have kept them and if not utilized internationally, perhaps utilized domestically, especially to push multiple customers out in bad IRROPS or high travel periods (CES in LAS, etc).
Combination of small subfleet, old age and need for a heavy check was why the a333s were retired.
AA has 47 77Es vs only 9 a333s. Additionally the a333s had GE engines vs the a332s were RR. The a332s were much younger and AA had 15 of them.
Without COVID, it would have probably not been much longer before the 332's were put out to pasture for the same reason.
With this batch of yahoos in charge, unfortunately, you are probably right.