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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 2:56 pm
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Originally Posted by emma dog
I'm pretty sure the bulk of the narrowbody fleet was never 2 x 3. Randomly picking a couple of years:
2010: MD-80 variants: 124. A319/320: 96. B737 variants: 83. B757 Varients: 106
2000: MD80 variants: 87. B727: 90. B737 variants: 25. B757: 70

Don't forget that now you have 80-ish A220s and 80-ish 717s for 160 total (of roughly 808 narrowbody frames) so in total number than at any time in its history, but not by percent.
FWIW pre-merger the 120 MD88 fleet (plus 16 MD90s) was the second largest fleet behind 121 757s. So it was a large part of the domestic fleet.

That said, Id agree the major of the fleet hasn't even been close to being 2x3
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