Expiring Aircraft
 

I have no idea where to post this so hopefully someone can move it to its proper location.

With the recent last commercial passenger flight of the MD-11 I've started wondering what other airlines will soon make their last flights in the near future. I know last year the last 707 was flown in Iran. That makes 2 planes that will never make another commercial flight again and unless I become best friends with John Travolta, I will never fly aboard a 707.

My question is are their any other airplanes that have an imminent end date in site and if so who is still operating those aircraft?

Thanks!

Not imminent, but Delta will retire the 747 by 2017.

The McDonell Douglas MD-80 aka "Super 80" is still in use at AA, but is due to retire within a few years. Dunno if anyone else will keep flying them longer.

If you can still find a Fokker big regional jet (so big you might think you're simply on a smaller mainline plane), those are slowly disappearing, since the original company went poof some years ago. (Though a new company is trying to restart them.) I flew one about a decade ago when KLM CitiHopper flew them on short hops from AMS. I think it was probably the Fokker 70, since KLM CityHopper still apparently flies those.

As a general travel-related topic, this discussion is best suited to the TravelBuzz forum.

Thanks.

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Also LX and OS have Fokker 70/100 in fleet.

Iran Air has some Fokkers. Also perhaps the last 747SP in commercial operation (?)...

I think there are very few 727's or DC-9's left in active commercial passenger service.