Expiring Aircraft
Oct 28, 2014 | 5:42 pm
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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!
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!
Oct 29, 2014 | 12:55 pm
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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.
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.
Last edited by sdsearch; Oct 29, 2014 at 1:01 pm
