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September 28, 2020 5:53 pm ET -
Delta Retires Final Eight Boeing 737-700s
Delta Air Lines has retired its final Boeing 737-700 aircraft, sources close to the matter confirmed to AirlineGeeks. Delta had eight 737-700s in its fleet as of Sept. 13 and the final planes were ferried to storage on Sept. 25. …
August 25, 2020 5:38 pm ET -
Delta Air Lines COO Gil West to Retire in September
Delta Air Lines’ Chief Operating Officer Gil West announced his plans to retire from the company. The announcement was made public in an internal memo to employees from CEO Ed Bastian on Aug. 25. Considered the architect of the carrier’s…
July 21, 2020 9:59 am ET -
British Airways and the Boeing 747 — A Look Back…
The warning signs were there in March when the coronavirus stopped the aviation industry dead in its tracks. The knock-on effects from the global downturn of passenger traffic were already being calculated by airlines across the world, with decisions being…
July 4, 2020 10:55 am ET -
Opinion: The Boeing 747 Changed the World Like None Other
This week we faced some sad news. It was slipped to us right before the start of the holiday weekend and it didn’t get much attention outside of the aviation community, but for us, the news hit home hard. It…
June 18, 2020 2:10 pm ET -
Qantas Prematurely Stores Last 747-400s
Qantas has prematurely retired its final Boeing 747s in response to dwindling demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. AirlineGeeks first reported the airline's final 747 flights in March 2020. The first of its last two superjumbos left Sydney on Tuesday around…