June 3, 2020 11:56 am ET
April 30, 2020 9:04 pm ET -
American, Delta Accelerate Aircraft Retirements
As airlines continue to struggle through the virtually nonexistent travel associated with the coronavirus pandemic, they are looking for as many places as possible to cut down on costs in an effort to save money. Many airlines have grounded large…
March 27, 2020 6:42 pm ET -
KLM, Qantas Reportedly Flying Final 747 Flights This Weekend
The global COVID-19 crisis has impacted aviation profoundly as airlines quickly adapt to crippling demand for air travel and a new reality of border restrictions, grounded jets and seeing sub 20 percent flight load factors. Over 85 airlines across the…
October 16, 2019 12:00 am ET -
Onboard the Final Flight: Qantas Transfers Newly-Retired Boeing 747 to…
Continuing its gradual retirement of the type, Qantas parted ways with another Boeing 747-400 on Tuesday. The airline’s latest Boeing 747 to be sent to the United States was VH-OJU named Lord Howe Island, a near-20-year-old Qantas veteran and one…
September 4, 2019 12:00 am ET -
American Sends Long-Time Super 80 Workhorse to the New Mexico…
American Airlines officially laid the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 to rest on Wednesday after 36 years of service with the airline. Today, 26 Super 80s, as the airline marketed them as, still in American Airlines' polished aluminum liveries, embarked on their…
September 3, 2019 12:00 am ET -
Opinion: Why I Will Dearly Miss American’s ‘Super 80s’
Call me dramatic, perhaps a bit over-emotional, or nostalgic, but I am indeed in love with American’s long-time workhorse MD-80 fleet. While other airlines, including Delta, will continue to operate the type after American retires theirs on Wednesday, Sept. 4,…