American Airlines retires 20 MD-80s in one day
Twenty MD-80s flew their last flights for American Airlines Tuesday. The airline retired the aircraft to the Roswell International Air Centre in New Mexico in one of the largest single-day fleet retirements. The planes, many of which were first put into service in the late 1980s, will be used for replacement parts or could be sold to an airline, possibly in another country. American has spent millions on new aircraft in recent years to modernise its fleet, replacing aging aircraft, like the MD-80, with new Airbus A319s. The airline has been slowly taking old airplanes out of service but a spokesman noted that Tuesday’s retirement of almost two dozen planes is unusual. American had 87 MD-80s in operation by the end of June. With the retirements, it expects to have only 52 left in operation by the end of the year. <br/>
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American Airlines retires 20 MD-80s in one day
Twenty MD-80s flew their last flights for American Airlines Tuesday. The airline retired the aircraft to the Roswell International Air Centre in New Mexico in one of the largest single-day fleet retirements. The planes, many of which were first put into service in the late 1980s, will be used for replacement parts or could be sold to an airline, possibly in another country. American has spent millions on new aircraft in recent years to modernise its fleet, replacing aging aircraft, like the MD-80, with new Airbus A319s. The airline has been slowly taking old airplanes out of service but a spokesman noted that Tuesday’s retirement of almost two dozen planes is unusual. American had 87 MD-80s in operation by the end of June. With the retirements, it expects to have only 52 left in operation by the end of the year. <br/>
