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American announces the retirement of five aircraft types!

American Airlines has made this announcement:

Last month, American Airlines announced plans to accelerate the retirement of some older, less fuel-efficient aircraft from its fleet sooner than originally planned. As flying schedules and aircraft needs are fine-tuned during this period of record low demand, American will take the unique step of retiring a total of five aircraft types.

Above Copyright Photo: American Airlines Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N946UW (msn 19000072) CLT (Jay Selman). Image: 403270.

Above Copyright Photo: American Airlines Boeing 767-323 ER WL N347AN (msn 33086) MIA (Ken Petersen). Image: 949517.

American has officially retired the Embraer E190 and Boeing 767-300 fleets, which were originally scheduled to retire by the end of 2020.

Above Copyright Photo: American Airlines Boeing 757-223 WL N191AN (msn 32385) MIA (Ken Petersen). Image: 949641.

Above Copyright Photo: American Airlines Airbus A330-323 N272AY (msn 333) LHR (SPA). Image: 930259.

The airline has also accelerated the retirement of its Boeing 757-200s and Airbus A330-300s. Additionally, American is retiring 19 Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft operated by PSA Airlines.

Above Copyright Photo: American Eagle (2nd)-PSA Airlines (2nd) Bombardier CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) N244PS (msn 7912) CLT (Jay Selman). Image: 402940.

These changes remove operating complexity and will bring forward cost savings and efficiencies associated with operating fewer aircraft types. It will also help American focus on flying more advanced aircraft as we continue receiving new deliveries of the Airbus A321neo and the Boeing 737 MAX and 787 family. American’s narrowbody fleet also becomes more simplified with just two cockpit types – the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737 families. This benefits American’s operational performance through training efficiency and streamlined maintenance.

American continues to evaluate its schedule and remains committed to caring for customers on life’s journey. These changes will help American continue to provide a reliable travel experience around the world, even during these uncertain times.

Here’s a snapshot of the aircraft exiting American’s fleet:

Airbus A330-300 — Blue Sky News/Pittsburgh International Airport

Airbus A330-300

Joined the US Airways fleet in 2000 prior to joining American’s fleet in 2013.
Nine A330-300s in the fleet as of Jan. 1, 2020.
Flew mainly trans-Atlantic routes, with some domestic service.

Boeing 757-200

Boeing 757-200

Joined the America West fleet in 1987 and American in 1989.
34 757-200s in the fleet as of Jan. 1, 2020.
Flew mostly mainland domestic and Hawaii routes, with some trans-Atlantic and Latin America service.

Boeing 767-300ER

Boeing 767-300ER

Joined American in 1988.
17 767-300ERs in the fleet as of Jan. 1, 2020.
Flew mainly trans-Atlantic routes, with some domestic, Hawaii and Latin America service.

Embraer E190 — Blue Sky News/Pittsburgh International Airport

Embraer E190

Joined the US Airways fleet in 2006 prior to joining American’s fleet in 2013.
20 E190s in the fleet as of Jan. 1, 2020.
Flew domestic routes, with extensive support for American Airlines Shuttle.

A Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft operated by PSA Airlines.

Bombardier CRJ200

Joined the PSA Airlines fleet in 2003.
19 CRJ200s in the fleet as of Jan. 1, 2020.
Flew domestic routes on the East Coast, with service primarily from American’s hubs in Charlotte, North Carolina; Washington, D.C.; and Philadelphia.

American Airlines operates the last Boeing 767 revenue flight

American Airlines had previously announced it was moving up the retirement of its 17 remaining 209-seat Boeing 767-300 ERs to May 2020. Previously the target retirement date was early 2021.

Due to the extraordinary downturn in passenger demand, the downsizing carrier has apparently again moved up the target retirement date as it will operate newer aircraft on its remaining long-range routes.

On Monday, March 30, 2020 the airline operated the last revenue flight for the Boeing 767. The pictured Boeing 767-323 ER N347AN (top) operated a repatriation flight from Lima, Peru to the Miami hub. Flight AA 9441 arrived in Miami at 8:39 pm (2039) (local time) on March 30, 2020 closing out an era for American Airlines.

Today’s flight from Miami to San Juan with N347AN was cancelled.

Instead N347AN was ferried to Roswell, NM on March 31, 2020 as flight AA9648.

N347AN joined the other Boeing 767-300s in storage at Roswell, NM.

Photo: Ian Dutton/Facebook.

At the peak, AA operated a fleet of 67 Boeing 767-300 ERs.

The first Boeing 767-300 (N351AA) was delivered to American on February 19, 1988 and entered service with AA on March 3, 1988.

Previously the smaller Boeing 767-200 was operated between 1982 and 2014.

Top Copyright Photo: American Airlines Boeing 767-323 ER WL N347AN (msn 33086) MIA (Ken Petersen). Image: 949517.

American Airlines aircraft slide show:

Reduced demand will allow the early retirement of American’s Boeing 757-200s and 767-300s

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American Airlines is adjusting its fleet as decreased demand and cancellation of flights due to rapidly expanding coronavirus.

The airline has decided to move up the target retirement dates for its remaining Boeing 757-200s and 767-300s.

American has just informed its plans to its employees:

“We will accelerate the retirement of our remaining Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft. Doing so removes older, less fuel-efficient aircraft from our fleet sooner than originally planned and avoids unnecessary maintenance and fuel costs. The 767 fleet will be grounded in May 2020, and the remaining 757 aircraft will retire between May 2020 and post-summer 2021 at the latest.”

Top Copyright Photo: American Airlines Boeing 757-23N WL N205UW (msn 30887) LAX (Michael B. Ing). Image: 949385.

American Airlines aircraft slide show:

Bottom Copyright Photo: American Airlines Boeing 767-323 ER WL N348AN (msn 33087) MIA (Bruce Drum). Image: 105262.

American to fly nonstop to Cordoba, Argentina

American Airlines will open a new nonstop route to Argentina. The carrier will start the Miami – Codoba route on April 2, 2019. The new route will operate four days a week with Boeing 767-300 aircraft according to Airline Route.

American Airlines aircraft slide show (Boeing):

NAC adds its first Boeing 767-300F freighter

NAC – Northern Air Cargo (Anchorage) has added its first Boeing 767-300F freighter. Boeing 767-323 ER N379CX (msn 25199) was formerly operated by American Airlines as N372AA. It was delivered to NAC on February 7, 2018. N379CX is based in Miami and is operated for StratAir.

Previously Air Transport Services Group, Inc. stated its subsidiary, Cargo Aircraft Management, had reached agreement with Northern Aviation Services, Inc. for the lease of three Boeing 767-300 freighters to be operated by subsidiary Northern Air Cargo. The aircraft will provide service to its cargo brands Aloha Air Cargo based in Hawaii, StratAir based in Florida, and Northern Air Cargo (NAC) based in Alaska.

Under the agreements, CAM is leasing three 767-300 freighters to Northern Aviation Services, Inc. for seven-year terms, beginning with the first lease in October 2017. The agreements also provide for the potential lease of additional 767-300s from CAM in 2018. These long-term lease placements will add to the already greater than 80 percent of CAM’s 767 fleet contracted under multi-year dry lease.

Some of the leased 767-300s will replace CAM-owned 767-200/300s currently operating on an ACMI basis under ATSG’s Wet-2-Dry program, which allows carriers to prove their business case for 767s under ACMI arrangements, then transition to long-term dry lease arrangements.

NAC aircraft slide show: