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The Next 'Last Chance To Fly....'

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JLAmber (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 03 Feb 25, 15:53Post
Noting the recent scramble to get on pax 757 flights as LS and a few other airlines retire theirs, it occurred to me that several other types are becoming rarer than we think.

Pax 767s are fast disappearing, even 777s are reportedly being retired at the rate of more than one a week in favour of more efficient A350 & 787 (the 777x might even go into service one day and retire a whole lot more). The 747 is hanging on in small numbers.

We're probably 5 years from there being no pax 757s, A340, 747, or 737 classics. Few if any 767s, and even A330s being largely cargo haulers. Strange to think I will soon be able to recall the entire life cycle of several succesful types (and the A318 {laugh} )

Thankfully, the ATR will soldier on for decades to come {mischief}
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ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 04 Feb 25, 23:34Post
Poor old A318, I've always had a soft spot for those, like the runt of the litter; it pleased me greatly when one of F9's on its way to Kemble worked out what was happening, dug its heels in, and had to divert to SNN on one engine. I caught an AF one on a CDG-LYS flight, before working out that flying into GVA was a CDG-free way to get to Grenoble. It looks just as weird on the inside, there's no way the aft galley should be that close when you're at row 1.

Even A319s are getting rarer less common, it seems. Are there any 320-100s left?

I managed to get on one of BA's last two 767s right at the end. It surprised the ground handlers at EDI, who thought we were an A320 until we didn't fit into the gate. Having arrived into LHR on a week-old A350, the contrast was stark.

JLAmber wrote:Thankfully, the ATR will soldier on for decades to come

Now that's just mean. I still live in hope of a sudden polar vortex event taking them all out. {boxed}

I wonder what'll happen to all the A380s when/if EK's 200x 777X show up.

717s are gone from all but the US, although there are enough of them that they might hang on for a while yet.

Still far too many CR2s infesting the skies, though. Can't get rid of those fast enough.
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