Originally Posted by
finis72
Had El Jeffe on my flight the other day and these are my interpretations of what he said: He really likes the 330 for what DL wants the immediate RFP for and the 777-300ER will probably be the eventual replacement for the 747. Boeing was in ATL a couple of weeks ago and put on quite an impressive dog and pony show. Airbus was there last week, haven't heard how that went yet. Carl would be able to add to this but I think 2017 is when the 747's start leaving.
I believe the leases are up in 2018, so 2017 seems plausible.