Originally Posted by
SUX4U
Thanks for the insight. I figured the retirement had many variables to it, but this info highlights just how many issues can affect the final days of the -400.
Considering some of these aircraft are less than 13 years old, they could fly them for a long time, I suppose. The current 24 747s are late 90s early 2000s deliveries, so they aren't that old. Many of the Airbus are even newer than this.