Originally Posted by
sailingfun
They are going to retire the remaining 13 747's between next fall and the end of 17. During that time we get 10 A330 and it looks like 6 A350's in 17. That's a very limited amount of growth. We are taking 10 to 12 A350 in 18 and there are no planned 767 retirements so that will be the first year with real widebody growth.
Thanks that's the time frame I was alluding to. If the average retirement age at DAL keeps averaging 62.5 we're looking at 800+ retirements while growing the widebody fleet by 10-12 in 2018.