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.
At this point we're down 3 wide bodies from last year. At the end of 2015 another 5 747's will be parked = 8 747's gone but we get 4 330's = down 4 WB's at the end of 2015. In 2016 we get 4 more 330 which would make the balance 0 providing nothing else get retired. That's zero WB growth till the end of 2016.The remaining 8 747's will be gone by the end of 2017. At this time last year there was no mention of any 747's leaving the fleet so don't be surprised to see some 767 disappear.All this is happening while things are "good". So where's is the growth???