I wonder if we will be buying any of American's 80s

American Airlines filed information on financing it plans for new aircraft, and the info includes a time line for eliminating the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 from its fleet.

The 140-seat aircraft, long the most numerous in the AA fleet, was finally passed by the Boeing 737-800 in 2012. The final 34 MD-80s will leave the fleet in 2017, according to the disclosures.



The filing calls the Boeing 737-800 the “workhorse” and “backbone of the American fleet. The Boeing 737-800 now accounts for ore than 40 percent of American’s domestic flying capacity as measured in available seat miles flown. It now provides more capacity than the MD-80 and the regional partners combined.