Originally Posted by
McNugent
But as of now there are 34 total coming. I’m not sure if they’re parking any, but that’s a solid chunk of mainline growth even if we do swap out a few for older frames.
Even our oldest 319 and 320’s are holding up pretty well. As of about 2 years ago 4004 was only half way through its expected service life according to a guy in TOMC.
I had a long ORD layover and walked over to get a tour of the hotdog factory, somehow one of the TOMC guys and I got on the discussion of fleet life and he pulled up 4004 since it was the oldest one he could see airborne. Showed me the numbers on hours/cycles/etc. it was pretty staggering and fascinating. Recommend a walk though if you’ve never been.