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Airline fleets get younger after Sept. 11
Washington, USA - Drop in travel forces many older jets into retirement
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Sharp cutbacks in air travel since Sept. 11 are speeding a shift to younger planes -- a trend that airlines say is reducing flight delays. The 10 largest passenger airlines have parked nearly 300 planes because of the drop in travel, thus many fleets are smaller but younger. Dozens of the idled jets are airlines' oldest ones, some dating to the Nixon administration. More than three-quarters are...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency