Delta accelerates 767-300 retirements

[caption id="attachment_414732" align="alignright" width="460"] Delta Air Lines will retire the remaining forty-nine 767-300ERs in its fleet by December 2025. Photo/Delta[/caption] Delta Air Lines, the largest operator of 767-300ERs in passenger configuration prior to the onset of the pandemic, will retire the remaining forty-nine 767-300ERs in its fleet by December 2025. With the market heating up for 767 conversions, this large pool of airframes will be evaluated for its suitability as conversion candidates. Airframe pricing, cycles and engine type will steer many of these decisions, according to carriers and lessors active in the space. Younger, low-cycled GE-powered airframes are the more attractive conversion candidates. An estimated twenty-six of the remaining 767-300ERs are GE-powered, ranging in age from twenty to just under thirty years old. Carriers have varying preferences when it comes to selecting 767-300ER feedstock. Air Transport Services Group , the largest owner of freighter-converted 767-300Fs through its Cargo Aircraft Management ( CAM ) leasing subsidiary, told Cargo Facts that GE-powered aircraft over fifteen years old are “excellent prospects” for conversion. Other 767 operators cautioned that some of Delta’s airframes may be deemed too old for conversion. We note, however, that retirements of older Delta airframes are not unprecedented. Last year, CAM acquired and converted two ex-Delta 767-300ERs (24983 and 24985) that were twenty-eight years old at the time of induction. Those freighters are now operated on behalf of Amazon. Delta had already decided to retire seven 767-300ERs earlier this year. Meanwhile, American Airlines also announced in March it would retire all sixteen of its 767-300ERs this year, and Amazon has already snapped up four frames retired by Canada-based WestJet. In recent months Boeing and IAI have added conversion capacity with additional lines in Singapore and Mexico . Delta’s 767-300ER retirements are part of broader plans to accelerate the retirement of about 400 aircraft by 2025. The carrier also announced as part of its second-quarter earnings that it would retire 125 CRJ-200s by year-end 2023, and ninety-one 717s by December 2025. While Cargo Facts Symposium 2020 will be presented as a virtual event, the unparalleled networking and continuing education opportunities remain, with the best and brightest minds addressing the most pressing industry issues for air cargo — including those around COVID-19 . To register and for more information, visit www.cargofactssymposium.com .

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