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The coronavirus charge more planes on your list early retirements, Virgin Atlantic retires his Boeing 747 and Delta the MD-88 and 90.
A few weeks ago we talked about the Boeing retirement 747 of Qantas and KLM, where although these could have a second chance, They are now also victims of the crisis that COVID-19 has generated on a global scale..
Virgin retires its Boeings 747 and Delta the MD-88 / 90
The global crisis due to this virus generates big losses in the airline industry, So cutting costs and thinking ahead has led airlines to take extreme measures, retire several of its older, less fuel-efficient aircraft.
Anticipating actions that would occur in the coming years, will allow airlines to optimize their income and reduce their expenses, but leaving great sorrow in the aviation lovers and these classic airplanes.
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic to fly only twin-engine wide-body aircraft from London Heathrow and Manchester to its most popular destinations.
Starting the first week of May 2020, Virgin Atlantic will no longer use its seven Boeings 747-400, and four A330-200 aircraft will be retired at the beginning of 2022 As planned. For 2022, Your fleet will be more ecological and simplified consisting of 36 twin-engine planes that will reduce CO2 emissions / RTK not dream 10% additional, based on the efficiency of the 18% already reached between 2007-2019.
Delta Air Lines
Delta to retire MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft earlier than previously planned, and both types of aircraft will leave the fleet starting in June 2020. The accelerated retirement schedule for both aircraft is a result of the COVID-19 pandemic as capacity is reduced across the system.. Delta reduced its overall active fleet by half, parking more than 600 planes in the last two months.
The MD-88 of 149 seats were already scheduled to be removed at the end of 2020. Starting February this year, before coronavirus-driven fleet reduction, there was 47 MD-88y 29 MD-90 in operation.
Both aircraft operated across much of Delta's domestic network and have been workhorses for the airline..
Delta continues to evaluate its fleet plan further and will consider additional aircraft retirements to focus on a modern, more streamlined fleet in the future..
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At least this will help these airlines to manage their capital in a better way since, especially in the case of Delta the M.D.. They were not so economical due to their age., and in the case of virgin, 2 engines are better than 4 TRUE?
Yes, that's exactly it.