Replacing the Boeing 767-300
As mentioned in our 'Air Canada News' section in NetLetter #1545 & #1547, AC has made the surprising decision to return two Boeing 767-300s temporarily to passenger service.
For just over forty years the B-767 has been a versatile workhorse for both Air Canada and Canadian Airlines and has served well on both domestic and international routes and continues in cargo configuration.
I watched the bottom video linked below from Long Haul by Simple Flying with great interest because it focuses on the problem of replacing the B-767 for several airlines.
Both Boeing and Airbus have focused on stretching their existing narrow body products, B-737 & A321, but they don't have the same capacity. Wide body products like the B-787 & A330 have over capacity. None of these aircraft would seem to have the same market versatility as the B-767, an interesting dilemma.
Editor's Note by Ken Pickford: About the only significant remaining passenger B-767 operators are United Airlines with 53 and Delta Air Lines with 61. Both plan to retire them by 2030.
The last passenger B-767 was built over 10 years ago. Only freighters since then and production of the remaining 29 on order for UPS and FedEx ends in 2027. The military KC-46 refueling tanker version will also continue in production.
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