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Virgin Atlantic to phase out its Boeing 747 fleet by 2021
One more operator is set to phase out its Boeing 747 fleet. British carrier Virgin Atlantic has announced that it would start a gradual removal of its Boeing 747-400s by 2021. Virgin Atlantic currently has eight 747-400 in its fleet. The company owns only three of them. The remaining five jumbo jets are leased from the American lessor GECAS. Virgin's Boeing 747s are between 18 and 23 years old. Virgin Atlantic will replace its jumbo jets with Airbus A350-1000s. The airline expects to… (airlinerwatch.com) More...
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Over the years Virgin Atlantic has operated 37 Boeing 747s, all but eight having now let the fleet along with all but 6 of the 30 Airbus 340s. The replacements are 17 787-9s, all now delivered, an d 10 Airbus 350-900s, none yet received. They have dropped their order for A380s: they have been one of Boeing's better customers over the years.
Someone save Boeing!
Should have bought some 747-8's
Big mistake
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Problem is Airbus is subsidized by Eruo governments. Not fair competition.
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Do your homework Andrew Bunker - the uS Government filed suit with the WTO over $22,000,000,000 (that’s billion) in illegal subsidies to Airbus
