Air Canada is Bringing 33+ Year Old Boeing 767s Out of Retirement That Were Grounded in 2020

I would guess they would prefer 777s or 787s since that what most of the widebody fleet is but they can't get any for a reasonable price. They have converted some of their 767s for cargo in the past.
 
I'd trust air canada to get a 3 decade old plane that was left to sit outside for half a decade to broom whack the mickeys out and fix it up for service.
 
I love B767's. I choose to use Munich, Germany, as my gateway city to Europe simply because I get to fly a B767-400 powered by a couple of GE CF6-80C2B8F engines sporting the R88DT boltless turbine.

The old girl will still light the tires when the pilot grabs second...
smoking the tire.webp
 
A pandemic hits and airlines scrap their planes.

It must be the case that the oldest planes were axed first.
I'd bet restoring post pandemic service with new equipment was something many airlines thought they'd have time to do.

AND A+B suffering delivery delays? ...chip shortages? (ha-ha)
 
GON said:

Air Canada is Bringing 33+ Year Old Boeing 767s Out of Retirement That Were Grounded in 2020​

Interesting read. Wonder how common it is to return a commercial widebody back to service after being stored in the desert for almost five years?

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Not common at all with my airline anyways. First time I have seen this.

They are short aircraft due to delays with new aircraft deliveries so they are not planning keeping them in service long term is what I heard a senior executive say.

Lots of new routes plus increased frequency and not enough planes.

Not cheap to reactivate those 2 old B767 but they must feel it’s costing them more to not do it.

A321 XLR are arriving next year.
 
The 767 is a classic old-school Boeing, durable and long-lived.
There's a reason that so many retired 767 airliners were converted to freighters.
AC obviously feels that they need these passengers frames back in service now and I'm quite sure they've done their maths on the coast versus the benefit.
I'd also bet that these are among the lower hours and cycle birds AC parked and have no damage or corrosion history, so are well suited to return to service.
Quite a few aircraft that it was planned would never fly again have been returned to service in recent years, since new build deliveries have been slow and traffic growth has exploded.
I'll add that the 767 is any coach passenger's first choice with 2-3-2 seating to go with two aisles.
They are nice to fly in.
 
fdcg27 said:
The 767 is a classic old-school Boeing, durable and long-lived.
There's a reason that so many retired 767 airliners were converted to freighters.
AC obviously feels that they need these passengers frames back in service now and I'm quite sure they've done their maths on the coast versus the benefit.
I'd also bet that these are among the lower hours and cycle birds AC parked and have no damage or corrosion history, so are well suited to return to service.
Quite a few aircraft that it was planned would never fly again have been returned to service in recent years, since new build deliveries have been slow and traffic growth has exploded.
I'll add that the 767 is any coach passenger's first choice with 2-3-2 seating to go with two aisles.
They are nice to fly in.
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They are even better to fly. 😎
 
fdcg27 said:
The 767 is a classic old-school Boeing, durable and long-lived.
There's a reason that so many retired 767 airliners were converted to freighters.
AC obviously feels that they need these passengers frames back in service now and I'm quite sure they've done their maths on the coast versus the benefit.
I'd also bet that these are among the lower hours and cycle birds AC parked and have no damage or corrosion history, so are well suited to return to service.
Quite a few aircraft that it was planned would never fly again have been returned to service in recent years, since new build deliveries have been slow and traffic growth has exploded.
I'll add that the 767 is any coach passenger's first choice with 2-3-2 seating to go with two aisles.
They are nice to fly in.
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When flying coach on UA I really disliked the 767 because the center overhead bins really stink as they are really small, at least on United. For all the people on a wide body, there was never enough bin space.
 
fdcg27 said:
The 767 is a classic old-school Boeing, durable and long-lived.
There's a reason that so many retired 767 airliners were converted to freighters.
AC obviously feels that they need these passengers frames back in service now and I'm quite sure they've done their maths on the coast versus the benefit.
I'd also bet that these are among the lower hours and cycle birds AC parked and have no damage or corrosion history, so are well suited to return to service.
Quite a few aircraft that it was planned would never fly again have been returned to service in recent years, since new build deliveries have been slow and traffic growth has exploded.
I'll add that the 767 is any coach passenger's first choice with 2-3-2 seating to go with two aisles.
They are nice to fly in.
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UA’s Polaris …

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