After Delta Air Lines complained about the retirement of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series, the Boeing 717, Boeing 767-300 and Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft now face the same fate. The company said it wanted to simplify and modernize the fleet.

With 88 units, Delta is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 717, which was originally developed as the McDonnell Douglas MD-95. In recent years, the sub-fleet has been massively increased and the group has secured copies of this rear-wheel drive jet from all over the world. The two-jet engines are expected to leave the Delta fleet by 2025. By the way: Delta was also the airline that used the DC-9 for a particularly long period of time. No other great carier has relied on this pattern for so long.

There are currently 56 Boeing 767-300s in Delta’s aircraft fleet. These are also to be phased out by 2025. The Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets are operated by so-called regional partners. The SkyTeam member currently owns 23 CRJ-200ERs and 17 CRJ-200LRs. These are leased to various regional airlines and Delta is renting them back as part of ACMI contracts. Other units are in different ownership, but are also operated on behalf of Delta, so that the sub-fleet consists of a total of 119 units.