Alireza Alivandivafa <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> writes: > << Taken out of fleet in July 1992. >> > > Merci, Jean-Michel. Why did they buy them in the first place? > They did not do anything that required the SP, and there were > other used 747s on the market by then that would have worked > better. Another thing. If AA is this great airline, how come > they never picked up the 744 to do big traffic? AA used the 747SPs for DFW-Tokyo, and then replaced them with MD-11s once they were delivered. DFW-Tokyo is certainly on the long side, and the SP's range came in handy. A 744 could also have done it, of course, but with a much greater capacity. AA has generally preferred adding frequency rather than bigger aircraft, if traffic on a route justifies it. AA did in fact negotiate for 744s at around that time, planning to use them on ORD-Tokyo, where the additional capacity would have been useful, and necessary given constraints in getting slots at NRT. But they didn't get the route rights, and so never got the aircraft. IIRC, they had been talking to Canadian about taking over some of theirs. AA at the time had an alliance with Canadian. Best regards, Stefano