Aircraft
Delta to Shed All Its Boeing 777s By Year-end
After parking 650 aircraft since the start of the Covid crisis, Delta Air Lines has decided to extend its fleet retirements to its aging Boeing widebodies.
Delta Air Lines took its first Boeing 777 in 1999. (Photo: Delta Air Lines)
Delta Air Lines took its first Boeing 777 in 1999. (Photo: Delta Air Lines)

Delta Air Lines will retire its 18 Boeing 777s by the end of the year as it accelerates a plan to simplify and modernize its fleet as part of wider Covid-19-related changes to its business strategy, the company announced Thursday.