How Much American Airlines Made From Its Airbus A330 Sales Agreement

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, travel demand plummeted, and nearly every global airline grounded most of their aircraft. Some went a step further and retired entire aircraft types from their fleets. None was as cutthroat as American Airlines

, which retired five different types in a single day, including its Embraer E190s, Boeing 757s and 767s, and perhaps most controversially, all of its 25 Airbus A330s.

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