Icelandair places 737MAX order

[Foxtrot]

A new fleet type now alongside the all-757 fleet it currently operates.

Source: Flight Global

[TAP-A343]

I think some of the B737 MAX's will replace the older B757's.

I just wonder what aircraft will eventually replace the B757's in their transatlantic operations.

[Eric Diffoot]

http://www.nycaviation.com/2012/12/icelandair-orders-12-boeing-737-max-jets/

"Icelandair says the new planes, expected to enter the fleet beginning in 2018, will augment their fleet of 757s, not replace them."

[HalcyonDays]

A new fleet type now alongside the all-757 fleet it currently operates.

Source: Flight Global

The 737 is not new to the Icelandair fleet as they have operated -300s and -400s in the past.

[TAP-A343]

http://www.nycaviation.com/2012/12/i...-737-max-jets/

"Icelandair says the new planes, expected to enter the fleet beginning in 2018, will augment their fleet of 757s, not replace them."

Icelandair has a fleet of 20 aircraft including 4 cargo ones. I don't think they are planning to almost double their fleet from 2018.

[IberiaMD-87]

The 737 is not new to the Icelandair fleet as they have operated -300s and -400s in the past.

Once tiny Icelandair operated the 737-400 between Iceland and Halifax/Canada. During the first half of the 1990s I remember that Icelandair "had four 737-400s and four 757-200s" + Fokker 50s

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