It’s almost 2024 and I’m flying in an American Airlines Airbus 321-211.
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Why?
You are on your way to Grandma’s house for Thanksgiving.
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Lol.
22.9 years old
Not quite grandma’s age
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You did not pay enough for the ticket that they can order newer aircraft 
22.9 years? That’s nothing! Their last MD-80 was retired in 2019!
When I worked for low-cost carrier Vanguard in the early 2000s, we had one 737-200 built in 1969. Getting MD-80s (most of which were built in the 1980s) in 2001 was considered a major upgrade!
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Lufthansa are still operating six of their Airbus A340 which are meanwhile all > 20 years.
They are currently flying the routes of the former A380 equipment which was much younger.
As long as they are maintained well, i don’t have a problem with it.
Here’s an article about older aircraft.
Passenger of civil aircraft “Boy my aircraft was 23 years old. What a mess”
Pilot of a B52 military bomber “Hold my beer”
