Aircal Fleet

[phllax]

I know this is going back a few years, but did Aircal's fleet of 146's and 737-2/300's ever jump the fence before being retired?

I am also curious as to if AA used the 300's manuals and SOP's as the basis for the 800's when they ordered them, or did they start from scratch with new manuals and SOP's?

Are there many pilots and F/A's from Aircal still at AA?

 

[coolflyingfool]

I know that Southwest has a couple of aircraft that carry an AA tail number. I think there are 3. I will look on one of the websites to verify.

It looks like 8 of the 737-300s that were with AirCal are now with Southwest. 6 of them carry AA as an aircraft number, such as N679AA.

 

[eolesen]

Of the eight -300's, I show only five of them having been subleased to WN -- 673, 676, 677, 678, and 680. The other three were returned to the owners when AA retired the fleet, although it wouldn't surprise me to find that at least one of them wound up at WN with its sisters.

The leases on 673 and 676 expired back in the 90's. The leases on 677 and 678 expired in Jan 2001 and Feb 2001 respectively, and the lease on N680 expired in Jan 2005, so the last one has been off AMR's certificate for at least a year.

I don't believe that AA kept the -300 as a basis for -800 operations, and instead relied on Boeing to "assist" with the creation of manuals and procedures as part of the purchase price.

B737-200: Last Operations 9/91

AA Reg  OC Reg		  Disposition
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N460AC  N460AC		  sold to Polaris Leasing   9-89  
N465AC  N465AC		  returned to lessor		1-92
N463GB  N463GB		  ?						 ?  
N754UA  N754UA		  ?						 ?
N453AC  N453AC		  returned to lessor		8-91
N464AC  N464AC		  ?						 9-91
N462AC  N462AC		  returned to lessor		9-91
N467GB  N467GB		  returned to lessor		9-91
N461GB  N461GB		  ?						 9-91
N459AC  N459AC		  sold to Braniff		   3-89
N466AC  N466AC		  sold to Airfast Indonesia 8-91  
N473AC  N473AC		  sold to Polaris Leasing   9-89  
N470AC  N470AC		  sold to Polaris Leasning  4-89  
N469AC  N469AC		  sold to Airfast Indonesia 8-91  
N458AC  N458AC		  returned to lessor		5-90

B737-300: Last Operations 3/92

AA Reg  OC Reg		  Disposition
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N676AA  N301AC		  leased to Southwest	   4-92
N677AA  N303AC		  returned to lessor		4-92
N678AA  N304AC		  leased to Southwest	   4-91
N679AA  N306AC		  leased to Southwest	   4-91
N673AA  N307AC		  leased to Southwest	   2-92
N674AA  N308AC		  returned to lessor		3-92
N675AA  N309AC		  returned to lessor		3-92
N680AA  N310AC		  leased to Southwest	   4-91


BAE146: Last operations 11/90

AA Reg  OC Reg		  Disposition
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N694AA  N141AC		  returned to BAE		  11-90
N695AA  N142AC		  returned to BAE		  11-90
N696AA  N144AC		  returned to BAE		  11-90
N697AA  N145AC		  returned to BAE		  11-90
N146AC  N146AC		  returned to BAE		  11-90
N699AA  N148AC		  returned to BAE		  11-90

 

[coolflyingfool]

N674, N675, and N677 are all flying with SWA currently. They are all flying with AA tail numbers.