Delta retires last Boeing 727

FLY BYE Delta Air Lines retired its last Boeing 727 on Apr. 6 following a flight from Greensboro, N.C., to Atlanta. An airline official said this was the final scheduled flight of a 727 by a major U.S. carrier. Delta began flying the airplane in 1972 and eventually operated 184 of the three-engine...

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