TWA Retires Last Boeing 727; Flight Engineers To Leave Or Retrain

Staff October 03, 2000

TWA during the weekend retired its final six Boeing 727s. It had operated the aircraft type for 36 years. The carrier is replacing the three-engine jets with twin-engine Boeing 717s and MD-80s. In October 1996, TWA had 47 727s, nearly all of them owned by the airline. After its massive fleet...

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