NYCAviation:
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Final Airbus A318 Operated By A North American Airline Retired
The Airbus A318 can be thought of as the black sheep of the Airbus family. With a grand total of only 79 airframes built, the A318 program was simply not meant to be. Earlier this month, the final A318 based in North America, belonging to Frontier Airlines, has been retired at the young age of [...]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nycav...~4/UcekNE4Z-6Y
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That was my main reason for going to Chicago a few weeks ago (other than being able to take advantage of a $8 r/t flight):
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http://aeropx.com/article/last-front...s-a318-retires
I think that this was inevitable. The A318 was built because of BA's restrictions flying in and out of London City Airport to JFK. It's a VIP airplane in itself. With Airbus announcing the facility down south only manufacturing A319, A320 and A321s you knew the handwriting was on the wall. May the A318 RIP!!!!!