Originally Posted by
futurama
Interesting that Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and United have reported zero cracking so far (as of the 7-day deadline for highest cycle planes). Together they have some of the world's largest (& oldest NG) fleets.
Gol on the other hand has 11. What's the difference? The winglets?
Another poster stated that they didn't have the higher cycle counts so the 'age' of their aircraft isn't as high as perhaps SW's might be due to short flights = higher cycles.