757
Had a chat about this the other day in the cruise - the following airlines in the UK currently use 757's (in no particular order!)
BA, Thomsonfly , Monarch , First Choice , Thomas Cook , Astraeus , Flyjet , Titan , My Travel , DHL , Air Scotland , Excel , Jet2.
737's (srs 300 and upward)
BA , Thomsonfly , Titan , Astraeus , Excel , Easyjet , BMI Baby , FlyGlobespan , Jet2 , Ryanair (technically!).
hope i haven't missed any! So i reckon there are more companies ex uk flying the 757 than there are 737, although of course there are far more 737's around!
Granted some of the DHL one's plus some MON/MYT examples have been around since the early 80's (as indeed have some 733's), i think G-MONB had around 80,000 hrs on it last time i looked , but is still going strong and isn't a Kemble candidate just yet!
Some of the TCX one's were new ex factory and can't be more than five years old. In short they will be around for many years yet!
PP - from memory the 757 used to cost about £6k more on say , an AGP than a 738 , rising to about £8k on a TFS , this based on (old) DOC's. Bearing in mind though the seat differential (235 or 233/189) , so in some cases 46 more seats to sell, the old girl doesn't do too bad , although i agree with you that nothing beats a 738 - superb a/c!
Last edited by rentaghost; 22nd January 2006 at 13:45.