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COVID-19 is changing airline fleet planning fundamentally.

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The COVID-19 pandemic is changing airline fleet planning fundamentally. Some older models such as the Airbus A340 or the Boeing 747 are being retired as passenger aircraft, yet others will survive and be used to rebuild air travel once demand comes back.
 
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