Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.

As a result, the ongoing maintenance costs of an aircraft are also a primary determinant of when it will retire. Just like ...

American Airlines’ Airbus A319, N823AW, has been stored, despite earlier statements from the CEO about not retiring aircraft.

The jets will be sent to the "aircraft boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tuscon, Arizona, where hundreds of retired aircraft are sent for final maintenance procedures and display ...