Delta has announced more retirements. This time they have announced that they will phase-out all B717s, B767-300ERs and CRJ200s by 2025. The retirements are part of the airline's post-COVID strategy in which the airline plans to be a much smaller airline with a young and efficient fleet.

At this moment Delta operates a fleet of 91 B717-200s. The majority of these are leased and on average almost 20 years old. Due to the Corona-pandemic, Delta has parked 47 B717s.

A total of 54 B767-300ERs are part of Delta's fleet. All of them are owned by the airline and they are just shy of 25 years old on average. The airline has parked 38 B767-300ERs due to the current crisis.

The CRJ-200s are operated by so-called "production carriers" like Endeavor and SkyWest. In total Delta Connection is operating 96 CRJ-200s.

As for replacements; as Delta is planning to shrink, it expects the current remaining fleet and new A220s and A330/A350s that Delta has on order will be sufficient for the medium-term.