These would all be upgraded to the -990A at the airline’s Tulsa engineering base.Īmerican Airlines would begin to retire the type as early as 1965, at the time the Boeing 727 arrived. In total, AA would operate the twenty Astrojets, as the carrier named the CV-990 in the revised order. In a vain attempt to try and win more orders from AA, Convair developed the CV-990A.
American Airlines Cargo invests in science and healthcare products Air Cargo News 04:57 1-Mar-22. The Points Guy DataBreaches 07:44 1-Mar-22. Airline Sues to Stop Popular Web-Scraping ServiceAmerican Airlines v. The new agreement was signed on September 21, 1961. American’s Loyalty Points Are Live, But Not Ready For Prime Time View from the Wing 08:14 1-Mar-22. The airline also stated that it would walk away from the deal if CV-990 could not meet the promised speeds. (Photo: Jon Proctor (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons) Revised OrderĪfter initial tests highlighted the CV-990’s performance flaws, AA decided to revise its order to just 20 airframes and cancel the options. The Astrojet was configured with 42 first-class and 57 coach seats, with a small four-seat lounge. This immediately left the plane-maker at a financial disadvantage, as it would need to sell many more aircraft to make a profit.
Convair would also accept 25 of AA’s Douglas DC-7s as a US$22.8m down payment. The first 25 jets would cost the airline a mere US$100m. Convair promised that the jet would fly over 100mph faster than its rivals, 635mph to be precise. As a result, the manufacturer decided to design the 880s bigger brother, the CV-990. The speed of the Convair 880 had caught Smith’s attention. (Photo: Jon Proctor (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons) Bigger, But Not Necessarily Better It would go on to fly for Lebanese International Airways before being destroyed by a military raid at Beirut International Airport in 1968. Smith wanted an aircraft to “beat the pants” off its rivals.Īmerican became the launch customer of the Convair CV-990, placing an order for 25 aircraft, with options for a further 25 in November 1958. DALLAS – Today in Aviation, American Airlines’ (AA) maiden Convair CV-990 Astrojet entered service between New York (JFK) and Chicago (ORD) in 1958.Īs airlines like TWA (TW) and United Airlines (UA) introduced the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 onto their transcontinental routes, AA chief C.R.
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