Daily Insight: Monday 25 February 2019: Old Airplanes and Age Limits

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The crash of an Amazon Prime 767 near Houston operated by Atlas Air as flight 3591 last week has once again brought up the question of older airliners.  The aircraft in question was 26 years old, having undergone a cargo conversion by IAI-Bedek in Singapore.  

Several countries have now restricted older aircraft from being registered for commercial service in their countries.  The following table illustrates some of them, and the maximum ages for passenger and cargo service: