September marks 40 years since the first flight of the Boeing 767.
Impressively, this twin-engine widebody remains in production after four decades,
but only for cargo versions. With the production of the passenger 767 having
ended several years ago, let’s take a look at where the newest passenger 767s can be found.
The world’s youngest remaining passenger-carrying Boeing 767s belong to Kazakh carrier Air Astana.
The Almaty-based flag carrier of Kazakhstan flies three 767-300ERs
that are less than eight years old. The youngest of these is P4-KEC. Clocking in at 7.25 years
old, Air Astana received this aircraft in June 2014. At the start of this month, the jet was
undergoing maintenance to see it converted back to a standard passenger configuration as it had
previously served as a makeshift freighter. Air Astana’s other two comparatively youthful
767-300ERs are P4-KEA (7.98 years old) and P4-KEB (7.92 years old). The airline
received these 223-seat widebodies in September and October 2013 respectively.
Needless to say, they strike a great contrast with the world’s oldest active 767s,
some of which have nearly four decades of service behind them.
South America’s LATAM Group is also home to several 767-300ERs
with less than a decade of service under their belts.
Most belong to LATAM Brazil, which has nine examples between 8.25 and 9.24 years old. Six
are active, with two in storage and one in maintenance as of the making of this video.
Elsewhere in the LATAM portfolio, the group’s Peruvian subsidiary (LATAM Perú) also operates
two 767-300ERs that are yet to reach their 10th birthdays. The youngest of these is CC-BDB,
which clocks in at nearly 10 years old. This aircraft is currently in storage,
as is 10-year-old counterpart CC-BDA. The airline also operates nine older 767-300ERs.
While Air Astana operates the world’s youngest passenger 767s, the Kazakh carrier is not the
only Central Asian airline to fly comparatively youthful examples of the aircraft. Indeed,
neighboring Uzbekistan Airways operates an 8.28-year-old example registered as UK67006.
It also flies UK67005, which clocks in at 8 and a half years old.
Further to the east, MIAT Mongolian Airlines is the operator of a single
252-seat Boeing 767-300ER. It received this 8.43-year-old aircraft brand new in May 2013
and is registered as JU-1021. You may have noticed that all of the
world’s youngest passenger-carrying Boeing 767s are examples of the -300ER variant.
While the remaining passenger examples of other variants of the family may not be so young,
let’s take a quick look at where they stand.
Data from ch-aviation shows that the youngest non-ER example of the 767-300 belongs to Japan
Airlines. Registered as JA8988, this 22-year-old twinjet is currently in storage.
Meanwhile, the youngest 767-400ER belongs to Bahrain Royal flight and is 13.45-years-old.
This aircraft is currently undergoing maintenance and bears the registration A9C-HMH.
Saudi Aramco Aviation operates the world’s youngest remaining 767-200ER at 18.46 years old.
It remains active under registration N767A. Finally, the youngest 767-200
is 36 years old and flies with Eastern Airlines as N603KW.
What’s the youngest 767 that you’ve ever flown on? Perhaps it was one of the ones
featured in this article? Let us know your thoughts and experiences in the comments!