Earlier this week, the final scheduled Boeing 727 passenger flight occurred in Iran. The retirement of this aircraft from commercial service marks the end of an era.
On Sunday, Iran Aseman Airlines operated its final 727 passenger flight from Zahedan (ZAH) to Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport (THR). The Boeing 727-200 Advanced was 38-years-old.
Today, the world's last passenger carrying flight of a Boeing 727 took place in #Iran. Today evening, the last Boeing 727-288/Adv of Aseman Airlines with EP-ASB register logged its last flight from #Zahedan to #Tehran and was retired from service after 39 years of flight. pic.twitter.com/cJiTOVvjQr
— Babak Taghvaee – Μπάπακ Τακβαίε – بابک تقوایی (@BabakTaghvaee) January 13, 2019
I’m going off this report above…the airline has not confirmed this officially, but EP-ASB has been out of service since Sunday and Iran Aseman Airlines was the final confirmed operator.
The Boeing 727 debuted with Eastern Airlines in 1964 and quickly became a new passenger and airline favorite. Production continued until 1984, when Boeing shut down the assembly line after delivering its 1831st aircraft. At the time, that marked the highest
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There’s a potential that Air Dijibouti may still have a passenger-configured 727 in its fleet. But I looked through all its scheduled service and do not see the aircraft presently operating. Many governments and cargo airlines are still using the aircraft.
I’m old enough to remember flying on a United Airlines 727 as a kid. I also flew on an old 727 during a trip to Bolivia many years ago…I remember that flight in particular, a national flight from Santa Cruz to Sucre, because I bought a walk-up ticket at the airport for $27 and because the landing was incredibly hard.
I’m sure many of us have 727 stories. What is your favorite 727 memory?
image: Konstantin Von Wedelstaedt // H/T: The Points Guy
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/tv-kyrgyz-cargo-plane-crashes-near-tehran-crew-feared-dead/
Aseman. Sounds dirty….
Last paragraph above conclusion section is a hanging fragment. Sloppy!
Yes, I also remember flying the ’27 as a kid. It had the “stethoscope” headphones that were so primitive.
I sat in seats 1A, 1B, and 1C on the 727–that’s the captain’s chair, first officer’s chair and the flight engineers. It was an amazing aircraft to fly, loud but amazing. It was also hard to land. On more than one occasion we would get the “rubber jungle” of emergency oxygen masks that had dropped from a hard landing. Good memories of flying it into St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Island. Short runway with special requirements. So long old friend.
Anyone who lived in California saw those pink & orange PSA 727s with the smile painted on the nose.
California. PSA, 727s with smiles, pink floral upholstery and stews wearing gogo boots. Hey, it was the 70s. The planes aren’t the only things that have changed at the airlines.
Oh God Andy so what. My first 727/100 on the proud bird with the golden tail ORD to DEN. Then 727/200 DEN to COS. Great flight and great memories.
Descending through flight level 250 power up, indicating 500 knots true. Now THAT was an airplane. I was qualified in all three seats of the trimet with Eastern Air Lines from 1968 to 1989. You could get that 500 true in level flight, too. Very noisy cockpit, though, but it was worth it.
My father was a pilot for Eastern Air Lines in the US and flew the B 727.
Flew them on Eastern, National, Pan Am, PeopleExpress, Air France and many others. It was always one of my favorites. Loved the back stairs.
My memory was from 1987 when Sterling Airways flew from Copenhagen to Mytilini Lesvos. Sterling made Boeing expand the 727 model to Adv because they had to fly from CPH to Canary Islands non stop. They were bigger too.
But sitting in the plane I noticed orange curtains.