American Airlines Advances Schedule to Replace MD-80s

NEW YORK -- American Airlines said it will speed up replacement of its aging fleet of fuel-hogging jets, making the change earlier to a more efficient aircraft.

American will tap a previous agreement with Boeing to move up three deliveries of the single-aisle, medium range 737-800 from 2016 to 2009. Overall, American plans to pull forward delivery of 47 of the planes to 2009-2012 from 2013-2016.

American's fleet of MD-80s, the largest in the world, has an average age of 17 years.

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