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==Fleet== [[File:Eastern Air Lines L-1011-1 N319EA MIA 1989-7-4.png|thumb|An Eastern Air Lines [[Lockheed L-1011#L-1011-1|Lockheed L-1011-1]] at Miami International Airport in 1989]] [[File:Eastern Air Lines A300B4-100 N201EA MIA 1990-5-31.png|thumb|An Eastern Air Lines [[Airbus A300#A300B4|Airbus A300B4-100]] at [[Miami International Airport]] in 1990]] [[File:Eastern Air Lines Boeing 727-200 Adv N812EA MIA 1990-5-12.png|thumb|An Eastern Air Lines [[Boeing 727-200 Advanced#727-200|Boeing 727-200 Advanced]] at Miami International Airport in 1990]] Eastern Air Lines flew many different types of aircraft throughout its history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Eastern%20Airlines.html|title=Eastern Air Lines fleet|website=aerobernie.bplaced.net|access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center" |+ Eastern Air Lines Historical Fleet |- !Aircraft !Total !Introduced !Retired !Notes |- |[[Airbus A300B2]] |2 |1980 |1988 | |- |[[Airbus A300B4]] |32 |1977 |1991 |First U.S. airline operator of this type |- |[[Aero Commander 500B]] |2 |1965 |1975 | |- |[[Boeing 720]] |15 |1961 |1970 |All returned to [[Boeing]] |- |[[Boeing 727-100]] |75 |1964 |1991 |Launch customer |- |[[Boeing 727-200|Boeing 727-200/Adv]] |99 |1968 |1991 | |- |[[Boeing 747-100]] |3 |1971 |1972 |Leased from [[Pan Am]] before the L-1011 arrived |- |[[Boeing 747-200B]] |{{Unknown}} |colspan=2|Cancelled |For planned services to Europe, bought from [[Qantas]] <br /> One aircraft painted but never delivered |- |[[Boeing 757-200]] |25 |1983 |1991 |Launch customer along with [[British Airways]] |- |[[Breguet 941]] |1 |1968 |1968 |Demonstration use only |- |[[Convair 340]] |2 |1973 |1974 | |- |[[Convair 440]] |20 |1957 |1970 | |- |[[Convair 640]] |6 |1973 |1974 | |- |[[Curtiss C-46 Commando]] |2 |1942 |1943 | |- |[[Curtiss T-32 Condor II|Curtiss Condor]] |6 |1930 |1936 | |- |[[Curtiss Kingbird]] |14 |1930 |1934 | |- |[[Douglas DC-2]] |14 |1934 |1941 | |- |[[Douglas DC-3]] |76 |1936 |1957 | |- |[[Douglas DC-4]] |38 |1946 |1960 | |- |[[Douglas DC-6]] |6 |1967 |1967 | |- |[[Douglas DC-6B]] |10 |1955 |1962 | |- |[[Douglas DC-7B]] |54 |1953 |1966 | |- |[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-21]] |16 |1960 |1979 | |- |[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-51]] |3 |1964 |1972 | |- |[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-54CF]] |2 |1965 |1968 |Leased from [[Capitol Air]] |- |[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-61]] |17 |1967 |1976 | |- |[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-63PF]] |6 |1969 |1974 | |- |[[Fokker F-10]] |2 |1931 |1931 |Leased from [[General Air Lines]] |- |[[Ford Tri-Motor]] |4 |1929 |1933 | |- |[[Kellett KD-1]] |1 |1939 |1940 | |- |[[Lockheed Model 10 Electra]] |6 |1935 |1937 | |- |[[Lockheed L-049 Constellation]] |10 |1956 |1958 | |- |[[Lockheed L-749 Constellation]] |21 |1947 |1961 | |- |[[Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation]] |76 |1951 |1968 | |- |[[Lockheed L-188 Electra]] |40 |1959 |1978 |First and only turboprop aircraft flown by Eastern in mainline operation |- |[[Lockheed L-1011|Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar]] |66 |1972 |1991 |Launch customer along with [[Trans World Airlines]]. One written off as [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 401]] |- |[[Lockheed JetStar]] |2 |1970 |1973 |For corporate use only |- |[[Martin 4-0-4]] |60 |1951 |1962 |Largest operator of the type in operation |- |[[Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14]] |15 |1965 |1980 | |- |[[Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31]] |75 |1967 |1991 | |- |[[Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32]] |7 |1987 |1991 | |- |[[Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51]] |26 |1978 |1991 | |- |[[McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30]] |3 |1985 |1990 |Formerly from [[Alitalia]]. Used for long range services to Europe and South America |- |[[Pitcairn Mailwing]] |54 |1927 |1937 |First aircraft to begin operations as Eastern Air Transport Inc. |- |[[Rockwell Sabreliner]] |1 |1969 |1970 | |- |[[Travel Air 2000]] |1 |{{Unknown}} |{{Unknown}} | |- |}
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