Picture - American Airlines Boeing 757

Boeing 757 at the ramp in Toronto. American Airlines added the Boeing 757 to its fleet in 1989. The 757 shares the same fuselage width as the earlier Boeing 707 and in many ways the 757 is really a much more efficient, twin-engine 707. Seating 176 passengers in a two-class configuration, American's 757s are used mostly on medium-haul or high-density routes. Behind the MD-80, the 757 is the second most numerous aircraft in American Airline's fleet. American operates 102 Boeing 757s. According to Boing Boing, American Airlines just returned to profitability after 5 years. Seems if you take away enough olives from the salad, taxi around on one engine and make parts from used vacuum cleaners, it's possible to survive in this tough business.