Comments on: Ode to the 767

By: Alvin

Alvin — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:03:42 +0000

I currently fly the 737-900 but considering going to the 75/76 ER classic. I like the 73 but was considering going over before they get fazed out. The 737 in the right seat is quite busy but was curious about the ER?
thanks

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 23:15:15 +0000

For an economy class passenger 2-3-2 is golden, the best, sorely missed. So the 80s was the last time passenger comfort, where it really matters, was taken seriously?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 01:23:38 +0000

In reply to 757MAX. The 767 is a bland-looking jet, neither attractive nor unattractive. Not a lot of personality to its lines. Winglets or not… it doesn’t make much difference to me. If anything, I think the winglets are disproportionally tall and a little ungainly.

By: 757MAX

757MAX — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 18:16:23 +0000

Once again, great and informative article. You soad you prefer to fly on the 767, but what do you think of its looks? I think it’s a bit bland, particularly the 763 without winglets. The one with winglets looks OK.
The exception, though, would be the 764. Those raked wingtips look great.

By: Johannes Bols

Johannes Bols — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 04:49:51 +0000

My parents owned a Chrysler New Yorker that I enjoyed driving around 1987. The engine had a turbo feature that was a total wow.

That’s what taking off in a 757 was like. The same sensation of being absolutely blown down the runway! The only aircraft with that kind of thrust. It was a United Airlines 757, in case different carriers use different engines.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:47:14 +0000

I will be flying a 767-300 (United) soon and seeing this article makes me excited for it! As I saw my aircraft is one of the ‘older’ ones I was a bit worried it will be uncomfortable. But I am looking forward to seeing it for myself now.

Regarding the go-around, I have experienced it once myself. As an aviation enthousiast I was not worried at all and kinda figured what was going on. But I was quite some very nervous people in the cabin wondering what was happening. I was sitting next to a mom and her child and the kid screamed full of joy: ‘YAY, another take-off) As we had the go-around like 1 second from touchdown. This was on an Easyjet flight to London Gatwick, the captain told us we got some turbulent air from the A380 in front of us!

Thanks for this great piece!

By: Chico Cornell

Chico Cornell — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 01:19:54 +0000

I don’t like flying on red eyes, but the best one I ever had was quite memorable, in a good way. It was Lan Airlines from Lima Peru to LAX on a 767-300. And both the movies I watched on the seat back were James Bond movies. Who can beat that?

By: Michael S.

Michael S. — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 15:21:52 +0000

One more item I forgot to mention in my wish for Boeing to come up with a modernized 767 that’s a modernized flight deck and instrument panel.

By: Michael S.

Michael S. — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 15:15:51 +0000

I’ve been on the 767, both the 200 and 300 variants a number of times and it has always been my favorite aircraft on long haul flights, the 2-3-2 cabin layout is one reason, it’s very comfortable when I travel with somebody and there isn’t anyone else sitting next to us, which is the case with most narrow-body and wide-body aircraft these days. Of course if you prefer to have 3 seats you can choose the 3 in the middle.

I know aviation well and Boeing supposedly replaced the 767 with the 787, which in some ways not true, mainly because most of 787s don’t have the 2-3-2 cabin layouts. I know it may not be feasible for Boeing and airlines, but it would have been good to create a 767 variant with a lot of composite materials, more economical engines, higher fuel capacity and range, and one that can fit in between the 757 and the 787. Yes, there is the 767-400 but from an economic standpoint, acquiring such aircraft wouldn’t make sense for most airlines, since the 787 can do a better job. But, who knows, maybe the 797 can fill those shoes.

By: U. David

U. David — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 02:48:02 +0000

Thanks for this story- pilots’ perspectives on the experience of flying different aircraft are always interesting to read. A question: the 757 obviously outperforms both the 737 and A320 (though, as I understand it, it was also designed for longer flights to begin with); is the 767’s performance superior to other aircraft of comparable size as well? (The A330-200 seems like the closest analogue.)

Another airplane/traveler nerd question: what makes CDG’s airfield layout such a snarl of taxiways? Its runway layout doesn’t seem very conceptually different from, e.g., ATL, or does it also suffer from the same issues?