This is how old a Fokker 70 is.

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Katana_DV20@reddit

To think that I was a time when you could be trapped in a tube with people spewing poisonous fumes from their gobs - and there was no escape from breathing in that 2nd hand poison.

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IAteAPlane@reddit

I’m at air cadets and our squadron has rows of them at the back of some rooms that have them

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juusohd@reddit

Ashtrays can be found still on all modern ailiners.

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FastPatience1595@reddit

Must be a mother Fokker ... (I'll see myself out, running for cover).

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FastPatience1595@reddit

Humorless redditors strike again... go watch Meet the parents, with Ben Stiller and De Niro.

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Over-Conflict6231@reddit

The Fokker 70 was manufactured in the 90s.

The first A320 was built in the 80s. The first 737 was built in 60s.

A Fokker 70 ain't that old. That one just has a slightly outdated interior.

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GTdspDude@reddit

I was gonna counter that we routinely had these in the 90’s, but then I realized that’s 30 years ago and I’m going to go cry in the corner now

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BergaChatting@reddit

Seeing as OP is Australian imma guess that Qantas being Qantas have cheaper out and not updated their interior seating in a while (due to be phased out tbf)

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Specialist_Reality96@reddit

More likely it an Alliance or similar charter operator that does mine site charters.

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BergaChatting@reddit

Shit yeah, I confused f100 which is what Qantas have

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Specialist_Reality96@reddit

I think the F-100's are run by Alliance for QANTAS link just actually painted in QANTAS colours. So not a massive step between the two.

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Ok-Dust-@reddit

Looks like 1974 is the oldest one still flying. 50 years old still doing 2-3 legs a day pretty consistently isn’t half bad.

https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-737-200-c-gnlk-nolinor-aviation/e96dgg

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zootayman@reddit

An interesting question would be what country/airline waS THE FIRST TO NOT ALLOW SMOKING ON THE PLANES.

i RECALL THAT IN THE 60S THEY EVEN GAVE PASSENGERS COMPLEMENTARY CIGRARRETS ON TH EFLIGHTS

I recall that in the 60s they even gave passengers complementary cigarettes (small pack) on flights (ie- American Airlines)

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flyboy1964@reddit

From the days of the beefy padding, wide and comfortable airline seats. Today it's all about how many sardines the airlines can fit inside the can.

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unityofsaints@reddit

Yeah it still has seet recline, haven't seen that in years /s

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joesnopes@reddit

Doesn't show anything about age. Shows how global Fokker's customers were.

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auxilary@reddit

people quickly forget that when, some idiot lights up a cig in the bathroom or in their seat, that although it is wildly wrong, you still need a safe place to extinguish that small little fire.

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Every-Progress-1117@reddit

You mean, not in the bin stuffed full of paper?

This video is quite interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qSET4ZpH1U and to be honest, anyone who smokes on an aircraft deserves to be locked into the toilet with a halon extinguisher.

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itchygentleman@reddit

A modern FAA legal airplane cannot legally take off without an ashtray 👍

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MattheiusFrink@reddit

acktchually....

A&P here, there are several STCs available which eliminates the ashtrays altogether. A new weight and balance is required, of course, but it can be done.

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IIRC, there’s only a regulatory requirement for ashtrays in the lavatories these days, nowhere else in the cabin. Probably depends on the certification basis of the aircraft, but you can always step up to later amendments.

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MattheiusFrink@reddit

For u.s. carriers, yes. There are still foreign flag carriers that allow smoking. Hence why we still have aircraft rolling off the line with ashtrays and "no smoking" lights. Either the STCs are applied during cabin fitting, or the manufacturer develops a submodel for u.s. carriers.

Meanwhile other countries get the smoking accoutrement

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mikepapafoxtrot@reddit

Curious about which airlines these days still allow smoking nowadays; I know the national carrier in my country fully banned smoking in the late 2000 and IIRC it was among the last major airline in the region that still allowed smoking inflight.

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