Gulf International 757-200

As part of Gulf international's modernization program, at the 1980 Farnborough Air Show, the airline placed one of its largest orders in its history up to that point: 210 firm orders from Boeing and Douglas that totaled over Twenty billion dollars in list prices. The lion's share of the order was for 90 examples of the Boeing 757-200; with a longer range, greater passenger and cargo capacity and fuel efficiency and superior airfield performance, It was an obvious choice to replace the aging fleet of 707s, DC-8s and Coronados, which were still operating mainline services within the US and to/from Latin America when Gulf took delivery of its first 757 in February 1983. Eventually, Gulf ordered and operated a total of 200 757s during its long career. Nicknamed the "GulfLiner," the 757s carried 198 passengers in a 4F, 24C, 168Y configuration and provided the latest advancements in entertainment and comfort in the skies, from the first CRT (cathode ray tubes) screens installed in 1984, to the first use of lie-flat premium class seats in US domestic services in 1998, to having inflight internet installed on an developmental level (with Connexion by Boeing, later Rockwell Collins) in 2001. The 757 remained in integral part of the Gulf fleet to this day; however, its replacement program commenced in 2016 with the arrival of the Airbus A321ceo on domestic routes; for regional and trans-atlantic routes it will be replaced by the A321LR from December 2019.
Boeing 757-200, "GulfLiner" Marquesas Keys, N267GF.

Delivered to Gulf International, March 22, 1983.
Retired, Stored at Pinal Airpark, Marana, AZ, August 10, 2016.