Convair 880

Convair 880
The Convair 880 is a low-wing airliner with four underwing turbojets.
General information
Type	Narrow-body jet airliner
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Convair
Status	Retired
Primary users	Trans World Airlines Delta Air Lines Japan Airlines Swissair
Number built	65
History
Manufactured	1959–1962
Introduction date	May 1960 with Delta Air Lines
First flight	January 27, 1959
Retired	1998
Variants	Convair 990 Coronado

The Convair 880 is a retired American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics. It was designed to compete with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 by being smaller but faster, a niche that failed to create demand. When it was first introduced, some^[who?] in aviation circles claimed that at 615 mph (990 km/h), it was the fastest jet transport in the world.^{[1][better source needed]} Only 65 Convair 880s were produced over the lifetime of the production run from 1959 to 1962, and General Dynamics eventually withdrew from the airliner market after considering the 880 project a failure. The Convair 990 Coronado was a stretched and faster variant of the 880.