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Delta Air Lines says goodbye to its entire McDonnell Douglas fleet

提交时间：大约 1 年以前

Delta Air Lines will soon say goodbye to its entire McDonnell Douglas fleet. Delta's MD-88s have already been planned to leave the fleet in 2020, but the carrier wants to phase out its MD-90s as well sooner than expected. Paul Jacobson, Chief Financial Officer of Delta, said that the airline would provide more information within a few months as to when the MD-90s will be dropped from the service. Delta Air Lines currently operates a fleet of 37 MD-90 that is 22 years old on average. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...

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sharon bias 大约 1 年以前 11

Lease them to American until the 737 mess is fixed. The capacity of the planes is similar to the 737 and more expensive gas is still cheaper than losing all the income from the cancelled flights.

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mary susan watkins 大约 1 年以前 2

since American just"retired"recently all of its md 80's,they may still be able to put some of them back into service if not sold or parked in the desert or dismantled..they would not need to lease from delta..

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golfbum971 大约 1 年以前 1

Wrong. American still has 80's flying.

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mary susan watkins 大约 1 年以前 1

there are 28 md-80's still in service systemwide with aa out of 42 earlier..they all were to be retired by the end of 2019..

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sparkie624 大约 1 年以前 1

That is correct... They fly them out of KSTL. I not sure to what extent, but they RON at least 3 a night and keep a spare a/c there as well.

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kharing72 大约 1 年以前 1

Even if "mothballed" in the desert, it doesn't take a ton of work to get them airworthy again usually. That's probably even more true with the AA fleet because there are probably plenty that haven't been sitting there long.

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MultiComm 大约 1 年以前 1

Not sure but the 88/90s are probably more cost effective to operate but then juggling cost of returning to service the Super 80s vs leaseknv 88/90 from Delta ð¤·‍♂️

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Duncan Mulholland 大约 1 年以前 1

I agree Sharon

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Relics 大约 1 年以前 7

Was fortunate to be on a MD-88 from Arkansas to Atlanta and a MD-90 from Atlanta to Cincinnati. Fantastic planes.

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John Pettinari 大约 1 年以前 4

The MD-90 is so much quieter that the -88. Hate to see it go.

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Steve Thompson 大约 1 年以前 4

Loved that aircraft.. I’ll miss it

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Wm. Mark Meiggs 大约 1 年以前 4

No mention of the 717. What’s with that.

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cboginsk 大约 1 年以前 3

The "Mad Dogs" were always great. A real improvement from the earlier DC9s. Takeoffs and climbs were pretty impressive for their time. They will be missed, but it all boils down to economics and the cost of maintaining older airframes.

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John D 大约 1 年以前 4

Although the cabins are loud, I've always thought the MD's had a great ride.

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MultiComm 大约 1 年以前 4

Ever sit in the back of a 737? I can’t say which variants specifically (probably the MAX) but they are quite loud as well.

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cboginsk 大约 1 年以前 2

The back seat in a DC9-30 were no picnic either. The engines were always a little out of sync with each other and there was always an out of phase whine from one side to the other.

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Robert Cowling 大约 1 年以前 1

Gawd, yes! I remember being stuck in a back seat, and there was some vibration harmonics that made the thing so loud, and shaky. Yeah, I'll pass...

Plus, can anyone imagine the uncontained failure that the SouthWorst flight had, happening to an engine just off the side of the fuselage? Not likely survivable. Yikes...

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EliteAirInc 大约 1 年以前 0

Look up Delta Flight 1288.

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Shenghao Han 大约 1 年以前 1

probably not the max, smaller engines/fan are louder than bigger fan/engines

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Supercool Marmol 大约 1 年以前 -1

Angry puppy?

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Shenghao Han 大约 1 年以前 5

Evolution of flight, who would know engines mounted on wings would relief bending moment and sheer stress back in the 50s... the reduction of weight (from not needing reinforcing the wings) making the aerodynamic benefits almost negligible and risk of a deep stall making tail mounting layout obsolete on 100+ seaters...
I will always miss watching a MD-88 climbing out of ATL

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matt jensen 大约 1 年以前 4

DAL should keep them. Cheaper to fly those, than cancel flights. Only 22 yo jets? Wow - we still fly 50 yo a/c!

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Robert Cowling 大约 1 年以前 2

HAH!!! I remember getting on a NorthWest DC-9, and seeing the huge plaque on the bulkhead, and commenting that the plane was only something like 4 years younger than I was at the time.

Shortly after that, coincidence I'm sure, NorthWest removed all the plaques. Too funny...

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James Steiner 大约 1 年以前 2

I had 2 good flights on the MD 88s in 2016 MIA-ATL and MSY-ATL

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robert kennington 大约 1 年以前 2

My Dad was a career "Tech-Rep" for Douglas, which was later taken into McDonnell: Douglas AD-1, A4D, DC-9 plus Yugoslav JAT DC-10s were his specialties. Also flew for Chalk Airways in retirement.

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sparkie624 大约 1 年以前 2

An end to another err!

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Doug Fehmel 大约 1 年以前 2

Loved flying the MD-80/ MD-88 during my travel days in Europe in the 80/90's. Personlly I would book the two seats together whenever I traveled with my wife on trips together. I will miss those jets.

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Kobe Hunte 大约 1 年以前 2

wish they could build upgraded versions of these planes. they are very nice..

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Brad Littlejohn 大约 1 年以前 3

They did. It was the B717.

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Kobe Hunte 大约 1 年以前 3

I mean more modern day...

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sparkie624 大约 1 年以前 2

Make them about 20 feet longer, 10 in the front, 10 in the rear... Then raise it another 3 feet off the ground... You shouldn't need the Nose to be pushed over due to too much thrust... With 2 big 757 size engines on the tail that sucker would never have thrust too far forward of the wing... LOL... What I would like to see is the return of the 727 stretched and 3 CFM 56's! :)

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SkyAware123 大约 1 年以前 1

upgrade... like the 737 max 800 ? no thanks.

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MultiComm 大约 1 年以前 3

The 3/2 seating will be GREATLY missed!!!

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scott8733 大约 1 年以前 6

The C-Series.....errrr the new A220's they're getting have 3 & 2 arrangement in coach.

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John Waller 大约 1 年以前 2

Mixed feelings - not a bad ride but endless mechanicals with Delta. It’s time.

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obby882 大约 1 年以前 1

lool

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STEPHEN HLUCHANYK 大约 1 年以前 1

From the back: quiet sold comfortable plane. Replacing it with creaky rattling 321s that feel like the nose wheel coming up will shake the plane apart.

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