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Delta Air Lines says goodbye to its entire McDonnell Douglas fleet
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) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
lool
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.
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.
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
I will always miss watching a MD-88 climbing out of ATL
The MD-90 is so much quieter that the -88. Hate to see it go.
No mention of the 717. What’s with that.