Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
IMHO we should be making an issue of this as our jets age and go away without replacement aircraft coming on line. Delta management has bought more than 700 new jets the last decade, the issue is, we don't fly them.
FYI only. Delta has over 120 aircraft on order and another 30 on option that are scheduled to come on line over the next 6 years (737-900 and MD-90). DCI has 1. Delta is about 60 aircraft smaller than at the merger. DCI is over 100 aircraft smaller.