Originally Posted by
cruiseclimb
I thought NWA spent millions a few years ago refurbishing much of their DC-9 fleet. I heard it was new engines and avionics. They decided to that rather than buy new planes. This was before thngs went crashing down for them. If they park the 9s, it may be for other reasons other than they're hitting high time. I could be wrong...
While others parked 727's and dc-9 nwa flew them on they convinced the faa they would upgrade them and they would get another 5 years outta them. Times coming due. They leased engines instead of building them. Thats running thin. Cycles.