Originally Posted by
CRJDriver
I was just surprised to see so many NWA Airlink planes that RON in DSM. I think I saw at least two or three -900s, but I can't remember, it was too damn early and I tried not to slip on the ice.
DSM has been a maintenance "hub" for Mesaba for a long time. We used to do overnight maintenance on the Avro's there. Now we are building a 12 million dollar hangar that will fit 4 CR9's and that is to be the principal CRJ maintenance facility going forward.