Originally Posted by
Superpilot92
they don't know, the try and say the dc9 is smaller even though the majority of the remaing dc9s are -40,-50's now. Seat wise they are compareable to the 737s and the dc9 is the same type as the dc9-80. People talk about how"small" it is when they try and talk down about it but it's more compareable than they like to admit because then don't have the arguing points anymore with out the attempt to portray them as "small"
It's a pontless argument either way
The DC-9-50 has 125 seats and the 737-700 has 124. However the -700 uses almost half as much fuel as the -50 and it has a range almost 4 times greater. The DC-9 is not in the same league as a 737-700. The 737-700 can go coast to coast and deep into South America. The DC-9-50 can't get too far away from a hub before it runs out of gas. The closest comparison is to an EMB-195 which holds 110 pax but has 2.5 times the range of a DC-9.