Originally Posted by
Fly4hire
Only thing I have heard re DC9 is that the 30/40 will be phased out with heavy checks by 2012, not en masse this next year. Also heard there are spares in the desert they can swap out to extend when the heavies occur.
This is from Ed's chat on Delta Net... Guess we will park 30+ aircraft in the next 18 months. So before 2012...
db (Nov 11, 2009 10:17:36 AM)
hi ed, can you divulge which and how many aircraft will be leaving the fleet. ie dc9-30/40 and other types?
Ed Bastian (Nov 11, 2009 10:17:36 AM)
We will be retiring the DC9-30s/40s over the next 18 mos. We have no other plans to retire any additional aircraft. We're hoping to see improvements in the economy over that timeframe and will need all the aircraft we own to generate a premium share of revenue.