Originally Posted by
slowplay
Of course. The baseline mainline fleet to add any 76 seaters is 768 jets. There are 33 DC-9-30/40 planned to be parked, so management would have to cover those losses with replacement aircraft and then add the number above to add 76 seaters,
And unless I've missed an announcement, there is the fate of the NWA Boeing 757-5500 series fleet. I've got 19 755's flying right now, with 3 still stored at Marana. No one seems to know whether these planes are truly staying on or going the way of the DC-9-30's and 40's. But that's 19 or 22 more planes depending on how you look at it.
At last check none of these plans have been touched since the merger (paint, interior). But I keep hearing rumblings that these 755's will be staying through 2010 now...