Originally Posted by
slowplay
Delta has already announced the lease of 5 MD-90's from SAS (last at Blue1). I think Lion only has 4 of the original 5, and Saudia only has 27 left. I don't believe all 27 of those are flying, so some of them may no longer be available.
I believe the total committed MD-90 fleet is 49 aircraft including the original 16 DAL.
49 is correct. There are the 16 original aircraft and Delta has contracted for a additional 33 airframes. So far only 3 of the new airframes are in service. The remaining 30 are awaiting mod lines. The nice change is that 18 months ago the MD90's were slated to replace MD88's that were coming up on major overhauls. They are now being used as growth airframes.