Originally Posted by
DelDah Capt
There were only 116 MD90s ever built and currently only 109 are flying....that includes the 29 Saudi planes with the MD11 avionics. As far as I know, we currently have 19 MD90s actually out on the line. Even if we bought up the entire world fleet, we're not getting '100' more on top of what we already have.
30 announced deliveries of MD-90's, 12 more 70 seat jets for a total of 42 announced airplanes.
They can get 20 more 70 seaters and they probably will for a total of 62 airframes. That still leaves 38 more jets (58 without the 20 more allowable RJ's) that would need to be announced to hit that 100 mark Ed made today. Yes?
There is not masking that the 70 seater is the 9 replacement, we are talking about overall fleet count from today forward, and jobs that are currently on property. We must look forward.