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 Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:03 am Post subject: Delta retires the Douglas DC-9 |
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http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=43&item=2216
Delta to retire last commercial service Douglas DC-9 aircraft
Last flight comes as the airline modernizes its fleet and reduces fuel usage
Dec 24, 2013
Delta Air Lines on Jan. 6, 2014 will retire its remaining Douglas DC-9 aircraft following Flight 2014 scheduled to depart Minneapolis/St. Paul for Atlanta at 4:20 p.m. (CST), the last scheduled commercial flight of the DC-9 by a major U.S. airline.
"The DC-9 has been a workhorse in our domestic fleet while providing a reliable customer experience," said Nat Pieper, Delta's vice president – Fleet Strategy. "The aircraft's retirement paves the way for newer, more efficient aircraft."
Since 2008, Delta has removed or retired more than 350 aircraft from its fleet including 50-seat CRJ-200s; Saab 340s and DC-9s; while adding economically efficient, proven-technology aircraft such as the Boeing 777-200LR; two-class, 65 and 76-seat regional jets and variants of the 737 and 717, largely on a capacity-neutral basis.
The DC-9 retirement comes just months after Delta began taking delivery of its orders of 88 Boeing 717-200 aircraft and 100 Boeing 737-900ER aircraft, which began entering service in October and November, respectively. Each aircraft features a First Class cabin and slim-line seats throughout Delta's Economy Comfort and Economy cabin along with Wi-Fi connectivity and in-seat power ports. Additionally, the Boeing 737-900ER offers on-demand entertainment throughout the cabin. Delta also recently announced its order for 40 Airbus aircraft including 30 narrowbody A321s, which will begin to be delivered in 2016.
Delta was the launch customer for the original 65-seat version of the DC-9 in 1965 as the airline replaced propeller aircraft on high-frequency, short-haul domestic routes. The twin-engine plane was removed from the Delta fleet in 1993, but larger variants reentered service following the merger; those aircraft joined Northwest after it acquired Republic Airlines in 1986. Delta has flown a total of 305 DC-9s since 1965.
To acknowledge the DC-9's retirement, the last flight has been tagged DL2014 noting the final year of service, while the preceding flight operating from Detroit to Minneapolis/St. Paul will be flight DL1965, the aircraft's initial year of service.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Sad to see them go!
Lucky to have flown on one (ORD-ATL) in October this year.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| vivekman wrote: | | Lucky to have flown on one (ORD-ATL) in October this year. |
...and yet, we do not have a TR from you, or any interior pictures  |
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One of the types I havent flown in- although I have flown its descendants (MD 8x).
It was quite the workhorse- but now its way past its prime. The planes would be surely as old -if not older than the people who fly or service them!! |
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Got on one unexpectedly in 2005ish (well it was NW then) from MSP to somewhere. I was expecting an MD80 and it turned out to by my first and last DC9 trip.
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http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/news/24703-pawa-dominicana-to-acquire-twenty-delta-dc-9-50s
PAWA Dominicana to acquire twenty Delta DC 9-50s
PAWA Dominicana is to reportedly acquire twenty DC-9-50s from Delta Air Lines following the US carrier's recent decision to phase out the type from revenue service. According to informed sources, the Dominican startup also plans to use two ex-Northwest Airlines DC-9-30s, HI-869 (msn 47566) & HI-876 (msn 47046), and a single ex-American Airlines MD-82, HI-914 (msn 49476), all of which are currently in storage at Santo Domingo Las Américas. PAWA Dominicana plans to resume operations later this year and is a sister carrier of Venuezuela's Aserca Airlines.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Deb, thanks for all these updates. For us Delhi'ites, the best chance of sighting (admittedly, a DC-9 derivative, not the original -10, -20, -30, -40 or -50 series bird), is in the Kam Air liveried MD-83 and the MD-87s, which they send in (quite at random: I have seen all 4 of their types at DEL: the B762 and the A320 as well).
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| sumantra wrote: | | the Kam Air liveried MD-83 and the MD-87s, |
That sole Kam Air MD-87 is a pretty rare airplane to spot, let alone fly in. With only a few 87s in operational service, it's good that you have the opportunity to spot her.
The 87 and 81 are the rarest members of the MD80 / DC9 / B717 family, and the only two that I've never flown abaord.
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| 747-237 wrote: | | That sole Kam Air MD-87 is a pretty rare airplane to spot, let alone fly in. With only a few 87s in operational service, it's good that you have the opportunity to spot her. The 87 and 81 are the rarest members of the MD80 / DC9 / B717 family, and the only two that I've never flown abaord. |
Thanks for these pearls of information! For a person who never liked the shape or appearance of the planes (I started getting `interested' in the DC9 family from the -30 onwards, since the earlier ones were too ugly for me), the -40 was still ok, but the -50, and the super80, and the period after that, I never bothered about any variant, whatsoever. However now that they are indeed becoming quite rare, thanks to such informative posts and threads, I am indeed getting slightly interested.
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| sumantra wrote: | | 747-237 wrote: | | That sole Kam Air MD-87 is a pretty rare airplane to spot, let alone fly in. With only a few 87s in operational service, it's good that you have the opportunity to spot her. The 87 and 81 are the rarest members of the MD80 / DC9 / B717 family, and the only two that I've never flown abaord. |
Thanks for these pearls of information! For a person who never liked the shape or appearance of the planes (I started getting `interested' in the DC9 family from the -30 onwards, since the earlier ones were too ugly for me), the -40 was still ok, but the -50, and the super80, and the period after that, I never bothered about any variant, whatsoever. However now that they are indeed becoming quite rare, thanks to such informative posts and threads, I am indeed getting slightly interested.
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The MD-80 is a beautiful family. I got into them when a cousin of mine flew aboard a PSA Super 80 in the mid 80s (ah, the irony) and gave me the used "smiley" MD80 luggage tag.
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Coming back to the 87, to the best of my knowledge, there is only one flying commercially in North America, with Allegiant. I spotted her once, coming in to land at SRQ. When I asked the airline, they said that she is used only on charters out of Las Vegas. That put paid to any chances of me flying aboard her. Allegiant acquired a number of 87s from Europe, only to break them up for parts. Sadly, the chances of flying aboard an 87 or 81 are about zero.
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| 747-237 wrote: | | The MD-80 is a beautiful family. I got into them when a cousin of mine flew aboard a PSA Super 80 in the mid 80s (ah, the irony) |
Not really an irony: MD wanted to get out fo the 10-20-30-40-50 series, and since the 1980s were coming up, they named the newer variant, the `Super 80 series'. I used to have some McDonnell Douglas 1977-1978 booklets which had detailed the post series-40 look-ahead, and plans looking into the future. | 747-237 wrote: | | ...and gave me the used "smiley" MD80 luggage tag |
You are one lucky person, and a great collector, and a person who does not mind sharing his information for the delight of one and all on this forum. I will keep my eyes (and ears, too!) for the rarer variants of this entire family. Right now, for a Delhi'ite, the JT8D sound also comes from occasional early morning V(V)IP movements on the Pegasus Comm Sqr B732 pocket rockets, in addition to the Kam Air pencils.
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It served well....Another series type going down the record books.
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http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/news/24841-delta-maintaining-dc-9-50-ops-while-b717s-are-phased-in
Delta maintaining DC 9-50 ops while B717s are phased in
Delta Air Lines has not completely retired its fleet of DC-9-50s reports via social media suggest. The US mega-carrier had officially withdrawn the type from active service on January 6. However, according to the MD-80.com website, "at least" two DC 9-50s including N782NC (msn 48107) have been retained as back-up aircraft on flights to and from Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson while the twinjet's replacement, the B717-200, is gradually phased into service. The DC-9s are due to definitively exit Delta's fleet on January 22, 2014.
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http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/25263-delta-retires-its-last-two-dc-9-50s-for-good
Delta retires its last two DC 9-50s for good
Delta Air Lines has now completely withdrawn its last two DC-9-50s from service. As previously reported by ch-aviation, the carrier had retained two of the type, N779NC (msn 48101) and N782NC (msn 48107), for services out of Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson while the B717-200 was phased in. The last scheduled passenger flight with a DC-9 in the USA was operated by N779NC. |
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| 747-237 wrote: | http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/news/24703-pawa-dominicana-to-acquire-twenty-delta-dc-9-50s
PAWA Dominicana to acquire twenty Delta DC 9-50s
PAWA Dominicana is to reportedly acquire twenty DC-9-50s from Delta Air Lines following the US carrier's recent decision to phase out the type from revenue service. According to informed sources, the Dominican startup also plans to use two ex-Northwest Airlines DC-9-30s, HI-869 (msn 47566) & HI-876 (msn 47046), and a single ex-American Airlines MD-82, HI-914 (msn 49476), all of which are currently in storage at Santo Domingo Las Américas. PAWA Dominicana plans to resume operations later this year and is a sister carrier of Venuezuela's Aserca Airlines. |
http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/32342-pawa-dominicana-scraps-delta-dc-9-plans-goes-with-md-87s
PAWA Dominicana scraps Delta DC-9 plans, goes with MD-87s
PAWA Dominicana (7N, Santo Domingo Las Américas) has abandoned plans to acquire up to twenty DC-9-50s from Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) choosing instead to equip its fleet with MD-8X aircraft. Airline sources who spoke to ch-aviation exclusively said the DC-9's poor economics would have impacted profit margins too significantly.
A DC-9-50 that was to have been PAWA's first aircraft has since been sold to an undisclosed Panamanian airline which plans to convert it into a freighter. As a result, Dominican carrier will now resume operations using two MD-87s - N599SH (msn 49727) and N572SH (msn 49780) - sourced from sister carrier, Venezuela's Aserca Airlines (R7, Caracas Simón Bolivar).
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