Originally Posted by
Hussar 54
Not Airbus, but haven't Delta been buying older MDs for quite a few years now, then breaking them up themselves to provide 'cheaper' spares for their own, flying fleet ?
Delta has bought MD80’s, and 717’s for parts. They also picked up one 777. They have a strong maintenance department and manage to generate extremely high ontime rates and completion factors with older airframes. Average fleet age is over 16 years.