Of the 24 Australian DC-9s, 12 each with TAA and Ansett, 7 appear to be still flying on into 2009, and surprisingly 6 of these, three from each original carrier, are with the same operator, ABX, in DHL colours, in the USA (photo above).
For those who remember the old ships, Ansett's VH-CZA, CZB and CZF are now N946AX, 947AX and 949AX respectvely. Meanwhile TAA's VH-TJM, TJN and TJS are now N906AX, 907AX nad 944AX. The odd seventh aircraft is Ansett's VH-CZC, now YV118T with Aserca in Venezuela.
DHL are giving up their package network in the USA from January 30th 2009, so it is likely that all this fleet will shortly be making their last flights, as there seems no further market for DC-9s. Unfortunately DHL seem to have decided to give up when oil was $150 a barrel, bad news for a DC-9 hauling small packages, now it's $40.