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My American F/O told me that NWA still operate about 100 DC-9's
WOW, that's incredible.
Are they DC-9 dash 30's or newer ones?
Northwest is now part of Delta, and being integrated. The DC-9s are included in the repainting scheme, so Delta now has them in the fleet again many years after getting rid of their orignal ones.
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The combined carriers still have a whole range of the DC-9 types in operation, various different sizes. Northwest have kept them very well. They never bought a new one but inherited a large fleet when the took over Republic, which in turn had been a merger of several large DC-9 users. Some are now coming up for their 40th anniversary.