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Is This Statement About DFW True?

727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5720 posts, RR: 20
Posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2140 times:

In the September issue of AIRLINER WORLD, there is a huge article on DFW. It says that the Boeing 737 is "commonest aircraft" at the airport. Is this true? I would have thought there wer WAY more MD-80s at DFW. Confused

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ConcordeBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2094 times:

Did it say DFW specifically? If so, then that's tough to believe.

If it said "Dallas" or "the Dallas/FtWorth area".... then it may be plausible, as it'd then include WN's operations at DAL

Atrude777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5613 posts, RR: 54
Reply 2, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2042 times:

This doesn't surpise me. You forgte.. AA has the 738, Delta has the 738 as well as some 732 I belive. Continental flies some 737's between IAH-DFW does it not? AWA has the 737 although they only fly the 757 into DFW right?

So even without WN at DAL, there are still alot of 737's being flown int o DFW I believe. DFW was also featuired in the newest edition of Airways Magazine.

Alex

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Goingboeing From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 4875 posts, RR: 19
Reply 3, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2029 times:

AA may have the 737, but for the longest time, DFW was MD-80 city.

Mia777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2002, 1165 posts, RR: 6
Reply 4, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2020 times:

I thought that DFW was the home for most of AA's MD-80s. Someone posted a few days ago that AA doesn't even have a 738 flight crew based there. I was at DFW last spring and I did not see many 738s but tons of MD-80s. Point: I don't agree with that statement if it pertains to DFW only...

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Jcs17 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 8065 posts, RR: 43
Reply 5, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1934 times:

There is more MD-80 series a/c than 737 if you are just including DFW and not DAL. In fact, currently (until the changes with the 757s occur), we only have a couple AA 738 movements an hour.

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727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5720 posts, RR: 20
Reply 6, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1903 times:

It SAYS Dallas, but since the article is ABOUT DFW, I assume they mean DFW only. But eve if you count DAL, I would think MD-80 still wins.

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AA61hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13975 posts, RR: 59
Reply 7, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1888 times:

Correction Dallas is MD80 city. Ask JCS17 or Jay Davis, they will tell you the same. We do get a lot of 737s but way more MD80s.

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SHUPirate1 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3661 posts, RR: 18
Reply 8, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1846 times:

Just counting American Airlines flights (most of the traffic at DFW), there are 308 departures daily with either MD-80 (305) or MD-83 (3) aircraft, and all of 21 flights with 737's (all 737-800's)...I think it's fairly safe to say which is the more popular aircraft at DFW...

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Jhooper From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 6195 posts, RR: 13
Reply 9, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1721 times:

I agree that DFW is MD-80 city!

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727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5720 posts, RR: 20
Reply 10, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1582 times:

Why has AA not had many 738, they had many more 72S at DFW right? They had a 72S crew base there? What has taken so long to get a 738 crew base there? Are'nt the 738 pilots, old 72S pilots?

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ATA L1011 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 1361 posts, RR: 7
Reply 11, posted (9 years 8 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1554 times:

Just read over the article it specifically says DFW, DFW is a MD80 lovers paradise with all of the AA ones and DL ones funny because Airways had an article on DFW this month as well. I would say that they make up at least 55% of all Jet departures at DFW, their a quite a few 737's from AA and DL as well as the "other airlines" and 757's from AA and DL. M80's are easiest the most numerous although, Airliners World makes lots of mistakes regaridng US airlines/airports from my readings.

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AA61hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13975 posts, RR: 59
Reply 12, posted (9 years 8 months 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1438 times:

One good thing though is that we are getting a lot of 757s and 777 at DFW too.

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AV8AJET From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 1265 posts, RR: 1
Reply 13, posted (9 years 8 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1316 times:

These are all the 737's I've seen in DFW: AA 738, (DL 738, 732), UA 737-various types, AWA (732, 733), CO 737-various types.

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Bartond From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 788 posts, RR: 3
Reply 14, posted (9 years 8 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1277 times:

737s are not all that common at DFW although the airport is seeing more and more of them. I'd say that there are as many 757s and/or 777s at the airport at any time as there are 737s. Delta is phasing out its 757s and 767s from DFW and quite a few are going to 738s. However, the number of AA MD80s blows away any other type of aircraft at the airport, trust me.

Elwood64151 From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 2477 posts, RR: 7
Reply 15, posted (9 years 8 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 1187 times:

I also must disagree with the statement. I also take issue with its grammar. I'm no gramarian (and yes, that's what they're called), but "commonest" is just plain wrong! The correct terminology is "most common".

Like I said, I'm guilty of my fair share of grammatical errors, but give me a break!

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JayDavis From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 2000 posts, RR: 17
Reply 16, posted (9 years 8 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1086 times:

You also have SolAir with a 737, Frontier too. I read that same article in Airliner World and thought, that can't be right. With all of AA's MD-80's I just don't see how DFW could be considered a 737 hot bed.......

I wish we had more 747's instead.............

Wishful thinking on my part.

Jay

Bartond From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 788 posts, RR: 3
Reply 17, posted (9 years 8 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1075 times:

I'm with you Jay - we need the KE 744 back and to get another carrier with a 747 in here. Maybe JAL? Not likely but we can hope. Even so, I'd take more 772s for sure, my favorite of them all.

AA737-823 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 5338 posts, RR: 11
Reply 18, posted (9 years 8 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 999 times:

Frontier has gone mostly 319s into Dallas though, right?

I would seriously say, living in Dallas, that there is no way that 737s are more numerous at DFW than are MD-80s. Not a chance.

R

N670UW From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1595 posts, RR: 8
Reply 19, posted (9 years 8 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 948 times:

I would say an airport like ORD is predominately 737's. (AA, UA, DL, CO, US, etc.)

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