Mikey711MN From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1380 posts, RR: 8 Reply 1, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 4994 times:
Wow!!! A classic in the new scheme...that'll make a lot of people on here pretty happy. Myself included.
ElectraBob From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 931 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 4923 times:
I don't see anything here about a DC-10 being painted in the new colors.....maybe we should have asked Santa for a new paint job on 1 NW DC-10
Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool.....
PSU.DTW.SCE From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 6868 posts, RR: 29 Reply 4, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 4793 times:
Interesting.....good news though as it would seem to indicate that some of the 742's will be around for a while longer. Looks as if the 742's are returning to NRT-HNL coming up in Jan.
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7336 posts, RR: 52 Reply 5, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 4625 times:
Either that, or NW is wasting money by painting old 747's in the new colors like TWA did. But i'm going to give the team in MSP the benefit of the doubt.
MD11LuxuryLinr From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1385 posts, RR: 16 Reply 7, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 4563 times:
The majority of NW's 742s were built in 1980+, so it would be no surprise to see them hang around for a while..
Caution wake turbulence, you are following a heavy jet.
GulfstreamGuy From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 626 posts, RR: 6 Reply 9, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 4474 times:
BTW, when are they retiring their DC-9's ?
Hopefully not for a long LONG time!
GG
"If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane. " -Jimmy Buffett
MD11LuxuryLinr From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1385 posts, RR: 16 Reply 11, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 4411 times:
yes.. yes.. the 40s and 50s are STILL alive and well!
Caution wake turbulence, you are following a heavy jet.
Aviatortj From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1838 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (9 years 5 months 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 4252 times:
Will the 742 come back to MSP before entering service? I might smell a photo op
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7336 posts, RR: 52 Reply 13, posted (9 years 5 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 4152 times:
It'll probably go directly to HNL,since they closed the 747-200 pilot base there.
Aviatortj From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1838 posts, RR: 8 Reply 14, posted (9 years 5 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 4096 times:
Thanks anyways, I'll continue waiting for my DC-10...
Nlink From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 313 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (9 years 5 months 10 hours ago) and read 3691 times:
We have been hearing that also about Memphis going to 30 mainline flights. Only good news we heard is that the 4th bank will be back mid summer, or when NW cuts back on mainline flights there to make up for the capicity a bit.
IndustrialPate From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 3396 times:
Unless the fourth bank of flights returns (it won't this summer, as stated above), I can't see this happening.
Think about it:
With the new reductions, MEM has less than 200 daily departures. With the ARJ likely being phased out, that means that nearly 170 / 200 flights would be operated by aircraft with either 30 or 44 (and some 50) seats. And those 30 flights would be mostly to the West Coast, Florida, a couple Caribbean cities, MSP and DTW... that leaves very little capacity, and no premium cabin that NW has remained commited to, in places like ATL, ORD, LGA, DCA, etc.
On NW's proposed Spring 2004 schedules, mainline had been trimmed to 50 flights while CRJ and ARJ invaded most cities... but after the fourth bank was eliminated, mainline flights quickly returned (to make up for lost capacity).
There's little doubt MEM will become a regional hub for NW in the near future, the only question is when...
A330_DTW From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 371 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3325 times:
Maybe NW will be routing most of the South-Eastern traffic via ATL and code-share with DL. THe smaller markets only NW Airlink servers via MEM will most likely still be retained.
IndustrialPate From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3295 times:
Again, the majority of NW's codeshare agreements with DL and CO are pure marketing -- when you book a ticket with NW but fly DL or CO, NW receives little or no money from the ticket. MEM is an important piece of NW's network; an NW network with hubs in just DTW and MSP (excluding NRT and AMS) wouldn't be nearly as viable as one with MEM. After the fourth bank of flights was restored, MEM's total flight count & capacity nearly reached pre-9-11 levels... people in MEM shouldn't complain.
PVD757 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3374 posts, RR: 18 Reply 22, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3286 times:
IndustrialPate From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3274 times:
How big as far as O&D is MEM?
MEM's often listed as having the smallest O/D traffic of any major hub airport... but for once the saying 'it's not the size that counts, it's how you use it' really is true: given the density of the southeast/heartland, MEM has an excellent location + among the lowest costs per passenger of any major hub airport thanks in large part due to the FedEx SuperHub.
PVD757 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3374 posts, RR: 18 Reply 24, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3254 times:
My point of asking is that they might just decide to concentrate on the point to point makets for now. If it's that small, they don't need as much mainline. I guess size does matter.
25 Dtwintlflyer: It looks like AA is rethinking the STL downsizing....when they pulled the last of the 767 flights and cut down to just 80 or so mainline (md80 and a f
26 NWAFA: The rumor about MEM "downsizing" has been going on for years! Yes CRJ's are there, but many of them are replacing the Saabs. AMS is going to continue
27 RayChuang: I expect NW to start phasing out their DC-9 fleet starting in 2006, when the new ICAO Stage IV noise emission rules come into effect. They'll be repla
28 Acidradio: I expect NW to start phasing out their DC-9 fleet starting in 2006, when the new ICAO Stage IV noise emission rules come into effect. They'll be repla
29 Hammer: What you expect and what will happen are 2 different stories....
30 MSYtristar: It is inevitable. Every thread concering the fine airline known as NWA always gets sidetracked to a "when will they get rid of DC10/742/DC9" debate. P
31 NWDC10: It would be cool to see a DC10 in new colors. Excellent wall paper I might add. Robert NWDC10
32 IndustrialPate: The rumor about MEM "downsizing" has been going on for years! It's not a rumor, NW is downsizing MEM. Originally CRJ/ARJ were to invade MEM this year,
33 Lhr001: Will Memphis retain Amsterdam service? LHR001
34 M404: Hmmmmm. Lets see now. MEM will go to 30 mainline flights by Dec and the forth bank will restart this summer. OK 30 divided by 4 is 7.5 mainline flts p
35 IndustrialPate: M404, Don't forget that of the 30 flights, almost half would be to DTW and MSP. Here's a comparison of MEM's schedule for Winter 2004 from when NW ori
36 M404: IndustrialPate Yup. That works out nice. Four banks (am sure that wont last) with one DTW, MSP each and the odd SEA LAS LAX SFO thrown in. But can it
37 IndustrialPate: M404, I believe that if NW could mimic CO with 300+ regional aircraft (turboprops + regional jets) on their behalf and 300-350 mainline aircraft (incl
38 Cessna172RG: Glad to hear that the 742 will get new paint...some really need it... As for other news... Just saw on TV, as indicated from a staff member at PDX...
39 PSU.DTW.SCE: See other post..... PDX-NRT starts in June with a DC-10-30, to become an A330-200 by year-end
40 Timf: Any update on the 747-200 in new colors? I would have expected to be out a long time ago. It's been in for nearly 3 weeks if it did in fact go in on t
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