747400sp From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3301 posts, RR: 2 Posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 3928 times:
I notice Delta still fly MD80 regularly service into Norfolk International Airport. I was wondering, are all Delta MD80's, the MD88 model or do they have other model of MD80?
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 3927 times:
The entire MD-80 fleet @ Delta consists of the MD-88. They never operated any of the earlier MD-80 versions.
Steeler83 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 8816 posts, RR: 19 Reply 4, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 3736 times:
Quoting Futurecaptain (Reply 3): Well, they do have the MD-90's. Unless we arn't counting those as part of the family.
Yeah, and I think they only have like 10 or so of them. I don't remember that fleet size being very large...
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United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7162 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 3713 times:
Yep,all 88's . That's all we get in ROC from ATL since the 732's are retired. 3X a day! Sadly,that's the only M-D product we get here,unless you count the 717 (which I don't).
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Freedom747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 3639 times:
Didn't the first two 82s not have the paddle-shaped tail cones on them. Then those 2 were converted? Don't u love the safety demo when the F/As announce that its an MD-88 jet service to wherever? So distinct, so different from saying MD-"80".....blah blah blah
SLCUT2777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 3861 posts, RR: 11 Reply 7, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 3634 times:
Quoting Futurecaptain (Reply 3): Well, they do have the MD-90's. Unless we arn't counting those as part of the family.
Additional flight deck qualifications exist for the MD-90. DL operates 16 of them, mostly out of SLC since they are better equipped for high altitude departures compared to the MD-88s. These represent the last vestiges of McDonnell/Douglas at DL, which once upon a time was virtually an entirely Douglas aircraft fleet.
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Milesrich From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1856 posts, RR: 7 Reply 8, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 3492 times:
Delta has 16 MD-90's, ironically, they operated the same number of Convair 880's, which was considered a major part of their fleet at the time.
Captaink From Mexico, joined May 2001, 5093 posts, RR: 13 Reply 9, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 3481 times:
Quoting United_Fan (Reply 5): Yep,all 88's . That's all we get in ROC from ATL since the 732's are retired. 3X a day! Sadly,that's the only M-D product we get here,unless you count the 717 (which I don't).
Count it, it was developed by MD. I still call it at times the MD-95. I know I am stuck in the past.
EXMEMWIDGET From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 188 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 3354 times:
What are Delta's plans for the MD-90? Since DL has so few of them, will they be phased out in the very near future?
Dutchjet From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 7864 posts, RR: 58 Reply 12, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 3284 times:
Quoting EXMEMWIDGET (Reply 10): What are Delta's plans for the MD-90? Since DL has so few of them, will they be phased out in the very near future?
Probably not......my guess is that the MD90s will stay with DL since:
1. DL owns them. (Although they are likely subject to one financing agreement or another).
2. There is virtaully no second hand market for the MD90 due since so few were produced. (Resale value is very low......and werent some MD90s with very low cycles recently broken up due to the lack of interest by any airlines?)
3. They are actually very good airplanes and handle their missions very well - especially on routes out of SLC.
Quoting Magyarorszag (Reply 11): The first eight (N901-908DL) were delivered to DL as MD-82 between March and May 1987, and were converted to MD-88 between June and August 1988.
Quoting Dutchjet (Reply 2): The first handful of Delta MD88s were built as MD82s and then converted....the MD88 has a more advanced cockpit.
I never knew the exact number, thanks for pointing it out.
Quoting Magyarorszag (Reply 11): Yes, but DL fleets was of a much different size then.
Good point, we forget how airline fleets of major carriers have grown......as you suggested, when the CV880 was in service, 16 frames was a good size fleet, now a fleet of MD90s is considered a small number and an ""inconvenience"".
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 13, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 3246 times:
Quoting Dutchjet (Reply 12): Resale value is very low......and werent some MD90s with very low cycles recently broken up due to the lack of interest by any airlines?
The Air Aruba birds that were going to go to the (failed) restart of Pro Air.
Dl757md From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1555 posts, RR: 18 Reply 14, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 2906 times:
Quoting Dutchjet (Reply 12): 3. They are actually very good airplanes and handle their missions very well - especially on routes out of SLC.
I guess that depends on your point of view. Currently the MD-90 operates 34% of Delta's flights out of SLC but is responsible for 57% of the mechanical delays out of SLC. Yes it's a nice plane to fly on - very quiet and comfortable. But then again ANY plane is pretty quiet when it's sitting broken at the gate. I'll take the middle seat on a noisier yet better designed and vastly easier to maintain 738 any day. I'll get where I'm going in reasonable comfort.
TWAL1011727 From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 597 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2368 times:
Quoting United_Fan (Reply 5): Sadly,that's the only M-D product we get here,unless you count the 717
Quoting Captaink (Reply 9): I still call it at times the MD-95.
The B717 is just a rename of the MD95(after Boeing bought McD-D)...or an updated DC9-32 with much better engines and other upgrades.
Boeing could have used that designation on a newer design than blowing the 717 line on the MD95.....IMO
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