Lrdc9 From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 609 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 6439 times:
Using ITA Software's flight search engine, and then later corroborated by delta's website (delta.com) I found a flight listed from DCA-ATL on Aug. 3 as flight # 1971. Is this someone's screw up or they really coming east to Atlanta (or CVG also). If so, I look forward expectantly to seeing M90s at DCA!
UPSMD11 From United States of America, joined May 2003, 799 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (4 years 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 6391 times:
I wonder what routes out of ATL make for better M90 flights vs. an M88 flight? I have flown on ATL-GDL on the M88, that would be nicer in the M90 with the IFE it provides.
Most other M88 routes are not that long unless they start putting M90 on some 738 routes.
JohnJ From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1620 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (4 years 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 6342 times:
Hartford got a daily MD-90 from CVG for quite a long period this past fall/winter, and I saw quite a few of them in Atlanta on a trip through there earlier this year.
Dtw9 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 1043 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (4 years 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 5600 times:
DL goes back and forth between the MD-90 and 737-8 on the DTW-SLC route. Right now its 737's, but the MD's return in June. DL has two MD-90's stored at VCV. These were acquired from Hello and will be placed in service when the economy picks up.
NW747-400 From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 488 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (4 years 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 5214 times:
Quoting Iowaman (Reply 14): Interesting, I would of thought DCA would need the FC seats.
I get the feeling they just deploy the 90 wherever they need some additional capacity. Aside from that, I don't know what their logic is for choosing routes for the MD90 on the east coast.
DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8770 posts, RR: 13 Reply 16, posted (4 years 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 5194 times:
Quoting Iowaman (Reply 14):
Interesting, I would of thought DCA would need the FC seats.
The -90s into DCA have been frequently on the 600a DCA-ATL flight, which a MD-88 can't use due to the noise curfew. A 757, 737 or MD-90 are the mainline planes in the legacy DL fleet that can depart from DCA before 700a.
ThegreatRDU From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 2273 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (4 years 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 4483 times:
There's an MD-90 rotation in the summer from ATL-RDU which is great because DL is also sending multiple 752s on ATL-RDU also....now there is some diversity....
THEGRINCH From Mexico, joined May 2005, 24 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (4 years 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 4299 times:
Quoting UPSMD11 (Reply 2): I wonder what routes out of ATL make for better M90 flights vs. an M88 flight? I have flown on ATL-GDL on the M88, that would be nicer in the M90 with the IFE it provides.
This use to be a 738 route (before that a 727), however it changed to an MD88 when DL and AM entered a maintenance agreement, where some MX work for the DL dogs would be done at AM's GDL hangars.
On the other hand, we have seen the MD90 on occasion at GDL, it was a sub for the 738 that flew GDL-SLC during the summer months.
DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8770 posts, RR: 13 Reply 23, posted (4 years 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 3978 times:
Quoting Skymiler (Reply 22): And very restricted under seat storage -- my standard brief case will not fit!!
I always seem to get stuck in Row 1 when I clear my upgrades on the -90 (doesn't help that I'm doing SDCs onto them, and by then everyone has grabbed Rows 2 and 3). At least Row 1 on the -90s is better than 1 C/D on the -88s (which are quite possibly the worst F seats in the fleet).
25 SLCUT2777: In the past the MD-90 has also been used on: SLC-PIT SLC-YYZ SLC-YVR SLC-GEG SLC-BIL
26 Wjcandee: That they've moved the MD90 away from being a virtually-solely-SLC-aircraft makes me wonder whether they've found a way to increase its reliability en
27 Steinberger45: There's been rumors around SLC for while that the MD90's would be moved and the NW A320/A319 would take over the routes. I guess happening after furth
28 DLDTW1962: Don't forget. DTW/SLC in the summer months. They are MD-90's.
29 PGNCS: The early MD-90 departure from DCA is all about the noise and curfew. Well you could always sit in your coach seat if row 1 is so bad.
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