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What's Up With The Two Ex-NW B747-200s?

United Airline From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 8803 posts, RR: 17
Posted (1 year 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 8999 times:

What's up with the two ex-NW B747-200s? Are they still with Delta doing charter flights?

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aviationbuff08 From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 346 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (1 year 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 8936 times:

No they were retired not long after the merger. I don't believe they ever saw the DL Livery. I think the tail of one was cut into little pieces and give to former NWA employees as a way to remember NWA.

LOWS From Austria, joined Oct 2011, 992 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (1 year 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 8706 times:

Aren't those planes in service to that new NYC-Russia airline? Batavia?

bottie From Belgium, joined May 2004, 281 posts, RR: 9
Reply 3, posted (1 year 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 6460 times:

You mean this one probably:

http://www.baltia.com/

LOWS From Austria, joined Oct 2011, 992 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (1 year 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 5784 times:

Quoting bottie (Reply 3):

You mean this one probably:

http://www.baltia.com/

That's it!

Are they ever going to be approved?

[Edited 2012-06-09 16:41:04]

gothamspotter From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 586 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (1 year 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 5474 times:

Quoting LOWS (Reply 2):
Aren't those planes in service to that new NYC-Russia airline? Batavia?

Only one went to Baltia: N623US, which is now N706BL. Baltia's other plane is from PIA, N705BL.

bottie From Belgium, joined May 2004, 281 posts, RR: 9
Reply 6, posted (1 year 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2800 times:

I've seen the 706 in Baltia c/s at VCV in Sep 2011, the 705 in basic PIA c/s I've seen leaving MZJ in 2010.

If they ever will start flying ... don't know, I won't put my money on that bet

nwaesc From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 3332 posts, RR: 9
Reply 7, posted (1 year 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 2687 times:

Quoting aviationbuff08 (Reply 1):
I think the tail of one was cut into little pieces and give to former NWA employees as a way to remember NWA.

My timelines may be off, but I'm pretty sure both were still flying around after we received those pieces?

"Nothing ever happens here, " I said. "I just wait."

jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7410 posts, RR: 7
Reply 8, posted (1 year 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 2681 times:

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Is Balita ever going to start flying ? They have been in the press for 10 years but no schdeuled flights yet.

Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23
Reply 9, posted (1 year 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2249 times:

Quoting jfk777 (Reply 8):
Is Balita ever going to start flying ? They have been in the press for 10 years but no schdeuled flights yet.

Their original plans date back about 23 years to 1989.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinerep...fter-being-a-startup-for-21-years/

MSPNWA From United States of America, joined Apr 2009, 1591 posts, RR: 4
Reply 10, posted (1 year 1 week 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1955 times:

Quoting aviationbuff08 (Reply 1):
No they were retired not long after the merger. I don't believe they ever saw the DL Livery. I think the tail of one was cut into little pieces and give to former NWA employees as a way to remember NWA.

Correct on the first two counts. They were retired in late 2009 if I remember right.

But the one that was cut up for the employee mementos was N622US, which was retired in 2003.

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