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Message of N196UA - Sent 29 Jun 19:13 |
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Source: ATW online daily avaition news. (Air Transport World)
http://www.atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=6/29/2006
ATW Daily News
Other News
Thursday June 29, 2006
Northwest Airlines said it will accelerate the retirement of its 12 remaining DC-10s, all GE CF6-50-powered dash 30s, over the next seven months. It is the last Major US passenger airline to operate the type. The DC-10s will be replaced with newly arriving A330s on transatlantic services and three parked 747-400s that are being returned to service on transpacific routes, NWA said. Currently, DC-10s operate on seven routes. After Oct. 31, the only remaining DC-10 service will be the carrier's daily Minneapolis/St. Paul-Honolulu trip. The final flight will take place Jan. 7-8 from Honolulu to MSP.
Northwest placed its first DC-10 into service in 1972 out of an order for 22 signed four years earlier. NWA and Japan Airlines were the only customers to opt for the P&W JT9D-powered version of the jet, the DC-10-40. Beginning in 1989, NWA started adding DC-10-30s it acquired in the aftermarket. The fleet peaked at 21 DC-10-40s and 24 DC-10-30s in 2001 but shrank quickly following 9/11, and the airline retired its last dash 40 in late 2002. The remaining DC-10s include five of the last six off the production line before McDonnell Douglas switched to the MD-11. Ironically, the DC-10 proved to be a more durable type in North America. American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, the two US customers for the MD-11, both have disposed of their fleets.
by Perry Flint
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Message of wittehaai - Sent 03 Jul 16:08 |
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YYZ man,
NWA used its DC10 on all their flights from all the citys in the US to amsterdam, accept for flight NW67/68, witch a 747-400 was used.
The citys served from Amsterdam are Boston,Newark, Washington, Philadelphia,Memphis, Miami ,Detriot, Minneapolis St Paul, Seattle, Denver, Delhi and Mombai
The Philadelphia flight was stopped in 2001, the Maimi flights were taken over by KLM and finaly completly stoped in 2005.
Right now DC10 flights are used on the flights to Boston, Memphis and the servie Minneapolis St Paul-Amsterdam-Mombai.
NWA also used their DC10 to frankfurt,London Gatwick and Paris de Gaulle.
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