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wheelsup · July 16th, 2008, 00:25

AA's original plan was to put off buying new aircraft until the replacement to the 737 was developed. Kinda like driving an old car into the ground (MD80) so you can wait for the newer model year to come out. Although I bet $4/gal gas has impacted their plan as of late.

If I remember correctly, NWA owns pretty much all their DC-9's, does AA own their MD80's? That would allow them to reduce capacity pretty easily.

The problem is, without domestic feed, you've got significantly less international customers.

July 16th, 2008, 00:25	#19
wheelsup Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: _ Posts: 7,340	Re: Well, that sucks (American Airlines) AA's original plan was to put off buying new aircraft until the replacement to the 737 was developed. Kinda like driving an old car into the ground (MD80) so you can wait for the newer model year to come out. Although I bet $4/gal gas has impacted their plan as of late. If I remember correctly, NWA owns pretty much all their DC-9's, does AA own their MD80's? That would allow them to reduce capacity pretty easily. The problem is, without domestic feed, you've got significantly less international customers. __________________ "It takes just as much time to be nice to someone as it does to be a jerk."