DL flying old QX RJs
Oct 10, 2015, 4:03 pm
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DL flying old QX RJs
I kind of chuckled yesterday late afternoon when taxiing out in SEA on a QX Q400 and watched a DL CRJ700 taking off (I assume on a AS/QX route) where the last two registration letters were QX. It just doesn't seem right.....
Oct 10, 2015, 4:33 pm
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Why? QX subleased the CR7s to Atlantic Southeast or Expressjet (I can't remember which one). Both airlines are owned by Skywest, so they tend to live back on the west coast.
Oct 10, 2015, 6:37 pm
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Are these the same birds that flew for F9, and some for a carrier in South Africa? They seem to 'get around'
Are these the same birds that flew for F9, and some for a carrier in South Africa? They seem to 'get around'
Oct 11, 2015, 11:50 am
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Ive seen QX CR7s show up on FlightRadar24 in DL colors. You can check out these birdies histories on airfleets.net. I use it to answer such questions as "Did my QF717 fly for airTran?" No, it was a TWA bird. Or, haven't I been on N614AS like 5 times already?
602QX and 607QX went to South African Express Airways. 602 was in the F9 operations
610QX went to South African Airlink. All 3 are with SkyWest now.
602QX and 607QX went to South African Express Airways. 602 was in the F9 operations
610QX went to South African Airlink. All 3 are with SkyWest now.
Oct 11, 2015, 4:08 pm
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No such thing as a DL CRJ700. Perhaps you were looking at one of Delta's outsourced suppliers?
Oct 11, 2015, 4:36 pm
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Those aren't even that old yet.
Perhaps with the low fuel prices they'll bring back a couple DC9's?
Originally Posted by CDKing
DL loves to fly old jets.
Perhaps with the low fuel prices they'll bring back a couple DC9's?
Oct 12, 2015, 3:33 pm
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Oct 13, 2015, 12:55 am
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