Originally Posted by tomh
Both the 737 and A320 replacements are about 10 years away.
[QUOTE=Winglets747;10840608]Hence the "many years down the road".
10 years from now, the DC-9s will be 40 years old or so, requiring ever increasing levels of maintenance, and offering customer comfort (especially in Y) below market expectations.
Not to mention that the 737 and A-320 replacements might well be
too big to replace the DC-9/MD-80 fleet -- the smallest current 737 have some 140 seats. And at that size the 737/A320 are simply not as efficient as the E-Jets and CSeries.
I have no inside knowledge of what DL's aircraft strategy is, though. But maybe you do?
Originally Posted by
Winglets747
Are you offering to pay?
Oh, you and I will pay. It's called an "airfare".