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Old Feb 20, 2017 | 4:05 pm
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My understanding is that, with the NW merger and the SkyReam expansion, Delta ran out of flight numbers. I'm told this is also why international flights aren't confined to the 10s and 100s anymore. Actually kind of sad.
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