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Old Apr 3, 2017, 12:45 pm
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minnyfly
 
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Originally Posted by JSprague24
Is there any special meaning to the "DN" suffix on many of the new deliveries' registration numbers? I know they did DL/DE/DA for many years and some of those may not be able to be reused. I wondered if there were some sort of subtle "Delta/Northwest" reference?
No. "DN" has been a common suffix on Delta for years. They were registering that suffix at least as far back as 1990.

The problem now is that when you want a long sequence of registration numbers, available numbers/letters are getting scarce. Hence the varied suffixes these days.
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