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Old Jul 10, 2019, 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by jlemon
23. Yep, it was Southern which announced in 1977 they would acquire four new MD-80 aircraft and would also acquire two additional MD-80s scheduled to come off leases in 1979. Of course, SO never operated the MD-80 and subsequently merged with NC to form RC.
Can this be correct ? The first MD-80 prototype did not fly until mid 1979, and the first delivery, to Swissair, was in September 1980.
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