FWIW:
If NW retires the B742 by year's end, their jet fleet - including the DC-10 but not including the DC-9 - will be an average age of 6.36-years-old. In comparison, AA's jet fleet - not including the MD-80 - will have an average age of 6.94 years.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by thezipper:
And if we believe what's coming... all D-10's and 742's gone by year end, that number will fall... </font>
The DC-10 will be around for at least two to three more years... status quo, there's no plans to retire them (about a dozen will remain in domestic service for years to come) but I reckon that will change.
There's also reports that the Pacific is seeing increases in traffic, and thus the B742 will stay around longer -- but Steenland just said within the last few days that traffic wasn't improving...
[This message has been edited by IndustrialPatent (edited 08-09-2003).]