Delta CEO favours ageing MD-80s...

[Stratofreighter]

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DATE:06/01/10

SOURCE:Flight International

Delta chief executive touts MD-80 cost advantage
By Lori Ranson

Delta chief executive Richard Anderson has reiterated his bullish view that the carrier's large fleet of ageing Boeing MD-80s retain a cost advantage over newer Boeing 737-800s that is largely driven by lower ownership costs.

Anderson has been bullish on the former McDonnell Douglas twinjet for some time, and previously the Delta boss said the airline was planning to add two MD-90s in the last quarter of 2009.

[ehusmann]

And by the time the fuel costs go up, they all of a sudden find themselves in Chapter 11 again.... Really, really smart, really looking towards the future.

Erwin