Re: [cactuswings 3995] Storage & Other News

On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 6:53 PM stephen parsons <stephen.parsons2007@gmail.com> wrote:

> DAL9930& 9931 are MD90-30s, both ex JAL.

That is incorrect, Stephen.  Those flights were operated by the exact aircraft that he listed the registrations for, both of which were MD-88's on their retirement runs to SBD.
 
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N944DL/history/20181102/1308Z/KATL/KSBD
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N938DL/history/20181101/1312Z/KATL/KSBD

As for Delta MD-90's - there are several that have ferried in to SBD over the last few months.  Those birds are in long-term storage and will remain there until their engines return from overhaul in New Zealand.  There will be at least two (possibly three) MD-90's that will be retired and will serve as parts donors to keep the rest of the fleet going for a few more years.  Those birds should retire to BYH (one should already be there).

Any MD-88's making their way to SBD or BYH at this point are officially retired, the timing of which is being determined these days by how close they are to needing a major overhaul / check.  There will still be somewhere around 50 of them in the fleet at the start of 2020 (almost all of which have had their required ADS-B and GPS installs by now), but they'll all be gone by the end of 2020.

Matt

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