Shrinking Airlines Park More Planes In The Desert

[DrewBlows]

No. 9918 made 47 flights in the first 10 days of July, 2008, to destinations from Grand Forks, N.D., to New York's LaGuardia. On July 10 at 7:21 a.m. it took off from Traverse City, Mich., and flew its last paying passengers to Minneapolis, according to FlightAware. By the end of that day it was parked at Marana.

The article sites an aircraft that was parked last year. Last I heard DC-9s were coming back from the desert. Can't confirm that though.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Thanks...are those Compass (I have no idea who is flying what at their regionals)?

No...Compass flies only 76 seat E-175s.

 

[jetflier]

Alot of those positions are created by the increased utilization rate of the 9's that are left in service. Don't know the numbers for sure, but it was going from around 4 hours a day to over 7 hours a day for the 9s that are left on property.

To be more accurate, the DC9 daily utilization went from about 9 hours/day to higher numbers, somewhere around 10-11/hrs/day

 

[Voice Of Reason]

To be more accurate, the DC9 daily utilization went from about 9 hours/day to higher numbers, somewhere around 10-11/hrs/day

That doesn't sound quite as good....Something isn't adding up with all the displacements and the seemingly unfounded rumor of desert returns for you guys...

Didn't Ford & Harrison use this tactic early on in the merger by displacing a s**tload of people to ANC to a plane they didn't even plan to have there? Then suddenly wheels went in motion and they were "saved"? Campbell is working hard as the puppetmaster to see how much he can scare you (without making it look as if he is) and what he can get from you... Blood...stone...?

 

[Flying the Line]

In all fairness, we should mention the number of rjs being cut by the airlines, particularly everyone's favorite whipping post.

60 dc-9s parked, 200 rjs parked.

Nuff said

ASMs (000):
Domestic 12,051,834 13,181,066 (8.6%)
Mainline 9,259,109 10,424,072 (11.2%)
Regional 2,792,725 2,756,994 1.3%
International 7,334,194 7,858,071 (6.7%)
Latin America 1,545,263 1,721,894 (10.3%)
Mainline 1,517,605 1,641,181 (7.5%)
Regional 27,658 80,713 (65.7%)
Atlantic 3,957,495 4,047,690 (2.2%)
Pacific 1,831,436 2,088,487 (12.3%)
System 19,386,028 21,039,136 (7.9%)

 

[woog315]

I flew into Roswell, NM about a month back and the number of parked BigBoy planes really surprised and amazed me. It was quite a sight to see.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

The article sites an aircraft that was parked last year. Last I heard DC-9s were coming back from the desert. Can't confirm that though.

It now seems that the only place that was said was on these msg boards.....

 

[Paul R. Smith]

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[nwaredtail]

That doesn't sound quite as good....Something isn't adding up with all the displacements and the seemingly unfounded rumor of desert returns for you guys...

OK, relax there big guy and stop trying to stir the pot, since the displacements started, there has been a total of 138 displacements and 64 awards, hardly the shocking number you keep getting wood over.

Even with the planned parking (written in Jello), NWA is understaffed for fall. Not sure about the south side.