Northwest's fleet, getting old, will get much older
Northwest sees a 42-year life for 173 of its DC-9s and believes its DC-10s can fly even longer. The carrier estimated in an SEC filing that the DC- 9s, averaging 27.3 years old last Dec. 31, "could fly on average approximately 15 additional years beyond 1997" based on their life cycle and projected...
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