Why Northwest Retired Its DC-10 Fleet In 2006

Northwest used the DC-10 (of all variants) for 35 years. The last scheduled service was Flight 98, which departed from Honolulu at 18:20 on January 7th, 2007, and arrived in Minneapolis the following morning at 05:54. Minneapolis was the number-one airport for Northwest’s DC-10s, based on an analysis of schedules from 2004. 2004 throwback; what a fleet! The year 2014 feels a lifetime ago, at least in terms of Northwest’s fleet (here including Airlink, its regional operation). Then, Northwest had… (simpleflying.com) Daha Fazlası...