I'd like to know also....I flew on a 727 on January 4th. By the way, I flew on a DC-9 the leg before the 727. The 727 is old and beat up....inside and out (especially the wings...looked all dented), while the DC-9 looked beautiful inside and out. The interior was bright and looked roomy...and I'd venture to say that it looked better than the newest designs from Airbus and Boeing. NW did a great job at overhauling these workhorses...they look fantastic. I'd much prefer one of the NW DC-9s over 757s, 727s, and MD-80s. Alex Nieves On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:51:13 -0600 Steven Catron <stepan-ilych@multipro.com> writes: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger & Amanda La France" <lafrance@verizon.net> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 08:26 > Subject: Aviation Daily: Northwest's DC-9s Key To Flexibility, Cost > Control > > > > > The airline also can adjust its capacity quickly thanks to the > large > fleet > > of DC-9s. It has retired its MD-80s, 727s, 747-100, and all the > 747-200s > > that are not higher-power, higher-gross-weight versions. > SInce when? I'm fairly sure I saw a NW 727 at BNA a couple weeks > ago, > parked near Terminal D (NW ops from Terminal B). > Alex