The 727's definitely are not fully retired. The Seattle Supersonics flew out of Salt Lake on NW 727 N816EA last night. -----Original Message----- From: Steven Catron <stepan-ilych@multipro.com> To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Date: Thursday, January 17, 2002 7:50 AM Subject: Re: Aviation Daily: Northwest's DC-9s Key To Flexibility, Cost Control >----- 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). >