Methinks that's a pretty big gap in the fleet between the 753 and the 744. What is the status of NW's long delayed A330 order? I seem to recall it's been cancelled outright, but I can't remember for sure now. I wonder if they'll look at the 767 or 777 at some point. Evan McElravy emcelr@po-box.mcgill.ca http://users.penn.com/~cpa1/ > Anderson also announced that Northwest will be retiring the remainder > of its 21 DC-10-40 aircraft by the end of September to save money. Most > of those three-engine planes are being replaced by more efficient > twin-engine Boeing 757-200s and 757-300s, he said. > "We had intended on operating them a bit longer, but given the > environme= nt we thought it prudent to go ahead and retire those at the > end of the summer season," he said. > In trading Wednesday on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Northwest shares > were up 8 cents to close at $18.65. > > =20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Copyright 2002 AP >