Both AA and DL have lots of MD-80s, AA even more so than DL. I'm not sure why Delta would choose the 757s over the MD-80s for a low-cost division, unless range is an issue in the new plan. Just a thought, Nick At 04:22 PM 10/13/2002 -0700, Joe Pries wrote: >AA is quite comparable with 757/767 mix as is UA. > Matthew Montano <mmontano@direct.ca> wrote:As far as an airline goes, > Delta runs a much bigger average jet than >their bretheren. > >Delta has a fleet dominated with 757s, 767s with a healthy but >seemingly relatively small number of 727s and 737s through the fleet. >Their competition have A319s/320s and 737s scatter amongst their fleet. > >I don't think anyone else flies the 757 and 767 in the quantity that Delta >does. > >Matthew > >On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 08:23 AM, Bahadir Acuner wrote: > > > While waiting for my SLC flight in ATL last week I overheard > > a conversation of some DL people who attended the company meeting > > regarding the decision of DL establishing another low cost airline > > within the airline. > > > > The interesting thing about this was the choice of aircraft: B757. > > I asked the people (group of 3-4 ,deadheading to SLC) if they were > > sure that it was 757 , not 737. The person I talked to also shared > > her surprise with me about the fact that the person in the meeting > > underlined the fact that it is NOT 737 but it is a 757.. > > > > Interesting choice.. Besides the charter operators I don't know a > > scheduled low cost airline that runs 757s.. > > > > BAHA ACUNER - CFI,CFII,MEI > > www.bahadiracuner.com > >Joe Pries Commercial Aviation Photography