IIRC only a few own thier own aircraft. Possibly more in NBA than any other sport. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 1:20 PM Subject: Re: Sports Charters (was Whose 727?) > In a message dated 6/9/2003 9:00:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > exatc@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > > << And the airlines don't like to tie up a "modern day" aircraft waiting for a > ball game to be over. >> > > Don't the teams usually own their planes and have the airlines operate them. > Additionally, there are plenty of "modern day" aircraft sitting in Marana, > Mojave and Tuscon right now, including a lot of very comfortable, big, high > performance MD-80s, with more room through out coach >