Re: any airline fly from the West coast to Russia? / MD-80 Cold Problems

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Stuart / All:

What problems do the MD-80's have in a colder
environment?

Mike Burris
Cambridge, Mass



--- Stuart Bigler <Sgbigler@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> AS used a B722 on their service to Russia, I think.
> They could have used a
> B732 and stopped for fuel in Nome or Bethel. They
> have stations in both places
> and maintain fuel farms there. The MD80's were a
> pain in the neck. That
> aircrafts cold climate problems really limit them.
> We only see one or two MD80's
> per day, even in the summer.
>
> Stuart Bigler
> ANC ATCT
>




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