Delta Air Lines recently retired it's first Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) MD-90 (MSN 53382/2094 N902DA) at Blytheville, AR, ahead of it's plans to also retire MD-80s over the next three years, in favor of A321s and 737-900ERs.
Just 116 MD-90-30s were delivered between February 24th 1995 (Delta N902DA as detailed above) and October 23rd 2000 (Saudia HZ-AP3 msn 53518/2289).
New aircraft were delivered to:
Air Aruba 2
AMC Airlines 1
China Northern Airlines 13
China Eastern Airlines 9
Delta Air Lines 16
EVA Air 3
Great China Airlines 1 (LF UNI Air)
Japan Air System 16
KTHY - Cyprus Turkish Airlines 2
Ascerca Airlines 1 (LF Air Aruba)
Reno Air 5
SAS 8
Saudia 29
UNI Air 10
Of the 116 aircraft delivered, 3 have been written off, 43 have been permanently withdrawn from use, 7 are stored, while 64 remain in service.
The entire in service fleet of 64 are all operated by Delta Air Lines. Despite receiving only 16 new aircraft, Delta has acquired the remainder of it's fleet on the used market. Several examples were acquired for spare parts only.
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