last DL 737-200 revenue flight

[mga707]

An aviation spotters list that I subscribe to reports that DL retired their last 10 737-200 aircraft over the past week, but could not (yet) give the final flight/date/registration with certainty. Anyone?

 

[FutureUScapt]

Here are the registration #s of the last 10 aircraft. All were retired on Sept 1 & 2. (sorry, I don't have any flight # info.

N236WA
N237WA
N303DL
N305DL
N308DL
N309DL
N314DA
N319DL
N329DL
N376DL

They are currently being sotred in Victorville.

 

[superG]

An aviation spotters list that I subscribe to reports that DL retired their last 10 737-200 aircraft over the past week, but could not (yet) give the final flight/date/registration with certainty. Anyone?

Good Riddance to those and the 300's as well...

 

[wings396]

Good Riddance to those and the 300's as well...

I worked both types for many years, and they were fine A/C.
The 200's were the backbone of many fleets for years. I realize this wasn't the case for DL, but it sure was for
SWA and PI among a few others. As for the 300's, they have never been a problem either unless the DL ones were out of the ordinary..

 

[mga707]

Here are the registration #s of the last 10 aircraft. All were retired on Sept 1 & 2. (sorry, I don't have any flight # info.

N236WA
N237WA
N303DL
N305DL
N308DL
N309DL
N314DA
N319DL
N329DL
N376DL

They are currently being sotred in Victorville.

Thank you for the info. nice to see that two ex-Western planes were among the 'final 10'.
Western/Delta had what has to be the longest continuous use of 737-200 aircraft, from July 1968 until last week--over 38 years!

 

[superG]

I worked both types for many years, and they were fine A/C.
The 200's were the backbone of many fleets for years. I realize this wasn't the case for DL, but it sure was for
SWA and PI among a few others. As for the 300's, they have never been a problem either unless the DL ones were out of the ordinary..

Try stuffing some old lady's large kennel in one with a full load of pax with cargo....worthless for cargo and the 200's pax capacity was only 100.

 

[wings396]

Try stuffing some old lady's large kennel in one with a full load of pax with cargo....worthless for cargo and the 200's pax capacity was only 100.

I put Kennels along with HR's on 200's all of the time. Maybe the DL 200's only held 100, but when I was with PI, ours held 112 all coach. I can't remember the exact number, but I think it dropped down to 107 with the F/Y config. The 200's were a charm compared to a DC-9 or an
F-100 to load considering they had just about the same Psgr. capacity.
It is possible that the DL 200's that you worked had the
Aft Aux fuel tank using up a lot of cargo space. Some of the PI 200's had that for a while, but they were removed once they got 733's.

 

[flyhigh]

...why does capacity being 100 make it a bad aircraft. That's certainly not why DL is getting rid of them. On the contrary, DL needs an aircraft of that size more than anyone with the CVG & SLC hubs...

 

[superG]

...why does capacity being 100 make it a bad aircraft. That's certainly not why DL is getting rid of them. On the contrary, DL needs an aircraft of that size more than anyone with the CVG & SLC hubs...

The biggest reason to get rid of them is fuel inefficiency, then crew costs as opposed to RJ's. Delta does not need them. My biggest beef was that b4 the DFW hub closed, they were replacing 757's with 733's and trying to cram the same cargo on board. I'm sure that they were fine, in their day, (70's & 80's) for short haul to medium range, but with 50-100 seat RJ's around, what's the point? We do have quite a few MD-88's & 90's to fill the void, but the 737-800(in DL's case) is a much better aircraft for both pax & cargo.

 

[flymeorion]

As a flight attendant I'm so glad to get rid of that airplane. It was way too loud in the back.

 

[ta152]

As a flight attendant I'm so glad to get rid of that airplane. It was way too loud in the back.

As a passenger I liked flying them better than DC-9/ MD-80's and are roomier than any of the RJ's I have flown on.

Also two years ago I flew from Austin to Cincinnati and back in a -200 for $200 and change. This year the same trip costs over $400. I know the extra $200 can't be all in fuel costs. :blink: