Delta Mixes Old, New Jets in CEO’s Cost-Cutting Fleet Plan
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Delta Air Lines Inc. began adding a new variant of Boeing Co.’s 737 aircraft and a batch of used Boeing 717s, as the company uses the most diverse fleet in the U.S. industry to reduce operating costs.
The planes are part of a plan to revamp the second-largest U.S. airline’s domestic fleet and shave about $300 million a year from fuel and maintenance spending. The Atlanta-based carrier this year will add the first 12 of 100 737-900 extended-range models and 16 of 88 smaller 717s it’s leasing from Southwest Airlines Co., said Anthony Black, a Delta spokesman.