Why Delta Air Lines' Quiet Exit From Minneapolis Marks The End Of The DC-9 Era In America
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In May 2026, Delta Air Lines quietly ended all Boeing 717 service at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The aircraft had been a fixture at MSP for over a decade under Delta, and the T-tail silhouette it shares with the DC-9 had been a constant presence at the airport for roughly 60 years before that. Northwest Airlines operated the world's largest DC-9 fleet from its MSP hub starting in the late 1960s. Delta inherited those DC-9s in the 2008 merger, retired them in 2014, and replaced th
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