The market presence of the DC9 is very limited and pales against that experienced in the mid 1990s. The dominance of Northwest suggests that the type will increasingly be withdrawn from service in the coming years. A principal problem for the DC9 is that it was never particularly popular outside of the Americas. Remarketing an unfamiliar type can therefore be a difficult and ultimate unrewarding process. The argument that older aircraft filter down to operators in developing nations has long been discredited with the DC9 representing the prime example of retention by original Western customers.
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