It is not being used by any passenger airline.
In addition to domestic flights of medium range, the 727 was popular with international passenger airlines.
Freight has been a small but not insignificant business for major passenger airlines.
Such water landings are extremely rare for commercial passenger airlines.
The express companies also use the major European passenger airlines to carry cargo.
Presently it is not in use by any passenger airline.
Delta's bonus offer was intended to call attention to its 70th anniversary as a passenger airline.
After the merger it would become the second-largest passenger airline in Russia.
There are small passenger airlines that can utilize the facility.
They say Delta should receive the new rights only if the administration decides to select a passenger airline.