SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Reply 2, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 5082 times:
Good to hear that they'll keep the 777s and 737s on order!
Yes, but with a deferred delivery, the topics on here about what Delta is going to do with its fleet are just going to be more confusing and complicated. I guess with more 777s coming in 07-09, we should not expect a 7E7 order soon?
Luv2fly From United States of America, joined May 2003, 11957 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 5061 times:
Until they get the financial house in order I would not expect any plane orders anytime soon.
Thrust From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 2673 posts, RR: 11 Reply 4, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 4919 times:
Luv2fly is right. DL is in no position to order new aircraft...their survival right now outweighs the need for new aircraft...though I must say it is incredibly awesome that they will keep their remaining 777s on order
Thrust From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 2673 posts, RR: 11 Reply 5, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 4912 times:
If there is one thing that I have to complain for about DL, it is the size of their 777 fleet. It needs to get bigger But in order for it to get bigger, DL has to survive this nightmare of cash shortage.
EA CO AS From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 12556 posts, RR: 64 Reply 10, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 4648 times:
Take a look at the current payscale for 777 captains vs. the pay for the same equipment at AA, CO and UA - THIS is why DL is deferring the 777 deliveries:
SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Reply 11, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 4631 times:
Until they get the financial house in order I would not expect any plane orders anytime soon.
Sorry, folks. I thought I made it clear that I was not expecting a DL order anytime soon with the " ".
WidgetBoi From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 1432 posts, RR: 22 Reply 12, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 4602 times:
I believe it tops out at $305 for captains and $208 for first officers.
AKelley728 From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2101 posts, RR: 6 Reply 15, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 4507 times:
* Delta has entered into a definitive agreement to sell these eleven
737-800 aircraft to a third party immediately after those aircraft are
delivered to Delta by the manufacturer in 2005."
WidgetBoi From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 1432 posts, RR: 22 Reply 16, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 4496 times:
I don't think they ever specified, but I could be wrong.
AVPOH77 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 114 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 4481 times:
Is Delta responsible for the order of Regional Jets? Or is that DCI's responsiblity? Question being with these deferrals, does that mean all aircraft in the DL system or just mainline?
Syncmaster From United States of America, joined Jul 2002, 1983 posts, RR: 14 Reply 19, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 4093 times:
I think they are realizing too that Asia is the market to be in right now, they have a very weak presence there unless they code-share with CO, NW, or KE. The additional 777's will help that tremendously, plus they are soon (next 7-8 years) going to need to start thinking about what to do with the 757's and 767's plus the MD-80's/90's. I think they are also trying to do their best to simplify their fleet as much as possible, they currently have a fairly good mix of different types. Including regional carriers and Song they have the following CRJ, CR7, ATR's, ERJ's, 732, 733, 738, 752, 762, 763, 764, 772, MD-80, MD-90. I'm sure that they could take a couple of those out to help simplify.
Nlink From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 313 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 3087 times:
I thought the md90's were suppossed to be phased out in a couple years, theres only 16 of them so its a pretty small fleet. It might have changed by now but it was in one of there investor reports a while ago.
SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Reply 22, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 2944 times:
Did somebody say something about MD-11s?
Yes, it was mentioned that a few might be going back into service.
Dalmd88 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2365 posts, RR: 15 Reply 24, posted (8 years 10 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2697 times:
* Delta has entered into a definitive agreement to sell these eleven
737-800 aircraft to a third party immediately after those aircraft are
delivered to Delta by the manufacturer in 2005.
Who is Delta selling the 737-800s to?
The 737-800 delivery positions were sold to Lombard Aviation. They are a leasing company
25 Nlink: If they needed additional pacific capicity wouldn't it make more sense to turn a few of the 767-400ER into intl config for Atlantic runs to replace th
26 Deltadude8: Nlink...prob. would be cheaper to conver 764's...but they dont have 764s to spare...the whole point being that the MD11 is the cheapest way for DL to
27 TransPac: Now that we are digressing into Asia service expansion, what are the advantages of DL doing it with their own metal at this point? It might be a good
28 The777Man: Great news! At least deffering deliveries is a lot better than cancellations and or selling the slots to other companies. Looking forward to see the r
29 Goomba: If DL wants to tap the hot Asian market...they will need those MD-11's pretty soon.
30 Na: Whatever. This massive option cancellation is serious blow for Boeing. Again. And deferring all orders to after 2007 also. In fact that means that Del
31 Goomba: Na - That is very well put. Kudos and Accolades
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