According to this article, DL will be launching service to Chennai from JFK (via Paris) on May 11th 2005. I don't know a lot about India, but I guess the folks at DL think this service will work. I know Mumbai works well.
B4real From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 2595 posts, RR: 6 Reply 1, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 5252 times:
This would be sweet. I have a lot of friends that go from USA to MAA. This may increase their options!
Foxecho From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 724 posts, RR: 19 Reply 5, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 4992 times:
I've been told its loaded in Worldspan, but if there was a press release I missed it.....but its confirmed
Sshank From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 287 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 4938 times:
Sweet Indeed! Talk was that Air France was looking into Chennai for next year - looks like Delta beat then to it!
Ssides From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 4059 posts, RR: 23 Reply 7, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 4919 times:
Namaskar From Switzerland, joined Dec 2004, 56 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 4835 times:
Would Delta's 767-300ER have any payload restrictions on a route of that length? The former Sabena did MAA-BRU, but not sure whether they deployed the A340 or A330.
Panamair From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4584 posts, RR: 26 Reply 10, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 4784 times:
Yes, the schedules have been loaded in virtually all CRS except on DL's website. No official press release from Delta yet either.
The departure time from CDG at 1045 would allow a passenger from JFK to arrive on the later DL118 flight and still make the connection. DL118 arrives CDG 0910 and continues to BOM at 1120. On the return to CDG arrival at 0940, decent connections are available to ATL at 1155 and CVG at 1135. The DL119 to JFK leaves at 1035 which is too close a connection I guess.
AF will probably codeshare on this new flight as well.
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 88 Reply 11, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 4780 times:
Why Chennai, and not Delhi?
How does Chennai rank in top Indian destinations? I would have thought Kolkata and Bangalore to be above it as well.
CDG-MAA is marginally shorter than ATL-FCO. The 763ER will be fine for this route.
Padcrasher From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 4738 times:
Arrival: Madras, Indien (MAA) 13 Mai um 00:30
"That they don't learn that it is called Chennai.. these semi-professionals"
Tell that to 90% of US Indians who refer to it as Madras. This is intentional on DL's part. DL knows about the Chennai, they know about Bombay/Mumbai. Chennai has just not caught on like Mumbai
B747-437B From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 4675 times:
Some comments here that I hope will not be deleted by the moderators since it contains information that has not been documented elsewhere as yet.
a) The Delta service will be subject to Government approval. India and the US have reportedly reached tentative agreement on a MOU to the existing bilateral which will grant US carriers access to Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore in exchange for Indian carriers granted access to San Francisco, Washington DC and Houston. The new MOU is expected to be signed in January.
c) There is a significant market for O&D traffic between Paris and Chennai, partly due to the proximity of the former French colony of Pondicherry. Air India has always seen a relatively strong market on this route, going so far as to have operated direct service in the early-mid 1990s.
d) Chennai is the third busiest airport in India for international traffic. Delta will be the 16th carrier operating international flights from Chennai.
e) Air France would not be able to codeshare on this flight unless the India-France air services agreement is modified.
Stealthpilot From India, joined May 2004, 510 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 4658 times:
Great news. Finally another option for us Bangalore people!! Hopefully this means I wont be forced to fly thru bombay anymore.
"Why Chennai, and not Delhi?"
If you ask me any city they pick withh do well, if they picked Hyderabad or Bangalore all would be full
-nikhil
Sshank From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 287 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 4596 times:
How does Chennai rank in top Indian destinations? I would have thought Kolkata and Bangalore to be above it as well
Huh??
Kolkata and Bangalore see about a quarter of the international traffic that Chennai does.
Iowaman From United States of America, joined May 2004, 4098 posts, RR: 7 Reply 16, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 4581 times:
AIRLINERS.NET CREW FORUM MODERATOR
Delta's World Gets Bigger -- Customers' World Shrinks: Delta Introducing Daily Service to Chennai, India via Paris
Wednesday December 15, 1:01 pm ET
Delta only U.S. carrier to offer service to Chennai and serve two cities in India
NEW YORK, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta (NYSE: DAL - News) customers soon will have more access to India with new, planned daily service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Chennai (Madras), India, with a stop at Paris' Charles de Gaulle International Airport, beginning May 9.
Customers will benefit from the service and experience of the only U.S. carrier serving two cities in India, Mumbai and Chennai. Expanding international service is a key element of Delta's transformation plan, which will provide customers more access to the world.
"Customers in the United States and France now have direct access to one of the fastest growing service and technology centers in India," said Doug Blissit, vice president-Network Planning. "This new flight gives our customers in India more choices for international travel via two significant gateways -- Paris-Charles de Gaulle and New York-JFK. These cities offer travelers hundreds of convenient connections to destinations across Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the United States."
Delta currently offers passengers daily New York-Paris-Mumbai flights and daily seasonal service from New York-Frankfurt-Mumbai.
The new service will feature the Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, featuring Delta's award-winning BusinessElite® service with seats in a 2x2x2 configuration and 60 inches of pitch.
DELTA'S NEW FLIGHT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CHENNAI, VIA PARIS*
Flight Departs Arrives First Flight
16 New York-JFK at Paris-CDG at 7:55 a.m. May 9
6:10 p.m.
16 Paris at 10:45 a.m. Chennai at 12:30 a.m. May 10
17 Chennai at 2:30 a.m. Paris 9:40 a.m. May 11
17 Paris at 1:35 p.m. New York-JFK at May 11
3:55 p.m.
* Times subject to change.
AirbusfanYYZ From Canada, joined Oct 2002, 1406 posts, RR: 29 Reply 17, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 4560 times:
IMHO almost all of the secondary indian markets need more international carriers.
I know that when I am flying YYZ to HYD I want to bypass BOM and DEL at all costs. My current options are limited to QR, EK and LH (Feb '05) so lets hope we see more entrants soon.
FlyingInTheSky From Kuwait, joined Dec 2004, 66 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 4503 times:
That's great ..... new competition .......
But isn't that long from JFK-CDG and then CDG-MAA . well , I don't know how long does it take for direct route from CDG-MAA ,but , I can tell a little of my experience it takes approx. 6 Hours CDG-KWI and then 3-4 Hours from KWI-MAA ......
Anyway it will be nice to see some more competition to our operation chennai.
Jasepl From India, joined Jul 2004, 3582 posts, RR: 44 Reply 20, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 4313 times:
A step in the right direction towards DL's setting up a hub-type op at CDG. SO far, it's only been the BOM flight that one could connect to... Any idea if DL are planning any more flights (to anywhere) out of CDG?
Flairport From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 4198 times:
I don't think that DL is starting a hub type operation at CDG. What it is is that you cannot fly nonstop from the US-India, so if you are going to have to stop, why not stop in Paris, get a few Air France/Delta connections, and pick up some local traffic to fill the continuation!
Cx750 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 155 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3882 times:
I presume the local CDG-MAA local traffic will be a small proportion of the total onboards, US O&D's will probably make up 80% of the flight.
Jasepl From India, joined Jul 2004, 3582 posts, RR: 44 Reply 24, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3841 times:
Flairport, I don't expect DL to do in France what NW or UA do in Japan, but it would make sense for them if they were to start more routes that required a stop enroute to do them via CDG.
Granted tha the scope is limited, because most of the eastbound destinations can be reached non-stop.
25 N1120a: >I don't expect DL to do in France what NW or UA do in Japan
26 Behramjee: This is really good news...so we now have DL and LH flying daily to MAA from EU and DL the only American carrier to serve Southern India. I guess that
27 Sshank: This is really good news...does this make DL the only Western airline to fly daily to MAA from EU and USA? LH flies daily 744s to FRA.
28 Jr: This is really good news...does this make DL the only Western airline to fly daily to MAA from EU and USA? BA flies twice weekly (maybe three times..
29 MrNiji: The former Sabena did MAA-BRU, but not sure whether they deployed the A340 or A330. It was a A330 The new MOU is expected to be signed in January. Do
30 Skyguy: Has any US carrier ever served Chennai (Madras) in the past? I guess this means did PanAm or TWA ever serve this city in their time? Or is DL the firs
31 Behramjee: Mrniji, what airline are u now flying SIN-FRA?
32 Gigneil: Also from CDG, MAA pax have the option of flying DL transatlantic to JFK-CVG-SLC-ATL and BOS plus on AF codeshared USA flights. Delta doesn't serve S
33 Jr: On a side note, Madras was always called Chennai in the local language (tamil) even before they officially renamed it as Chennai for all other languag
34 Jfklganyc: It's nice to see DL expanding their transatlantic service again. First JFK-Berlin was announced. They already started the second Mumbai flight via FRA
35 MrNiji: Mrniji, what airline are u now flying SIN-FRA? I postponed my visit but was booked on TG, which, for a 4 day notice and high season was more than fair
36 Panamair: "Would DL too be allowed to send MAA pax on AF EU operated codeshared flights?" Don't know about the new MAA flights but DL can carry pax. between som
37 Aa777jr: Wow, this is crazy! I have an ex-girlfriend that flys to BLR for the UN, maybe I'll hit up DL to get there if I ever go visit! AA777jr
38 MrNiji: I have an ex-girlfriend that flys to BLR for the UN Oh, the poor girl
39 Kkfla737: GREAT NEWS!!!!! I'm in Madras right now and just today vowed to myself to never fly Lufthansa again, because even though the flights are great, they a
40 MrNiji: I'm in Madras right now and just today vowed to myself to never fly Lufthansa again, because even though the flights are great, they are not customer
41 Texdravid: I believe this is the first U.S. airline to MAA. Correct me if I'm wrong. MAA has come a long way since 1975 when I left with my parents for Chicago o
42 Kkfla737: "I thought Sabena flew an A340 into MAA. At least they did more than once, because my parents flew the A340 out of and into MAA on them more than once
43 Sshank: am sick of LH though and dio fly Delta extensively domestically, so it would be great for me. I vowed today after Lufthansa wouldn't let me change my
44 MrNiji: I agree on the LH attitude - being a UA flyer domestically I will still be stuck with LH for a while. However, I bet this time next year things will b
45 Panamair: Wonder if DL will use MAA-based Indian f/as for this run like they do on the BOM-CDG-BOM runs. If they do, service on board will be much better. I had
46 HAWK21M: subject to approvals Doesn't those Three words connected to any Indian Deal wipe the smile of your face. regds MEL
47 Atmx2000: How much of Jet and the other domestic airlines business involves connecting people arriving in major ports of entry like Bombay to their final destin
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