N839MH From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 362 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 6251 times:
Employees in DFW are gearing up for more BIG changes again...
Speculation is the ramp will be contracted out to D.G.S
(Delta Ground Services). Will know tonight at 7 p.m (Wed) local time. This
is not going to be good.
The return of the dreaded RJ's. Coming December 01, 2005. Just can't
get rid of those miserable airplanes....
And maybe more to come in January 2006.
Pay and benefit cuts coming Thursday.
What a great week ahead! Uggh!
Late 90's, Delta mainline in DFW flew 287 flights.....
January 30, 2005- Delta mainline 54
January 31, 2005- Delta mainline 21
September 01, 2005- Delta mainline 19
November 12, 2005- Delta mainline 20 (DL485 DFW-ATL returns)
*** The January 04 schedule shows 7 DFW-ATL flights booked with less than 20 reservations, one or two showing only 1 reservations but the actual availability of seats to sell all have been reduced to no more than 15 reservations. This could be either by a schedule change still being worked and aircraft being reassigned, or more cuts ahead in DFW for Delta mainline.
Either way, things in DFW for Delta will never be the same and it's a shame to see such a great airline not offer more service as it once had.
SESGDL From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3385 posts, RR: 11 Reply 1, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 6163 times:
Those are definitely false, there's no way DL's only going to have 2 mainline flights between ATL-DFW. Things will change shortly, I wouldn't worry about it, the full schedule isn't uploaded yet.
DeltaMIA From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 1672 posts, RR: 19 Reply 2, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 6153 times:
Well I don't see DL going down to two mainline flights to ATL.
I know for certain you can add another destination to your list starting in December.
It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.
SESGDL From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3385 posts, RR: 11 Reply 3, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 6052 times:
Quoting DeltaMIA (Reply 2): I know for certain you can add another destination to your list starting in December.
DAL767400ER From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 5721 posts, RR: 50 Reply 4, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 5944 times:
Quoting DeltaMIA (Reply 2): I know for certain you can add another destination to your list starting in December.
Wow, DL will really add service at DFW again ? Hmm, probably a daily r/t on the E70 to connect with DL's international flights seems the most reasonable route.
FlyPNS1 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 6051 posts, RR: 25 Reply 5, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 5786 times:
Quoting SESGDL (Reply 3): Could you please give us a hint?
Think of a city where DL runs lots of point to point flights, but has minimal connections.
PVD757 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3375 posts, RR: 18 Reply 6, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 5665 times:
Quoting FlyPNS1 (Reply 5): Think of a city where DL runs lots of point to point flights, but has minimal connections.
ORD From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 1370 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 5549 times:
Quoting N839MH (Thread starter): Late 90's, Delta mainline in DFW flew 287 flights.....
The most mainline flights Delta ever had at DFW was around 260, and that was in 1993. A big cut in flights was made in spring 1995 which brought the total down to 195, and by fall 1997 the total was down to about 125. Things have been downhill since. I simply want to point out the decline of Delta at DFW started well before the late 1990s.
B4real From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 2595 posts, RR: 6 Reply 9, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 5505 times:
The sad thing is that DL is breaking the one good thing done when transforming DFW from a hub to a station - uniform product. All flights were mainline. That was beautiful - for what it was. Now re-introducing the CRJ... Part of that is CVG's fault, I'd rather of seen 4x 732 go to 2x 732 instead of 1x 732 and 3x CRJ.
Stirling From Italy, joined Jun 2004, 3943 posts, RR: 27 Reply 10, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 5455 times:
Quoting ORD (Reply 8): The most mainline flights Delta ever had at DFW was around 260, and that was in 1993. A big cut in flights was made in spring 1995 which brought the total down to 195, and by fall 1997 the total was down to about 125. Things have been downhill since. I simply want to point out the decline of Delta at DFW started well before the late 1990s.
You're totally right. It amazes me how some people's view of history is confined to what they had for lunch yesterday.
The decline of DL at DFW actually began with the WA acquisition. It wasn't an earthquake, not even a mild tremor, but an insignificant, but no less important blip on the richter scale.
The addition of a SLC hub coincided with a build-up at CVG.
Delta thought with an economy of scale at DFW, they could overcome the airport's inherently high cost of doing business. So they grew the hub looking for that critical mass...it never came.
All the while, it became painfully evident that the core Delta customer could be shot out west much more cost-effectively through either ATL and SLC and to a lesser extent CVG.
So the DFW hub remained to cater to the loyal DL customer in and around DFW....but service downgrades and cuts drove even the most faithful and elite-status customer away.
What we see is the end result of 3 decades of events...it didn't "just happen".
Commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10193 posts, RR: 62 Reply 11, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 5448 times:
I said in an earlier post ... it is pretty telling that pretty soon, AA will have more flights (and perhaps more seats) between ATL and DFW than DL. I don't think that's been the case for 2-3 decades -- if ever. Sad.
RL757PVD From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 4537 posts, RR: 13 Reply 12, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 5437 times:
Quoting FlyPNS1 (Reply 5): Think of a city where DL runs lots of point to point flights, but has minimal connections.
Id put money on JFK, MCO to FLL
JFK could possibly meet up with INTL flights, MCO or FLL maybe song, FLL could possibly retaliate against NK for adding ATL.
Experience is what you get when what you thought would work out didn't!
PVD757 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3375 posts, RR: 18 Reply 13, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 5437 times:
Quoting DAL767400ER (Reply 7): You could also add RDU, CMH, RSW, GSO or BDL as candidates
I thought about those, but was favoring the side of what DL realistically will do from DFW.
If I have to pick just one, it would be JFK. Second choice is BOS.
ORD From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 1370 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 5287 times:
Quoting Commavia (Reply 11): I said in an earlier post ... it is pretty telling that pretty soon, AA will have more flights (and perhaps more seats) between ATL and DFW than DL. I don't think that's been the case for 2-3 decades -- if ever.
AA didn't even start flying to Atlanta until after deregulation. I believe it was 1985, or at least right around there.
N839MH From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 362 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 5168 times:
Thanks for all the comments...I knew the dates of Delta's high in DFW might be off but the basis of the comment was the fact how big Delta was to where it is now.
As for the new destination for Delta in DFW, it's probably going to be MCO.
I would really hope for Song, but not holding my breath on that.
DeltaMIA From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 1672 posts, RR: 19 Reply 17, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 5077 times:
Quoting N839MH (Reply 16): I would really hope for Song, but not holding my breath on that.
Yeah you would put yourself into a state of unconsciousness.
The new destination will be 2x daily with EV.
It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.
Jetdeltamsy From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 2984 posts, RR: 8 Reply 18, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 4942 times:
Quoting SESGDL (Reply 1): Those are definitely false,
And you know this because??
We are getting our butts kicked in Dallas. It is entirely conceiveable and probable that if we can't make money in the market, we're going to pull back in a major way.
Worked for too many airlines to list. Banktupcy after bankruptcy after bankruptcy.
We are getting our butts kicked in Dallas. It is entirely conceiveable and probable that if we can't make money in the market, we're going to pull back in a major way.
Remember: The schedules are not finalised yet!
Looking at the schedule on the date given in the first post, I count the following flights from DFW:
ATL: 2 M88, 3 738, 2 757, 2 763, a total of 9 mainline flights. Not as much as they are today, but far from the 5 mainline and 12 RJs.
CVG: 1 732, 1 CR7, 2 CRJ
SLC: 3 MD-90, 1 CR7
Quite a difference to the first post, right?
N839MH From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 362 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4769 times:
DAL767400ER...re-read the bottom statement for which I posted in the first post.
You are correct about what the schedule shows, but if you don't have access to DLterm, inter-company booking engine...you won't see that the allowable bookings left on 7 of the DFW-ATL flights have been zeroed in all coach classes of bookings i.e B,Q,M,H,L,U. These flights are only available to book up to an additional 15 bookings. Like I stated also, regardless of what you see or where you get your information, this very well could be due to the schedules/aircrafts being still worked...or...a possible major mainline cutback in DFW for Delta. As for 9 DFW-ATL flights, it is down 2 from what we currently offer today.
DeltaMIA From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 1672 posts, RR: 19 Reply 21, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4736 times:
Quoting N839MH (Reply 20): you won't see that the allowable bookings left on 7 of the DFW-ATL flights have been zeroed in all coach classes of bookings i.e B,Q,M,H,L,U.
This is because the schedule isn't finalized yet. You will notice all through the system that "new flights" that are part of the Dec 05 changes aren't bookable outside of F/A and in some cases Y class.
It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.
N839MH From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 362 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4717 times:
DeltaMia....thanks...I was thinking that might be the reason...but here in DFW, lots of rumors.
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? Hmm, probably a daily r/t on the E70 to connect with DL's international flights seems the most reasonable route.
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