HVNandrew From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 406 posts, RR: 0 Posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 8783 times:
Starting in June, there's some things going on with DL's LAX schedule. As we already knew, DL is shifting all of the Delta Connection flying to ExpressJet, but with that come some other (odd?) changes, to both Connection and mainling flights.
Beginning June 7:
DLC is dropping service to PSP (could be seasonal?).
DL is also upgrading the evening LAS flight to mainline, keeping the morning flight a ERJ.
DLC is going from 2x daily SFO service to 4x daily
ExpressJet begins 2x daily service to TIJ
ExpressJet begins service to MFE 1x daily
FLL goes from a mix of 738s and 752s to daily 752 service
On July 1, DL adds a mainline flight to SEA in addition to the daily ERJ.
Laxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22241 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 8691 times:
There are actually a few more changes happening sooner as well.
LAX-ACA discontinued Eff 4/15
LAX-GUA frequency reduced to 3x week Eff 4/23
LAX-MGA discontinued Eff 4/14
Also hear some of the Mexico CRJ/ERJ flying will see some frequency adjustments before the summer.
From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California
Flyboy7974 From United States of America, joined Jan 2003, 1540 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 8635 times:
Delta Connection is adding service to Mcallen, Texas (MFE)? When was that announced?
I also did see, in addition to the above mentioned, that for the summer season and traffic flow that frequencies that were not operating through the slower spring months are being reinstated on mainline routes, so, the Tues and Wed service on some some flights are back again.
A380fo From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 322 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 8548 times:
so wait ALL Delta Connection flying out of LAX, like Delta Connection (Skywest Airlines) and (ASA) will be Delta Connection (ExpressJet) on DL planes or will it be Delta Connection on ExpressJet ERJs?
MD90fan From Bahamas, joined Jul 2005, 2931 posts, RR: 7 Reply 4, posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 8418 times:
I was hoping to see some flights to new destinations added with mainline aircraft (or at least 70 seaters), instead of thinking they are smart and sending a dreaded 50 seater to saturated markets.
Chugach From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 1041 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 8394 times:
Quoting MD90fan (Reply 4): I was hoping to see some flights to new destinations added with mainline aircraft (or at least 70 seaters), instead of thinking they are smart and sending a dreaded 50 seater to saturated markets.
LAX-ANC is starting, I believe, in June. Seasonal for now, but if they keep building up LAX it might be a decent year-round route for them if they can attract Alaskans disgruntled with AS who are headed to Mexico or SoCal for some sun.
Unlikely. DL took the opportunity to sell seats on what was primarily a maintenance respositioning flight. Skywest conducts contract maintenance on ASA's LAX-DLC fleet.
With a choice between changing one's mind & proving there's no need to do so, most everyone gets busy on the proof.
HVNandrew From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 406 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 8295 times:
Quoting MD90fan (Reply 4): I was hoping to see some flights to new destinations added with mainline aircraft (or at least 70 seaters), instead of thinking they are smart and sending a dreaded 50 seater to saturated markets.
Well, it looks like DL is trying to slowly fix that, by taking those routes that were originally only regional jets, and now mixing the service with mainline, which is exactly what they're doing in LAS and SEA.
This is a flight I wasnt expecting. I still wish Delta flew to Harlingen instead of MFE though. I guess the competition from WN scares them away from serving there.
DAL767400ER From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 5721 posts, RR: 50 Reply 11, posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 7304 times:
Quoting Flyboy7974 (Reply 2): Delta Connection is adding service to Mcallen, Texas (MFE)? When was that announced?
DCI already operates twice daily service from MFE to ATL, so it is not a totally new destination. Btw, does XJE do some kind of MX at MFE? Sure doesn't look like a typical route you'd expect out of LAX.
Quoting HVNandrew (Thread starter): DL is also upgrading the evening LAS flight to mainline, keeping the morning flight a ERJ.
On July 1, DL adds a mainline flight to SEA in addition to the daily ERJ.
That's could, that really should help their presence in these markets, though I'd suspect those mainline flights are probably only for the summer high season and will be gone with the September schedule.
LACA773 From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 3752 posts, RR: 2 Reply 12, posted (6 years 2 months 1 week ago) and read 7200 times:
How is Delta doing on their single daily redeyes to:
CMH
RDU
JAX
I hope they are doing well on them. BTW, how's their redeye to BDL doing? I know it was a previous Song flight which they kept?
Any word on the DLC flights to Mexico, or flights to PVR, CUN, MZT, ZIH?
HVNandrew From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 406 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 2 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 6560 times:
The BDL flight was full both times I was on it last summer, and the seat maps usually look pretty full (though, that doesn't always mean much).
HVNandrew From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 406 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (6 years 2 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 5829 times:
Yuck, nasty loads on the JAX flight. The other flights look quite good. Though, it wouldn't hurt it the PVR and BDL flights had some more paying F pax.
Gemini573 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 146 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (6 years 2 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 5829 times:
I have to applaud DL's attempt in expanding their nonstop options out of LAX. Does anyone know what their market share out of LAX is? I still think UA offers the most non-stops, followed by AA. Is it still the case?
Laxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22241 posts, RR: 51 Reply 17, posted (6 years 2 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 5672 times:
Quoting Gemini573 (Reply 19): Does anyone know what their market share out of LAX is?
Year to date DL sits at 7.83% including commuter ops.
#1 United & United Express - 20.64%
#2 American & AA Eagle - 17.02%
#3 Southwest - 12.26%
From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California
A380fo From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 322 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (6 years 2 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 5480 times:
man puerto vallerta while im on spring break! i couldve gone all this week even in first class!! Woot WOOt.... anyone else know of any more DL routes coming up? in LAX and in SOCAL?
Gemini573 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 146 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (6 years 2 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 5202 times:
Quoting Laxintl (Reply 20): Year to date DL sits at 7.83% including commuter ops.
#1 United & United Express - 20.64%
#2 American & AA Eagle - 17.02%
#3 Southwest - 12.26%
Wow, DL still has a ways to go to catch up to UA and AA. Again, I applaud them for being agressive building up LAX and offering more international destinations.
Avatordon From United States of America, joined May 2006, 239 posts, RR: 4 Reply 20, posted (6 years 2 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 4835 times:
Evan767 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2957 posts, RR: 2 Reply 21, posted (6 years 2 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 4813 times:
Quoting Avatordon (Reply 23): Does their LAX terminal have FIS facilities?
I think so. I always remember flying LAX-CVG on the MD-11 and when the MD-11 came in, it came from Tokyo (maybe Nagoya), and they would always make their way through a glass wall down or up and escalator. Delta still operates out of this gate with their heavies. I have seen an Air France jet there too, so I imagine the answer is yes.
The proper term is "on final" not "on finals" bud...
Laxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22241 posts, RR: 51 Reply 23, posted (6 years 2 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 4800 times:
Quoting Avatordon (Reply 23): Does their LAX terminal have FIS facilities?
Yes, with somewhat limited hours. Primary user of the T-5 FIS is Aeromexico. Outside of regular hours passengers can get bused to TBIT.
From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California
Yellowtail From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 5276 posts, RR: 2 Reply 24, posted (6 years 2 months 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 4538 times:
Quoting Laxintl (Reply 1): There are actually a few more changes happening sooner as well.
You missed one still....LAX-BZE starts sometime in June.....with much anticipation in the LA Belizean community.
When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No-one has ever collided with the sky.
25 Gemini573: I remember a few years back when AA's LHR-LAX flight came in, they would use T5. There was a time when T4 didn't have FIS facilities.
26 Aer: Wonder if it's due to the season or the high competition on the market now that NK goes in; although I checked on Amadeus and for June the flight see
27 DeltaDAWG: Anyone know the makeup of domestic vs. international service? I know the WN is all domestic but is any of the informaiton here for AA & UA internatio
28 Laxintl: Percentage of total boardings which are domestic: UA - 89.5% AA - 94.4% WN - 100% DL - 91.7%
29 Delta767: Are RDU loads typically that low on this route? I thought it was doing really well.
30 COERJ145: What ever happened to the SJC-LAX flight they were supposed to start back in february. I checked Delta.com and no flights pop up.
31 AirCop: What would be nice if DL resumed a couple of flights a day from PHX to LAX to help service Skyteam and other partners.
32 Jacobin777: .....between AA/WN serving that route, I would think DL would be better off using their planes elsewhere....
33 A380fo: looking on the extranet for DL here are the loads for RDU tomorrow through wednesday.. they are OK.... the first number is first class seats and the
34 GlobalATL: Brillance, DL. They had foresight on keeping as much as they could at LAX for the future rather than selling off pieces while during BK. Once its gon
35 AASuper80: Does anyone know how Delta is doing on their SFO-JFK routes, I've flown them several times this year, and the flights always seem wide open. (?)
36 CV880: Next week's flights are booked fairly heavy, summer always heavy, but since i've been away from there awhile, I can't say what the "off season" has b
38 LACA773: A380fo, Thanks for the information. I hope things pickup for DL on RDU, JAX etc.. How are the loads on LAX-JFK doing? LACA773
39 Avatordon: With all these changes/additions where Mexico is concerned, wonder if LAX-MEX might be in the works. That is one route I can't understand why they dro
41 Laxintl: Previous regimes decided to pull out, and Alaska happily jumped on the route. The way the current US-Mexico bilateral is written there is no chance D
42 SkyvanMan: LAX0BDL is a flight that I've flown multiple times and it seems to usually be at least 65% full in coach, usually a little less full going BDL-LAX tha
43 WhatUsaid: Just how are the intra-state flights out of LAX doing? Was at OAK the other day and just a handful of pax boarding the evening CRJ to LAX. Maybe 10 at
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