Flynavy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (1 year 11 months 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 10001 times:
The final Song-painted aircraft is now in Victorville, CA receiving her new dress. I, for one, am glad the remnants of Song have "faded" (pun intended) into Delta's history. Still, here's a few to remember:
N67171, the first ever Song aircraft, seen here on April 10, 2003:
DeltAirlines From United States, joined May 1999, 7315 posts, RR: 16 Reply 9, posted (1 year 11 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 9432 times:
Thought it was different that I didn't see any Song birds in ATL when I passed through on Sunday - always had seen one or two. On the flip side, I saw about 10-12 planes there in the new livery (all 757/767s; I saw the lone MD-80 in the new c/s up in BOS when I landed there).
KELPkid From United States, joined Nov 2005, 4172 posts, RR: 8 Reply 10, posted (1 year 11 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 9240 times:
Got a Song-painted bird this summer on SLC-PDX...nice ride. The interior amenities (well, the personal entertainment, at least) sure beat the rest of the mainline 757 fleet.
Celebrating the birth of KELPkidJR on August 5, 2009 :-)
1337Delta764 From United States, joined Oct 2005, 3289 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (1 year 11 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 9088 times:
Quoting Airbazar (Reply 11): How can you be glad when Song had a far better product than Delta has?
Most of the best features of Song have been integrated into Delta's long haul domestic product, and is now even better with the addition of first class on these flights. The Song IFE system (Panasonic eFX) also became the basis for Delta's newest international IFE system, only without the live satellite TV feature.
AA737-823 From United States, joined Mar 2000, 4033 posts, RR: 10 Reply 13, posted (1 year 11 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 9088 times:
Quoting Airbazar (Reply 11): How can you be glad when Song had a far better product than Delta has?
Because it was a money waster, AND because many of the product improvements that Song experimented with are actually being incoroporated into the Delta mainline fleet. Like IFE, interesting food choices, etc.
For unto us a Child is born- unto us a Son is given!
Cloudboy From United States, joined Jan 2004, 486 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (1 year 11 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 8977 times:
The song painted planes were regularly seen in Boson this past summer. Why have they waited so long to repaint them, or the reverse - why bother repainting them now?
Too bad about Song, They earned a very loyal following for a lot of people up north for a while. Then they got careless and you would book a song flight only to find yourself stuck in the back of a MD80. They lost more customers with that...
"Six becoming three doesn't create more Americans that want to fly." -Adam Pilarski
1337Delta764 From United States, joined Oct 2005, 3289 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (1 year 11 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 8627 times:
Quoting CodyKDiamond (Reply 18): I read a couple of years ago that Song ordered 738s. Was that true?
No. Since the aircraft are still operated under a Delta certificate, there is no way Song could have ordered aircraft without Delta's authority. Song never ordered or operated 737-800s. However, some of the 737-800s will get Song IFE now though.
Srbmod From United States, joined Mar 2001, 14238 posts, RR: 62 Reply 21, posted (1 year 11 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 8486 times:
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Quoting CodyKDiamond (Reply 18): I read a couple of years ago that Song ordered 738s. Was that true?
No. Although there were rumors several years back that Delta was going to order 73Gs for Delta Express, but it was just rumors and DLX was soon confined to the dustbin of defunct airlines when Delta rolled out Song.
FlyASAGuy2005 From United States, joined Sep 2007, 2188 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (1 year 11 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 8205 times:
Quoting Cloudboy (Reply 15): The song painted planes were regularly seen in Boson this past summer. Why have they waited so long to repaint them, or the reverse - why bother repainting them now?
Waited s long? Song was just put to an in mid 2006. Delta filed for bankrupcy in 2005. It would have made no sense to paint these aircraft twice knowing a livery change was coming up anyway post bankrupcy.
Quoting CodyKDiamond (Reply 18): I read a couple of years ago that Song ordered 738s. Was that true?
Song was just a name. Delta still had full control of the Song brand. I did though, here rumors during its battle to stay alive before they decided to axe it that Delta was looking at turning to 737/7's.
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ATLAaron From United States, joined Apr 2006, 1017 posts, RR: 7 Reply 24, posted (1 year 11 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 8104 times:
I was pleasantly surprised when I showed up for my SNA-ATL flight when a SONG aircraft had been subbed in for mainline. It was a great flight and the IFE really made the time pass quickly. Glad I got at least one ride in a green and white SONG bird.
FlyASAGuy2005 From United States, joined Sep 2007, 2188 posts, RR: 1 Reply 25, posted (1 year 11 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 8016 times:
Quoting ATLAaron (Reply 24): I was pleasantly surprised when I showed up for my SNA-ATL flight when a SONG aircraft had been subbed in for mainline. It was a great flight and the IFE really made the time pass quickly. Glad I got at least one ride in a green and white SONG bird.
I flew on them twice. Once from SJU-JFK. And another time ATL-BOS. Both flights were a treat. Then the first time I flew on an IFE Delta was last year. It was ATL-JFK-ATL (got luck on the return too!). It was in Song colors but the interior was Delta with first class, blue seats, etc. I was working for ASA at the time so I made first class on stand-by and the seats were very comfortable and the recline was great. And the IFE was awesome too. Very clean "air-ey" plane.
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26 Malaysia: Hardly for Domestic, Song was a domestic product, I do not notice the song features on regular domestic DL the last I flew just DL. I do miss Song an
27 PanAm747: I am sorry to see the Song aircraft go, but thankfully it is only the exteriors! Last summer I flew SAN-SLC-MSP-SLC-SAN on Delta, but technically it w
28 FlyASAGuy2005: Well actually, you will see it more in the future, for the simple reason that it is going on more aircraft. You will soon see it on most of their 757
29 Flynavy: The Apple Martini remains to this day being served on Delta flights. If you didn't notice elements of Song on your flight you were either on a non-IF
30 GeorgiaAME: And flat out evidence of the total contempt Delta held for their life blood Atlanta passengers. Provide quality service at a huge discount to the com
31 Srbmod: Song for a time flew ATL-JFK and I also believe ATL-FLL.
32 PGNCS: I am glad also. Many of the good points have been incorporated into the mainline product, and the confusing branding and connecting-passenger issues
33 B767300ER: While I never worked a SONG flight their aircraft were always a good air craft for seats and entertainment. They allowed DL to offer a product to comp
34 FlyASAGuy2005: In the begining, they did have a few select scheduled flights out of Atlanta. They all left out of D concourse. Eventually, everthing moved to Florid
35 AA767LOVER: This was taken on Sept. 27th during a rather lengthy layover in PDX. I like the green colours, but I like the Pink one too because it promotes Breast
36 DeltAirlines: They used I believe D35...one of the last D gates on the right. DL mainline also had a couple of flights out of those gates at this time (mostly MD-8
37 PlanenutzTB: So long to the green snot rockets. I'm happy to see these eye sores go. Welcome back to the new DL!
38 AA767LOVER: Me, I'm not happy to see them go, but yeah they do look like snot goob, now that I looked at it more carefully. Artsy snot! That's for sure! It's a n
39 Yellowtail: seen the green one in BZE and GUA too....
40 Cloudboy: What features did Delta bring over to mainline aircraft? IFE in a few planes I have heard, but certainly not most of them.
41 FlyASAGuy2005: Anyone care to tell me how the Song name came about? I mean, it sounds kinda cool, atleast it isn't as lame as uniTED.
42 Jetblueguy22: It was a great product. I like the A320 but the 757s are awesome to fly on. I'm sure it was just too much to just operate 757s domestically though. I
43 DeltaL1011man: most 757s,half 737s 764ERs 772ERs 763Ds(only planes dont dont have AVOD is the Y class on the 763ERs, a few 752s MD-88s and MD-90s and the other half
44 Nycbjr: I miss song.. it was a great experience.. super friendly FA's... good food, good drinks.. I realize they are integrating that into the mainline but AT
45 DALMD88: A much improved IFE to the long haul domestic legs. Sure as of today it is mostly only in the ex Song 757 aircraft, but in the coming months the 738
46 A380US: i was actually on a flight exactly one week from closing and the crew didnt seem all bad like as if they were being fired were they fired? or did they
47 DALMD88: The only part of Song that was segregated from DL was the FA crew. Everyone else was DL; pilots, mechanics, ramp, CSA. I think all of the FA were abs
48 WDBRR: I flew Song JFK-FLL in 2005.....I hated the colors !!! Lime green and bright circus colors on the seats. Glad they are gone...Kept wishing I was flyin
49 Db373: Ever heard of the phrase '(insert something here) for a song'? Think 'Fly for a song'. It basically means you can do something or get something (In t
50 Richierich: Holy smokes! Times have changed! I actually agree with somebody who works at Delta!!! I'm not going to go into Song versus JetBlue versus every-other
51 Richierich: Truer words were never spoken, my friend....
52 Cloudboy: I disagree. What killed song in the end was that it was too integrated with Delta. Passengers would book a flight on Song expecting this great experi
53 ThirteenRight: I agree ... I also believe that they should have just improved the Delta experience, fleet wide, rather than the whole song thing which just confused
54 WesternA318: Wow, that pic was taken from the North Perimeter road, wasnt it? Alas, all I have now are photos of song a/c as well, thank heavens that experiment i
55 Richierich: Thanks for writing the nicest disagreement I have ever seen. I can respect that. I'm not sure I am sold on the reasoning - identity crisis 'killing'
56 A380US: but doesnt that cause complications with the contracts and the likes?
57 DALMD88: What contracts? There was only contract involved with DL or Song. The pilots. That is why Song was always flown by DL pilots. Their contract says som
58 Cloudboy: And now Delta is rumored to be interested in JetBlue. Is it a case of coming full circle? Could Delta be having second thoughts about giving up on So
59 A318: I still think Song was the best LCC. They offered such a great product with the food for purchase and other little things. And of course who didn't lo
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