PanAm330 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2601 posts, RR: 10 Reply 2, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 3452 times:
Very nice. I hope DL does well with the larger aircraft!
MOBflyer From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 1209 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 3443 times:
Very nice to hear! Its great when a Gulf Coast airport gets new/upgraded service!
MSYtristar From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 6242 posts, RR: 51 Reply 4, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 3372 times:
DL seems to be seeing decent success in MSY:
6x 757s to ATL in Sept... 2nd LGA flight...LAX hanging on with improved flight times... And mainline returns to SLC.
DL has always had a loyal following here and it's nice to see the airline do what it can for the area in these tough times.
ASEFlyer From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 163 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 3348 times:
My parents came out to visit me in March here in ASE and did the MSY-SLC thing, said it was packed coming and going on the CRJ 700. I have flown it as well and remember it being quite full. Great news for connections out west!
DeltaL1011man From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 8581 posts, RR: 8 Reply 6, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 3299 times:
Quoting MSYtristar (Reply 4): 2nd LGA flight...LAX hanging on with improved flight times
What type of A/C on LGA and LAX?
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DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8771 posts, RR: 13 Reply 7, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 3253 times:
Of course, the MCO service has gone away, as the cuts to the DL MCO operation will be in full effect by the September schedule. So while MSY gains a decent number of seats, they do lose a few RJs to Disney (although Southwest 737s still ply this route, and for the SkyMiles addicts, ATL is a very viable option).
WesternA318 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 5395 posts, RR: 25 Reply 11, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 3176 times:
Quoting ASEFlyer (Reply 5): My parents came out to visit me in March here in ASE and did the MSY-SLC thing, said it was packed coming and going on the CRJ 700. I have flown it as well and remember it being quite full. Great news for connections out west!
Also used to be operated by a 727-200.
Woohoo! Back to Beirut in Oct '13! (Along with a stop in DOH for 4 days)
FlyASAGuy2005 From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 6517 posts, RR: 11 Reply 12, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3094 times:
Nolanative From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 2982 times:
In the past, DL has flown both the 762 and 763 on the ATL-MSY route, I had the chance to fly on both types several times between the two cities, and the MSY-LAS flight was on the 763.
Lambert747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2878 times:
Quoting Nolanative (Reply 13): In the past, DL has flown both the 762 and 763 on the ATL-MSY route, I had the chance to fly on both types several times between the two cities, and the MSY-LAS flight was on the 763.
Thank you for the clarification on the series of 767 that was used on LAS-MSY. On a side-note wasn't DFW-MSY flown from time to time with the L1011 and the 767?
Back in the mid 80's (pre DL/WA) we were all set to have a DL SLC-MSY flight with a 727-200. They even had the quick reference city schedules printed up for SLC with adds for the new service. At the last minute, probably within a week, the service was changed to DEN-MSY, instead. This was at a time when we only had 5 flights a day and things were flucuating back and forth with the number of flights.
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DFW13L From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2761 times:
When I was a kid in the 1980s we flew on a single plane service DL 727-200 SHV-MSY-LGA. We were the only ones who stayed onboard in MSY, which allowed me my first cockpit visit.
FlyguyPBI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (4 years 11 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 2614 times:
Quoting MSYtristar (Reply 4): DL has always had a loyal following here and it's nice to see the airline do what it can for the area in these tough times.
We've always had a presence in MSY. Old timers may remember we had an FA base there at one time too.
762's were not uncommon at all from ATL . For big holiday weekends the 763's have made guest appearances to accomodates heavy traffic. Always short fun flights!!
MSYtristar From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 6242 posts, RR: 51 Reply 18, posted (4 years 11 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 2525 times:
MSY will be seeing roughly 350 additional daily seats in September versus this summer and that is including the cancelation of the lone MCO nonstop which is still running currently. Not too shabby.
As for the 767s... Both 762 and 763 were scheduled year-round on the ATL run up until Katrina.
Rampguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 20, posted (4 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 2266 times:
MSY is not the only city to get increase of mainline. IND goes up to 6 mainline in Sept. Too bad it's still with the MD88. Be nice if there would be some 737-800s or perhaps 757 thrown in good measure. IND could support those a/c.
RampGuy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (4 years 10 months 4 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 2011 times:
Quoting ConcordeBoy (Reply 23): huh? Are you asking from whose (crew/pax) perspective? If not, what?
Why do you prefer the Mad Dog over the 737-800? Sorry that I have spell it out.
25 Mayor: Just a side note but I can remember DL's service from MSY-MBJ and MSY-CCS in the early 70's. After those were dropped, I can remember the connections
26 MAH4546: Delta's LAX-MSY flight will only operate 4x weekly this winter. First step toward it being discontinued; though the fact the flight still operates spe
27 MSYtristar: Yeah, I saw that. 4x weekly is better than nothing though. LAX-MSY sees a lot of traffic from the Hollywood crowd. Something like 5 movies were filmi
28 MSYPI7185: I remember flying a 757 from SLC to MSY in 1999 I believe it was. We arrived MSY something like 2330-2345. When I started working for PI at MSY in 198
29 WESTERN737800: Good to see the upgrade for MSY-SLC. I remember back when they flew it with 727s and mabye some 737s mixed in there.
30 ConcordeBoy: Indeed, if it's still here. Were it to leave though, think they'd (finally) make SLC double-daily again?
31 Ssides: Wow. I didn't know DL still had MD-90s. Do they still have the MD-88s, with the pair of seats on the right side of the aisle and three seats on the le
32 ConcordeBoy: ...um yeahhhh, over a hundred of 'em
34 WESTERN737800: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think DL is the world's second largest operator of the MD80 series next to AA.
35 Nolanative: Indeed, I just flew on the MD-90 in May ATL-MSY, first time I'd been on one myself.
36 Ssides: Hey now, I'm no Delta expert ... I just thought with all the airlines ditching their older planes, these less-common models might have gone by the wa
37 ASEFlyer: I don't see this one going anywhere...O&D should be enough to justify it, citing the hollywood crowd once again. Now, where are regional connection t
38 ConcordeBoy: They were the last one to op the route, yes.
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