premobrimo From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 401 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 13127 times:
Sorry, this is for Summer 2013..
SEA, BKK and KIX will see the additions for summer. The others are current..
LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22030 posts, RR: 51 Reply 2, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 13051 times:
Concordski From United States of America, joined Sep 2008, 79 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 13020 times:
Interesting note that I thought was interesting is that DL's JFK-TLV is the only 747 route that doesn't either originate or terminate in Japan.
Quoting Concordski (Reply 3): Interesting note that I thought was interesting is that DL's JFK-TLV is the only 747 route that doesn't either originate or terminate in Japan.
Yep but remember another 744 comes in from NRT so this plane could be originally sent from NRT from time to time.
premobrimo From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 401 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 12930 times:
steex From United States of America, joined Jun 2007, 1425 posts, RR: 9 Reply 7, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 12906 times:
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 5): Wasn't this a 77L last year?
It was a 744 most of 2012, but had previously been a 77L (generally continuing onto SIN at that time, I believe). DL currently has the ATL flight numbers tied to PVG, with change of gauge to 333 for NRT-PVG-NRT.
Deltal1011man From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 8580 posts, RR: 8 Reply 8, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 12744 times:
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 5): Wasn't this a 77L last year?
early last year. As soon as Delta could run it with lie-flats it went back the 747.
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aznmadsci From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 3541 posts, RR: 5 Reply 9, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 12615 times:
nickofatlanta From Australia, joined exactly 13 years ago today! , 1457 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 12527 times:
Does anyone know if DL is still considering using the 744 on LAX-SYD? I know there were rumours of this in a thread here a few months ago.
Deltal1011man From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 8580 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 12430 times:
Quoting aznmadsci (Reply 9): Has either route been any less than a 744 in recent years?
at one point DTW-NGO-MNL was a 777. IIRC it was when DTW-PVG was a 744.
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B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 14, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 12017 times:
Quoting nickofatlanta (Reply 11): Does anyone know if DL is still considering using the 744 on LAX-SYD?
PSU.DTW.SCE From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 6871 posts, RR: 29 Reply 16, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 11337 times:
DL did not operate a 744 on any of the DTW-AMS flights in Summer 2012 and is not planning to again in 2013. One of the flights will be a 777 though.
LAX-SYD is not scheduled or planned to be changed from a 77L to a 744. The timing if at all would be during the Southern Hemisphere summer / Northern Winter (which is now).
If anything, DL would like to get a 744 on ATL-GRU, but they apparently cannot get the slots in the weight class.
How many aircraft is needed to do that schedule? I guess 4 aircraft for the first one, 2 for the last one and 3 for the remaining two. DL has 16 744's, so they definetely could open up some more routes with them, couln't they?
NASCARAirforce From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 3081 posts, RR: 5 Reply 18, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 10936 times:
Delta is flying a 747-400 today TPA -DTW, but that is carrying the University of Michigan football team after the Outback Bowl.
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 19, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 10535 times:
dlflynhayn From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 354 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 8992 times:
Quoting Hooverman (Reply 20): That's why I was hoping for a return. The 777 is a nice change though.
I will be on that 777 to AMS from DTW in two weeks can't wait..Was hoping to have a 747 to AMS this year but oh well,haven't been on a DL 777/747 so at least i can scratch one aircraft type off the bucket list
MountainFlyer From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 363 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 8852 times:
BoeingGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 2307 posts, RR: 7 Reply 23, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 8071 times:
Quoting MountainFlyer (Reply 22): My how things have changed. MSP-NRT is no longer a 744, but they're adding one to SEA.
NW's SEA-NRT was a 747-200 for many years up until the A332s were introduced, so that's not really something radically new.
727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5722 posts, RR: 20 Reply 24, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 7837 times:
What was the NW schedule back in summer 2008?
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25 jet-lagged: That is insightful and interesting. Thanks.
27 NASCARAirforce: Out of DTW it would have been 2X NRT, 1X NGO, 1X AMS I think KIX discontinued sometime before that.
28 NASCARAirforce: I could be wrong for Northwest - these operated at one time. I believe KIX discontinued DTW before 2008, but I do recall Northwest operating at least
29 PSU.DTW.SCE: DTW-KIX was dropped at the end of 2008 JFK-NRT was dropped back in 2005. For a brief period in the early 2000s, NW operated a 744 on a JFK-AMS flight
30 delta747tlv: Several 744s are regularly used for military charters and sports charters like fans and teams to super bowl or college bowl games. I'm sure we could
31 nickofatlanta: They did back in the day as part of their JFK-Osaka-Sydney route. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/12/bu...ve-against-northwest-airlines.html
32 727LOVER: WOW....I didn't realize MSP had only one 744 route.
33 airtechy: I am extremely glad Delta will put the 747 back on the NRT to BKK route. Those BE seats on the 333 are horrible. Once the seats are reclined, it is im
35 NASCARAirforce: You are 100% right - I was half asleep when I wrote that. I meant LAX-KIX, but I could also be wrong on that. I know DTW was getting 5 regularly sche
36 PHX787: At the same time, it shows the 744 was utilized to the very limit in '08
37 SESGDL: This is not true. In the late 90s MSP-NRT was twice daily, in addition to daily MSP-KIX service as well 3x weekly MSP-HKG that operated for a short t
38 PSU.DTW.SCE: Yes, and this was really the last time the 744 fleet was effectively scheduled to its maximum utilization. Although the 744 on DTW-AMS was generally
39 PHX787: Now post-merger has DL ever used the 744 on DTW-AMS?
41 PSU.DTW.SCE: The last time DL flew the 744 on DTW-AMS was summer 2011.
42 mplsjefe: Any chance DL will bring the 744 back to MSP-NRT. Love the 77L, but miss the Queen of the skies...
43 PSU.DTW.SCE: There is always a chance, but its not scheduled to happen at this time.
44 PHX787: the chance I see is if the JFK-TLV route gets downgagued to a 77L....always strikes me that this route is a 744 route.
45 SR117: It was changed to a 777 briefly after the traffic slump that followed the Tohoku earthquake.
46 Cactus742: Isn't HNL a 744 base? Or at least a crew base?
47 PSU.DTW.SCE: JFK-TLV is not getting downgauged. There is currently no DL 777's that fly into JFK. The 744s are routed as such they fly NRT-JFK-TLV-JFK-NRT. In add
48 brilondon: Did NW/DL ever send the 744 to London either LHR or LGW?
49 PSU.DTW.SCE: I'm not an employee and do not have travelenet access. I am in DTW weekly and did make a trip to AMS last summer and I can tell you they did not regu
50 B747forever: Correct. The 744 was deployed on DL242 that summer.
51 dlflynhayn: Can't seem to find the Schedules in the winter of 2012 from DTW-AMS..I know the 747 wasn't deployed in the summer thus why i said winter schedule! oh
52 srbmod: So does this a/c sit at ATL for over 22 hours? According to the schedule, DL 295 departs ATL at 12:05 PM and DL 296 arrives at ATL at 1:40 PM.
53 PSU.DTW.SCE: Yes, and provides an opportunity for line RON/RAD maintenance.
55 727LOVER: Yes, a friend was telling me that the other day. Is it hogging a gate the whole time? That thing could make 3 MCO runs!
56 KDTWflyer: I flew on a DAL B744 from AMS-DTW in June 2011. I really wish the B744 would return to the DTW-AMS route because two engines across the pond is boring
57 Flighty: Being closer to Asia, MSP generally got 747 Classics (to NRT) and DC-10s (for other oceanic flights) during the 1970s-2005 or so, when the 747 Classi
58 steex: Well, I'm not 100% sure I would say it moved "up" in that it isn't an upgauge. The B772 seats fewer pax than the A333 in DL's configurations. I suppo
59 Akiestar: On DTW-NGO-MNL: currently, this flight currently operates 5x weekly. Philippine news outlets have reported that DL filed an application with the Civil
60 PSU.DTW.SCE: That is a good point. DL's A330-300 seat more than the 772's. However, DTW-AMS has also see A330-200s and 767-300ERs is recent times too. Capacity is
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