I don't get the sky-is-falling narrative regarding FI at DTW.
Its almost as if we expect every new entrant to fail?
As I posted up thread DL out about 40 additional CR9 flights into DTW for Summer 24 that goes a long way toward restoring connectivity with improved frequency through out the day.
Jump to postI am guessing since the ADW-DTW flight arrived at gate A46 this was the repositioning leg of the flight back to DTW from ADW to use the aircraft for revenue service after the military charter flight to/from Gitmo to Andrews.
Jump to postI have a hunch that UA starts SFO-NAN in a few years, using the same strategy when they initially started SFO-PPT, thrice weekly using a 787-8. I think it would be favourable for UA as Fiji Airways does not have a day time flight leaving from the west coast and arriving into Nadi in the evening. Ke...
Jump to postAlso makes sense as LAX doesn't have a A330 pilot category, but does has an A350 category. Makes it a lot easier for crewing and for tail routing, but generally not having the A330 touch LAX. There is a 7ER category in LAX as there is still a decent amount of 763 flying - multiple JFK Transcons, HN...
Jump to postYeah….the stuff that happened 20 years ago that never hit the media or the like was a lot. Now with everyone with smartphones and social media it all gets picked up by the media outlets
Jump to postAlso makes sense as LAX doesn't have a A330 pilot category, but does has an A350 category. Makes it a lot easier for crewing and for tail routing, but generally not having the A330 touch LAX. There is a 7ER category in LAX as there is still a decent amount of 763 flying - multiple JFK Transcons, HNL...
Jump to postActually surprised across the board on NYC-SAN flights, but guessing it kind of is what it is for a variety of reasons: - More premium traffic to SoCal focused in/out of LAX - Way better connecting hub options domestically and internationally from SAN to ATL, DTW, MSP, SLC, LAX, SEA - Stage length /...
Jump to postGreat post! They purged the A220 flying very recently. I noticed that a pair of A220 I was booked on in May (one from DFW, one from ORD) flipped to the 320 and 717, respectively. (The DFW flight may have been dropped, the schedule change was 3 hours). LAX has operated consistently for 6x daily (5x ...
Jump to postI posted this in the Detroit/DTW thread, but wanted to post this here, and curious to see how capacity is shaping up differently across the network for Summer 2024. Curious to how much capacity increase / changes across the other hubs. It appears that this summer, DL has finally restored a good chun...
Jump to postOver the past few weeks, DL has made a bunch of changes to its early-summer domestic schedules. At this point, the majority of the schedule is set for June, but with some fine-tuning to be expected in the weeks ahead. Anyways, I have pulled the flight schedule using Friday, June 7, 2024 for some pre...
Jump to postShould be mx and Viasat mods. It's still a couple years away from retirement. Thanks! I have heard conflicting things. Someone said several 76L frames were retiring this year, others said early 2025. How long do these mods/mx take usually? I believe the 76L frames retiring this year are N176DN and ...
Jump to postNKs routes from DTW currently and schedule don’t really lend much to “pumping” connections anywhere viable. They aren’t flying many routes than lend themselves to east-west flows across the country as it is.
FLL and LAS are set up for connecting flows
I was kind of thinking the same thing in a couple of different lens: 1) When in general is Florida over-saturated with seats across the board? That there isn't enough "lodging" or other elements of the travel are at the maximum? 2) When is the airspace in/out of Florida over-saturated? 3) ...
Jump to postIt is not, DTW/MSP-KEF are loaded and will be 75G this summer. Next summer likely be NEO
Jump to postLAN is too small to do much with, sandwiched between two big G4 stations in FNT & GRR no mention the leakage to DTW.
I suspect it’s the type of place that MIflyer12 mentioned that have sky high fare premiums with relatively limited ULCC presence
This sounds certainly like something in the sun belt region. CLT came to mind for me, or somewhere in Florida or Texas
Jump to postYes, that is a bit different though scenario since its completely unrelated entities. OO / Skywest has the EAS contract for PLN under the "at-risk/pro-rate" agreement with Delta dba Delta Connection for DTW service. Thus the revenue for this service pattern is the EAS subsidy amount plus ...
Jump to postYes, that is a bit different though scenario since its completely unrelated entities. OO / Skywest has the EAS contract for PLN under the "at-risk/pro-rate" agreement with Delta dba Delta Connection for DTW service. Thus the revenue for this service pattern is the EAS subsidy amount plus ...
Jump to postYes, that is a bit different though scenario since its completely unrelated entities. OO / Skywest has the EAS contract for PLN under the "at-risk/pro-rate" agreement with Delta dba Delta Connection for DTW service. Thus the revenue for this service pattern is the EAS subsidy amount plus t...
Jump to postThe question I have with Avelo is that is the 1x weekly is there really enough demand only traveling that day of the week for that duration of time? While there is a glut of additional Saturday/weekend flights during peak summer, the other network carriers have numerous connecting options to travel ...
Jump to postLH has a bunch of cancelations in Feb, not sure if that is counting right,
Outbound:
22 departures
3 cancels (2/7, 2/19, 2/20)
Arrivals
23 arrivals
2 cancels (2/7, 2/20)
We discussed the A319s going to storage in SBD a few weeks ago. Its for engine spares / availability. They will return to service at some point. Interesting to see the parking/storage of A319 & A320s. This is engine parts/supply chain issues or MRO capacity/throughput related? Showing following ...
Jump to postThe 757 at DL is on a 12 year maintenance cycle which consists of L Checks, L2 Checks, H Checks and M Checks. L, H, M stand for Light, Heavy, Major. The L and L2 Check is a 2 year interval. The H is at 6 years. The M is at 12 years. The 12 year cycle is L. L2. H. L. L2. M. Then the cycle starts ove...
Jump to postGood to see finally the restoration of more DTW flights / frequency into secondary / connection markets. The frequency / schedule into some of these has been lackluster since the pandemic. I wonder how much is attributed to the following; - restoration of more TATL and TPAC flights at DTW - improved...
Jump to postWhat is the troubled relationship? Just curious, not questioning
Jump to postNew direct / non-stop bus service from DTW to downtown Detroit service to start later this month: https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/new-airport-bus-service-starts-later-month "The service will have 16 round trips per day to and from the airport with stops at both the Evans and McNamara termina...
Jump to postDL has put a significant number of 757s through heavy checks post pandemic and spend a lot of money on overhauls of PW2000s as well with the intent of using the engines and harvesting them out to the end of life of the fleet. Not to mention the schmitar wingtips and interior refurbs on the 75H and t...
Jump to posthttps://aviationweek.com/air-transport/ ... investment
Jump to post75G, 75H, 75S->G, and 753 are all going to be around until "end of decade". Their longevity is probably even more secure for the next couple of years with the planned and anticipated MAX10 delays. 75D, the oldest ones are starting to be retired as they come due for heavy checks. ~6 are goi...
Jump to postThis sounds very niche / VFR traffic, that like others have indicated a carrier like TK can serve along with the other connecting opportunities over IST. Its not a huge market, it has a ceiling, its price sensitive. Its not a niche market that really the US3 and their JV partners over their capacity...
Jump to postAlso remember that a portion of the A221s were parked in the fallout of the pandemic due to pilot staffing issues and the training backlog. Curious how many of those are any of these frames that spent time parked in 2020 and 2021.
Now staffing isn’t the issue it’s engines
Holy crap..... I didn't realize there were so many A221s parked currently.
A221s (11 in storage)
8103 SBD 1/4/24
8105 SBD 12/4/23
8106 SBD 1/8/24
8107 SBD 11/16/23
8110 SBD 1/17/24
8132 SBD 1/29/24
8135 SBD 1/8/24
8138 SBD 1/16/24
8140 SBD 10/30/23
8141 SBD 10/18/23
8144 SBD 9/14/23
Interesting to see the parking/storage of A319 & A320s. This is engine parts/supply chain issues or MRO capacity/throughput related? Showing following A319s parked at SBD (5) 3125 (3/2/24) 3130 (1/16/24) 3131 (1/16/24) 3135 (3/11/24) 3148 (9/19/23) Showing following A320s parked at BHM (2) 3209 ...
Jump to postdtwpilot225 wrote:I was wondering if anyone who has access to the oag stuff could comment on dtw-cdg this summer
I know there are 3 daily flights 2 on delta and one on Air France
What aircraft are delta and Air France operating in July for the Olympics? Thanks in advance
The others points that seemed to be missed in all of this is a couple of things about LAX and SEA. Both are some of the biggest domestic markets in the country and command a significant amount of demand from DL's other hubs, focus cities, and major outstations. A lot of mainline capacity is deployed...
Jump to postWhere is the data that shows LAX or SEA is unprofitable?
This is bluster until proven otherwise
If a.net ran DL, they would pack-up shop and should just consolidate down to ATL. Clearly its the only place they can make money.
Everything else is clearly a drag on their business.
I thought HPN had limitations on pax/hour. Not necessarily slots but there is a limiting factor on capacity there
Jump to post319 / 320 are not likely to get anything more until retirement. They have full size bins and the modern PTVs. Oldest 320s are coming due for retirement in 2024-2028 anyways. 321CEO will definitely get new bins that actually fit rollerboard properly but my guess is not likely until probably end of de...
Jump to post76Z no definitive date yet but likely end of the year Dec 2024 timeframe. The hard drop dead when they time out for next HMV is actually in early 2025
Jump to postSorry, but thinking the JV needs the local brand carrier on a route shows you don't. I’m guessing you have no airline experience. What this shows is that VS carriers more folks to LAX than DL can carry to LHR. if it was the other way around or even equal, it’d be VS that lost a frequency. Like I sa...
Jump to postCurrently AA has more total departures and more mainline flying at DTW than they do at SEA. Not sure why a crew base would be needed at SEA. Stage length of flights from their other hubs / crew bases, along with timeZone /utilization/red eye flying, and hotel costs. DTW is very different in that pr...
Jump to postWhat a horrifically dumb thread about a virtual non-event. I agree. The hysterics on all sides are over the top in true a.net fashion. I don't understand how it is so difficult for some to look at this objectively. I also don't get the notion of "winning" on here that so many people procl...
Jump to postI feel like there is this incest-like circle of vloggers/bloggers/thought leaders/content creators that feed off of the rumor mill. Basically throwing stuff out there and thriving on the clicks, likes, retweets, and getting income from page views.
Jump to postDoes a.net not understand how metal neutral JV work?
Jump to postI would look at the overall utilization of slots and routes in totality between DL and VS in LHR before making any crazy sky is falling declarations. This speaks more to the LHR market than DL in LAX. They are taking a metal neutral JV route from 4x to 3x daily. In a competitive route that is arguab...
Jump to post“Full restoration of DC network” — which doesn’t include added flying in markets like AUS/RDU that DC didn’t previously operate. As ScottB already stated, pilot staffing is what handicaps Delta’s ability to expand DC flying in (new to Delta) markets/focus cities that are entrenched — versus flying ...
Jump to postNovember - March there is slack in the widebody fleet due to seasonal reduction in flying primarily due to seasonal TATL flying reduction.
This is a silly assertion to make based on the premise of a charter flight.