Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2023

What about restarting some Hawaii flights from SFO. DL has basically given the market to UA & HA. Who wants to go to SEA or LAX to connect? Plenty of tourism from SFO/OAK/SJC yet no DL.

Re: Delta Network Thread - 2022

DL will be putting the A321NEO on SEA-OGG from 9/6/2022 to 10/5/2022 6 times a week. https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220612-dlsep22ogg We in the Bay Area don't want to fly to Hawaii via SEA or LAX. What has happened to the 3 Airlines called WA, NW & DL who collectively all had service from SFO-HNL b...

Re: Why did AA close their BNA hub?

UA tried a merger w/US before AA & was denied by the Feds, otherwise CLT would have become UA's southeast hub. As a result, UA still lacks a Southern hub unless one considers IAD in the South.

Re: COVID-19 News and Reference Thread

Hawaii extends 14 day quarantine exemption which would have taken effect on August 1, now to September 1, provided that arriving pax would have to submit a negative covid test which had been taken within 72 hours of arrival (which in itself is not a sure thing due to testing delays). https://www.haw...

Re: OAG Changes 4/26/2020: Saturday Night Massacre

No UA in May from DEN or LAX to Hawaii.

Re: AS to join OneWorld / AA to make SEA an Intl gateway

DL should make SJC a competing hub & align w HA as well. DL&NW as separate entities ground handled HA @ SFO for over 20yrs & also does maintenace on their A330's. Use HA for Hawaii & South Pacific from SJC & SFO & reinstate some of AA's abandoned TPAC routes from SJC. Getting...

Re: What happened to the proposed UA/US merger in the early 2000s?

A southeastern UA hub @ CLT became the same with AA at a later time due to the ruling by the DOJ.

Re: Why does JAL operate WB aircraft on domestic routes?

JAL probably still holds the world's single aircraft disaster record of over 500 deaths in a 747 over 30yrs ago on a domestic flight between Tokyo & Osaka.

Re: Delta transitions BOS to Hub status, names SJC, BNA, and AUS as new focus cities

If they do any Hawaii from SJC, I would expect it to be the relocation of the SFO-HNL flight it operates seasonally during peak times. Otherwise DL would be going head to head with AS, HA and WN which I can’t imagine is a winning proposition outside of peak travel. 77H[/quote] DL would just be re-in...

Re: Delta transitions BOS to Hub status, names SJC, BNA, and AUS as new focus cities

Plenty of people (2+mil) in Santa Clara County(Palo Alto & South) to make SJC thrive, plus no weather delays like SFO. If the AA hub still existed, it would be thriving. DL is currently gate constrained in SFO due to limited space in T-2 for AA. People in the South Bay are just "trained&quo...

Re: Trump to nominate former DL exec as FAA Administrator

LAX772LR wrote:

Dunno why, but I was terrified before opening this that it would say "Vicki Escarra"

Re: CLT new 12000ft runway shortened

CLT replaced the entire length of 36C with new concrete a few years ago. They should have added 1k feet to the south end which they probably could have done. They also could use displaced thresholds for landing traffic on both ends & probably would have been able to max the strip out to 11500 or...

Re: CLT new 12000ft runway shortened

CLT had approval to extend 18-36C many years ago but abandoned that plan in favor of a new runway. Only problem w/long distance trips from CLT (including HNL) are the hot temps in the summer. which is why 27R in ATL has been incrementally extended over the years to 12k+.

Re: Charlotte Aviation Thread - 2019

The 762 failed due to fuel stops enroute. Also ATL's O&D is less than 40% as an average....not sustainable without feed either. Some on here assume that AA is incapable of capturing any of the DL feed.

Re: Rumor: United adding gates at CLT

56 years and counting. My point is that UA needs a domestic connex hub serving the SE (IAD isn't it and has never been it) .... or UA never penetrates the SE. It was going to happen back when the Feds nixed the UA proposed takeover of US but that was before the market crash and the subsequent BK's ...

Re: LH switches CLT to A350

German industry BMW @ GSP, Freightliner trucks in the CLT Metro & Siemens Energy...all based in MUC.

Re: LH switches CLT to A350

Tell the crazy lady that the A346 is coming to CLT today, Dec17-Arr 16:26.

Re: Did DL ever fly SLC-NRT?

SLC is over 4k elevation & DTW is what...a few feet?

Re: Why is DL the only US3 to operate flights to Africa?

IIRC, DL still had the rights to those cities from PanAm....just because the routes were dormant didn't mean that the "rights" were relinquished. I don't believe that there was any opposition to Delta resuming service to those cities whether it was from Europe or JFK/ATL. PanAm's original ...

Re: Why is DL the only US3 to operate flights to Africa?

What DL has in Africa and parts of Europe were PanAm routes just as UA got the Pacific/Asia routes. Many of the Scandinavian & Eastern European routes have been abandoned over the years as have some of the less lucrative African routes.

Re: What is Deltas plan for CLT?

DL has always played 2nd in CLT since the beginning of time, first to EA, then PI/US/AA

As previously stated, maybe LAX & SEA could be a possibility, with maybe a 2nd SLC late afternoon departure. As long as AA continues as is, it doesn't make sense to do otherwise except possibly BOS.

Re: Lufthansa to launch FRA-AUS in May '19, switch FRA-KIX to MUC, increase MUC-ICN, MUC-SIN, new MUC-BKK

AUS is the new OC (Orange County)....just run when the next recession hits, although AUS is the State Capital & home of the Longhorns whereas OC has Fantasyland.

Re: Charlotte Discussion Thread - 2018

IIRC US used a 762 which continually had to make fuel stops in PHX or LAX to make it over the Pacific (due to headwinds). With better equipment it may work as the draw is pretty much the same as connex via ATL. Sure DFW can absorb much of the traffic but does that make it one or two stop service whe...

Re: What the heck is going on with American Airlines?

Unbalanced hub structure it isn't. Amusing the reference of hubs in states next to Mexico when DL has 4 of its hubs (SEA, MSP, DTW & NYC) in states next to Canada.

Re: DL Orders Shades Down for Taxi and Takeoff

Just for orientation purposes the shades should be up on takeoff & landing. Anything else is not safe. Shades can be lowered before deplaning or after takeoff. This seems to have gone off the deep end towards stupidity.

Re: New Airline to Serve Worcester, MA (ORH) Any Ideas? Announcement this Tuesday...

DL/NE has already served ORH years ago. Used to be flights from LGA-ORH-MHT years ago on D9-30's.

Re: Will Delta open a CLT crew Base??

CLT was my home airport until I left for a job at DL in 1971. I got my pilots license there in 1970, kept up my flying out of there for awhile until I moved to SFO. When the demise of EA began, I probably was one of the first to start a letter writing campaign to the home office and was told, it's t...

Re: Is ATL really within a 2hr flight of 80% of the US population?

CLT is probably closer to that stat than ATL.

Re: HA Operations/Network

Much of what has been discussed in this thread ain't gonna happen as the 'big 3' won't let it happen, plus HA will get swallowed up by one of them who wants the route authorities & the 789's.

Re: CLT concourse A

?! CLT is one of the most discussed airports on a.net. Sometimes it's the haters with "Is AA going to dehub CLT?", other times it's the fanboys with "CLT should have hourly A380 service to every market in Asia!". Neither are true of course, but that doesn't stop the internets fr...

Re: Airports where pax had to use stairs to board 747, DC-10, L-1011

DL flew both DC-10's and L10's to LGA, no jetways, in the 1970's. The D10's were leased from UA until the L10's were available.

Re: European expansion in SFO

As a 41 year resident of the San Francisco Bay Area I was interested in your post about SFO. However, your statement that SFO is “one of the best airports in the United States” is laughable. It is simply one of the worst—just above Newark. You are right that it has lots of airlines and lots of dest...

Re: STR-ATL, MUC-CLT and automotive industry

Daimler=Mercedes, Freightliner trucks. There are 4 Freightliner plants within 50miles of CLT, plus the BMW factory near GSP, plus Siemens turbine plant near CLT Airport.

Re: 60 Minutes to skewer Allegiant Air this Sunday

FWIW, AA I think still holds the single fatality record, ORD, Flight 191, 1979, 271pax +2 on the ground.

Re: AA routing China fits today thru LAX

And yet SU has 3x daily to JFK and 1x LAX?

Re: Hawaiian: E195-E2 a viable 717 replacement?

CRJ900 wrote:

Delta's B717s probably have a lot lower cycles on them, Hawaiian could buy some of the newest from that fleet as DL is introducing the CS100.

Re: CLT Airport Expansion

Seems like AA has fairly good service Nationwide from CLT. Increase frequency otherwise. 787 service to TYO would make more sense than some of the other wishlists that I've seen such as AUS, BNA or RDU. At least there are connex to feed it (even from MIA )

Re: A321 delivery problems force HA flight cancellations

Looks to be more press sensationalism than fact in some cases. Looking at sat, Jun 9 from Oak to both Hnl & Ogg, there seem to be plenty of unassigned seats on the 330 to Hnl & 767 to Ogg. LIH pax can be routed via either connx. Good press for keeping the $$ jacked up. So what if they have t...

Re: When is the return flight to PHL for the Eagles after Winning Superbowl!

Probably AA9475 @ 1100am as AA carries the team

Re: Hawaiian CEO on A321neo In-Service Economics

& some 321's will probably be added as 2nd or 3rd flights in some markets like LAX, SFO, LAS & SEA.

Re: Delta ATL and MSP to HNL going to 764 and 763 this spring

If one considers what DL, NWA & WA had premerger(s) to Hawaii, DL has receded in the market while giving some of the market to HA/AS/VX and soon to be WN. The SF Bay Area has virtually been eliminated from the Hawaii market by Delta except for the 10day 739 SFO-HNL-SFO evening roundtrip during t...

DL 744 Sports Charters thru 02Jan18

According to the Company Intranet, the following cities should be seeing the 744 from 22Dec-Jan02. In alphabetical order they are:

ATL, BUF, DFW, DTW, EWR, FLL, GSP, LAX, MSY, SAN & SEA.

Re: Delta eticket vs print

Write down the confirmation #, at the airport kiosk print the doc which will include everything that You need including the Boarding Pass.

Re: How much trouble is Alaska Air in?

Airline stocks are down and oil is up.

Re: CLT only Int'l AA hub without BA service?

Combined they pale in comparison to BMW's most profitable facility (Spartanburg) and all of their tier suppliers in the region. That's only a part of it...Freightliner (Mercedes) have two plants near CLT and Siemens (Westinghouse) has a nuclear turbine plant in CLT, both German Corporations. As far...

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