United was in the news again yesterday about an engine failure on a 777 from SFO to CDG. The media is going to keep United in the spotlight.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/united-air ... ine-issue/
DL275 appears to diverting all the way to LAX from northern Alberta. https://www.flightradar24.com/DAL275/34819f38 It seems way out of the way, but it is a little closer than to DTW. http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=yoj-dtw,+yoj-lax Surprised they didn’t just divert to SEA. LAX has a 350 pilot base and...
Jump to postIt is a combination of things in my experience. 1/ lots of staff retired in all sectors during Covid who’d results in loading tons of experience 2/ very rapid growth in aircraft sector but not keeping up in the support side. My guess sloppiness and missing things during the onboarding and promotion...
Jump to postIt is a combination of things in my experience. 1/ lots of staff retired in all sectors during Covid who’d results in loading tons of experience 2/ very rapid growth in aircraft sector but not keeping up in the support side. My guess sloppiness and missing things during the onboarding and promotion ...
Jump to postInteresting 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 postAny plans to retrofit the A350 ex-LATAM, 763's, A332's and A333's? Their products are lagging way behind their competitors like United and even American. The LATAM 350's retrofits have been announced over a year ago. https://www.aircraftinteriorsinternational.com/news/mro/delta-selects-airbus-servi...
Jump to postFrom a standpoint from Delta its all about returns on investment. East coast to HND takes 2 Airbus 350-900 aircraft. Can they make more money using those aircraft on 2 separate Europe routes than one route to Japan? They understand the revenue potential, the operating costs, etc. The returns are jus...
Jump to postMy guess is the FAA knows Boeing will actually not fix the issue and keep finding ways for exceptions for it and excuses.
Jump to postWN needs the capacity... They really need it for this summer travel. They were banking on deliveries of this plane 2024 Q1, early Q2. Is this certification progressing so slowly now, with deliveries so in doubt that we might start to see the order book shrink for the MAX 7 even before EIS? It's kin...
Jump to postWhat i still don.t understand is why Boeing didn.t went ahead with NSA back in 2014..The NG sold well at that time so plenty of time to go for a brandnew design.. Sure Airbus re engined the A320 but i guess the NSA would outsell it after a while.. There were a lot of customers wanting it back then....
Jump to postIt looks very minor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/american-a ... 20terminal
What crappy weather at ROC.
Exactly I'm left wondering where is the rest of the order? We all expected the 35K order in fact most people were saying they could see Delta with 20 frames, but where is the rest of this massive order Reuters talked about and even Delta insiders talked about? Unless they are still negotiating the ...
Jump to postSeems a bit underwhelming of a number for all the media hype regarding this order, other posters have expected a larger number with A330neos included. Seems like the space below the 350 is still being contested. Exactly I'm left wondering where is the rest of the order? We all expected the 35K orde...
Jump to postI think some people can't see the big picture. Delta is buying an aircraft for the next 30 years. If they bought a similar (if one was available) it would limit growth and actually drive down potential profits because Delta knows that a 767-300ER can bring in this much revenue based upon years of da...
Jump to postMavyWavyATR wrote:Is this the year where we could see DL finally pull the trigger on a A321XLR order?
PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:The APC rumor/sarcasm/speculation made it over to a.net. I think this is more speculative than anything definitive from someone with direct knowledge
Nevermind the climate aspect there's the fact that planes with 3 people are treated equally by ATC as planes with 200. ASE, EGE, JAC, BZN, SUN all had ground delay/stops today due to private jets. The majority of the airports are funded with taxpayer dollars. General aviation has the same rights as...
Jump to postPlenty of transport aircraft are well maintained and fly for 30+ years and many airlines. Emirates just has chosen not to go that route usually. We've seen this before, and passengers do not like it. If you look at Delta's 767s, they're been refurbished many times, but passengers see them as old an...
Jump to postDelta retired the following widebodies during the pandemic. 10 777-200LR 8 777-200ER 9 767-300ER Minor correction – 11 767-300ERs were retired. I stand corrected. Those 777s have largely been replaced by the A350-900s while the retired 763s have been replaced with A330neos. Right before the pandemi...
Jump to postQtr 4 2019 Delta WB Fleet. Total 154 13/350-900 10/777-200LR 8/777-200ER 4/330-900 31/330-300 11/330-200 21/767-400ER 56/767-300ER Qtr 3 2023 Total 159 28/350-900 23/330-900 31/330-300 11/330-200 21/767-400ER 45/767-300ER United December 2019 Fleet total 196 20 77W 55 772ER 19 772 11 78X 25 789 12 ...
Jump to postQtr 4 2019 Delta WB Fleet. Total 154
13/350-900
10/777-200LR
8/777-200ER
4/330-900
31/330-300
11/330-200
21/767-400ER
56/767-300ER
Qtr 3 2023 Total 159
28/350-900
23/330-900
31/330-300
11/330-200
21/767-400ER
45/767-300ER
Supposedly Delta had the oppurtunity a couple years ago to take in the range of upper 20's to lower 30's 330-200 with a mix of RR and GE engines. It was decided with all the MRO shortages it would take years to actually get them in service and it would be cheaper and quicker to keep the 767-300ER in...
Jump to postDelta retired the following widebodies during the pandemic.
10 777-200LR
8 777-200ER
9 767-300ER
We won’t even attempt JFK-HND, instead just handing the market over to AA. It’s rather disappointing with UAL smoking us from a network perspective just across the river, especially with our mgt playing the semantics of NJ not being NY. Unfortunately, DL leadership seems more interested in running ...
Jump to postI didn’t know there were potential plans for an upgraded D1 Suite. Perhaps the poster is referring to the new A321neo seat that will succeed the 75S? I have a feeling we will see DL make a splash of some sort either at year end or the beginning of next, to announce the rumored reconfiguration of th...
Jump to postUnited_fan wrote:Anyone who curses the CR2 has never ridden in a J31/41. Those were awful. E120's weren't any better.
Delta is kind of stuck. Realisticly they have 2 viable options for costal Asian gateways available, SEA and LAX. LAX has more catchment but really no way to get over 25% of the market with all the competition and limited gate space. SEA has AS to compete with and not as much O/D traffic as LAX. If t...
Jump to postDelta is looking long term as the market is changing. As it was posted above, like it or not we will see smaller carriers dissolve or merge. In the next few years we will see a 5th large airline or the 4 will get larger either thru a merger or acquiring assets. The prime candidates for a merger woul...
Jump to postNothing is. Carriers overestimated how much capacity they could get out of AUS and are now pulling back a little. AUS also won’t constantly grow forever at the rate it was going at for so long, so I’ll give it that. This is likely multifaceted. I agree the tech travel decline appears to be an issue...
Jump to postJetBlue Barred From Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for Summer 2024 Season November 2, 2023 "JetBlue Airways Corp. was denied the right to serve Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport next summer as the Dutch government’s capacity restrictions at the European hub limit available slots for all airlines.&quo...
Jump to postThe DOT wanted the routes spread among the most number of US destinations.If they left it up to AA, DL and UA the routes would have been concentrated at smaller number of destinations with multiple daily (LAX-HND 2X, SEA-HND 2x, SFO-HND 2x etc. It is typical government over reach of the DOT trying ...
Jump to postCurious as to why the DOT is moving so slowly or atleast not providing any guidance on its plans for the awarding the vacated DL authority. Whether they realize it or not, they've created their own headache. The slots should have been divided up among the carriers and let them freely operate them l...
Jump to postLots of it is how Boeing does accounting by manipulating its numbers to try and get what it wants from congress.
Jump to postLots of people unfortunately are getting radicalized on both sides with social media and other aspects of life now a days. It seems to be contributing to lots of mental illness and causing people to do crazy things.
Jump to postBy the way, DL currently has 42 A330 Ceo's in their fleet as well as 45 763 and 21 764's. That is 108 aircraft that will need to be replaced. Less the 36 A359 and A339's still on order, DL will conservatively need a lot of new wide body aircraft. My 40-50 estimate is probably low. How about the 757...
Jump to postLate in 2022 and early in 2023 it was rumored to be basically an 100% Airbus order to loose with a combination of 350-1000/350-900 and 330-900 order to replace the 767-400ER and 767-300ER. Things were rumored to shift thought wise with GE additions to Delta board, Boeing decided that if the 767 goin...
Jump to postI just read that 100,00 reservists all already activated and saw all the equipment headed to the border of the Gaza Strip. I heard that the ground invasion will start in the next 24-48 hours.
Jump to postI had a friend that left Cairo a little bit ago and said security was way higher than it is normally. It's a normal stop for him. He said everyone seemed more alert.
Jump to postNot sure if links from FB reels are allowed but here is the actual video of the landing. It's the only place it's available currently.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/867913538082387
I would expect at least 50 of the 787s to be 788s to replace the B763/B764 fleet, with 25 in the 243-seat configuration and the remaining 25 in a high-J configuration Then I would expect 60 B789s to replace the B772 long haul fleet (with 5 for expansion) and the rest would be B78Xs (to replace the ...
Jump to postAny rumblings of a wide body order? Also, with restarting JFK-SNN with a domestic 757 makes me wonder what is Delta’s future strategy with equipment to secondary European cities. Seems the 788/9 was a missed opportunity. I'm starting to wonder why it is taking DL so long to place an order for addit...
Jump to postLots of the fliers that F9 and NK are targeting had lots of free money in the US during the pandemic. That money is gone, the credit card debt is hitting record highs in the US, inflation costs, high interest rates and rent sky high. Travel will be cut out of necessity.
Jump to postBoeing also purchased 17 A340-300 from Singapore Airlines I think in 1999.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm ... story.html
Way too many people are worried about this it seems. This is a normal decision that happens everyday in business. Delta has no reason to announce the decision before the deadline.
Jump to postData, or loose anecdotes? These are just the ones on Av Herald in the past year Incident Delta B763 over Atlantic on Sep 8th 2023, backup oxygen system problems Incident Delta B763 at Prague on Sep 1st 2023, engine shut down in flight Incident Delta B763 over Atlantic on Jul 18th 2023, suspected fu...
Jump to postI see mention on Wikipedia or retiring the 767-300ERs in 2025. That seems too soon if they've going through a full cabin refresh. I assume that's an old date? I believe I heard 7 767-300ER’s will be retired after 2024 summer season. The 767-300ER’s will be around for a few more years with different...
Jump to postjust to add. CFM56-5A is a damn mess right now. Some of that is parts. Some of that is SNECMA/Safran some of that is parts. 5B and 7B seem to be faring much better. If I remember correctly Delta's / Northwest 319 were some of the last delivered with CFM56-5A engines. I think there are only 3 major ...
Jump to postI believe it was 16 up front and 144 in the back.
https://www.seatmaestro.com/airplanes-s ... tlantic-1/
It appears Delta has transferred Endeavor their first E-175. The ship was featured today on their Instagram story during a company event. Ship N604CZ which originally operated for Compass and most recently SkyWest. I can’t find any information to how many ships will be moved to the Endeavor brand. ...
Jump to postWith all the rules and getting around loopholes going on, I hope the FAA realizes one thing; with all the smaller cities out there losing service or losing key routes, more and more people are now forced to drive to another airport. Even if a captain has only 500 hours, flying with him/her is still...
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