They have done everything except D and E. D is going to be widened and then get made over.
Not sure exactly what would have been better than what they planned and did. The grey is much more visually appealing and will show less ware and tear than the ugly beige and red strip motif.
Anyone know any details. I understand at least one blown main tire and pics show mud all over the plane.. Blown tire on landing. Aircraft went into grass and stopped on taxiway. Passengers bussed to terminal. Maintenance examining aircraft. Runway is closed until the island can be repaired. No inju...
Jump to postI just read the DOT report that was published on Jan 26 and went to the Oversales page. For the period of JUN-NOV 2021, DL had, by far, the most total oversales (Vol and Invol). However they had ZERO involuntary oversales, with over 20,000 voluntary. Do they offer more money, or free tickets or som...
Jump to postI think more than the omicron variant, some staff decided to stay home for the holidays ( I dont blame them) and airlines are using the omicron as an excuse. This happens every holiday, and actually every weekend on a smaller scale, and is not the major driver of the issues this week. So what is th...
Jump to postFerjer wrote:This happens every holiday, and actually every weekend on a smaller scale, and is not the major driver of the issues this week. Jump to postI think more than the omicron variant, some staff decided to stay home for the holidays ( I dont blame them) and airlines are using the omicron as an excuse.
Isn't UA the most vaccinated major carrier in the US it seems odd that they would be disproportionately harmed by rising Omicron cases. Common Sense would make you think they would be the most insulated from Covid outbreaks. The problem is that it seems the vaccines don't prevent you from getting o...
Jump to postListen we’ve been dealing with Covid for two years… I really think a lot of this is overworked and underpaid employees taking the holiday at home with their family. If it is, good for them Sure, people do call in sick when they are not sick but that happens on all holidays and is not the cause of w...
Jump to postAmerican Airlines is running a phenomenal operation compared to Delta, United, Jetblue, Alaska, Southwest. Just 1 cancellation today so far and no delays. Paying the flight attendants 300% was very successful. They're up to 8, but that's still pretty far off from United's 169 (9% of the schedule), ...
Jump to postDetroit313 wrote:Folks aren't catching it on airplanes. The vast majority are catching it outside of work and then calling in sick with a positive test. Jump to postOmicron spreads like crazy on airplanes it appears, unlike previous variants.
Primary reason the large carriers fly to small markets is to capture the customers before they drive to a larger airport that has more competition. AA, UA, and DL all do this.
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The global pandemic has changed our life in a way that we have never even imagined in our wildest dreams. From our daily routine to life style everything is different and mostly weird now! I wonder how our beloved aviation industry will look like when this situation gets better. Sharing my thoughts...
Jump to postThere will be no vaccine mandate for domestic travel. Period.
Jump to postThese surveys are used to calculate the carriers' Net Promoter Score (NPS). They are very important.
Jump to postCubsrule wrote:It is for now.Is the 753 not the lowest CASM narrowbody in the fleet? It’s got to be close.
ATLgaUSA wrote:Windshear.There have been a number of diversions to BHM today.
I don't see any "I was a passenger Wednesday or Thursday and Delta left me stranded" posts and a search on the internet only brings up articles that clearly are travel blog generated. So what we have is a bunch of a.netters complaining about something that didn't affect them. Additionally...
Jump to postSorry, but the recent changing of c suite officers has nothing to do with the current cancelation situation. Performance and reliability have taken a back seat to cleanliness since at least April. Are you saying this week's meltdown is a cleanliness issue? No I'm saying the issue was known for week...
Jump to postSorry, but the recent changing of c suite officers has nothing to do with the current cancelation situation. Performance and reliability have taken a back seat to cleanliness since at least April. Gil West being COO now would have not changed anything. Paul being CFO now would not have changed anyth...
Jump to postAnd tomorrow's not usually a big air travel day. Oy. True but there also far fewer flights. Last year, I flew on Thanksgiving day and somehow DL misconnected this family flying LAX-MSP-MDW. They ended up having to book them on my AA MSP-ORD flight because there was only one more DL flight headed to...
Jump to postCaptainLeo wrote:The notion that this is due to crew staffing isn’t true
Staffing isn’t a science. This is one of the more disturbing statements I've read in a long time. How so? You try to model ever changing "staff behavior" and see how it goes. If you figure it out you will be paid millions for your efforts and your family won't have to work for generations...
Jump to postSo, in a nutshell, they are leaving behind paying passengers because of something they should have anticipated while every one of their jets takes off with 66 percent capacity in coach. Swell. That is a gross mischaracterization of the situation. Flights are being canceled, yes, but passengers are ...
Jump to post90% of passengers are accommodated within a few hours of original departure time. Fuel, maintenance, catering and other variable expenses are saved. Good to hear but I bet it'll be a big surprise to those that thought there'd be an empty seat next to them. They're going to pack 'em in...that middle...
Jump to postHey on the glass half full side of it...reduces some cash burn plus most people aren’t super time sensitive these days, and might cause someone to miss their thanksgiving super spreader dinner. Reduces cash burn? When Delta doesn’t fly passengers, they don’t get paid. 90% of passengers are accommod...
Jump to postThanks for the answers. I find it interesting that AA and UA are operating with single digit cancellations and DL, that was pre-Covid the best operating airline, now cannot staff flights on a holiday week, when only operating about 50% of the normal flights. Hope they are planning better for Christ...
Jump to postHow on earth is this even possible? Can someone elaborate a bit more how this even happened? Did they add a bunch of trips after the bid period? Was their a disconnect between marketing and flight ops on the number of available crews by fleet type (who are current)? Over built the schedule. Maxed o...
Jump to postHNLSLCPDX wrote:The problem was much worse. You're only seeing what was left over the day of. Jump to postSo if DL knew about this, why didn’t they better prepare and have all a plan in advance?
RicFlyer wrote:Pilot staffing shortage. Was expected for a few weeks now. Likely to happen again over the December holiday period. Jump to postAccording to FlightAware.com Delta has cancelled 83 flights as of 9:23 am EST. What is going on the day before Thanksgiving??
https://flightaware.com/live/fleet/DAL/cancelled
Interesting article from Bloomberg today which details Deltas way of avoiding the tariffs on new Airbus aircraft: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-17/delta-skirts-trump-tariffs-by-sending-airbus-jets-on-world-tour Interesting. Still there is a black hole that the article does not exp...
Jump to postSomeone83 wrote:Any links? Can't even find it on Google....
The parking is due to an AD related to manufacturing problems and structural cracking. This is not the case. The AD you mentioned has already been addressed by DL on all the A220 aircraft by replacing the intercostals with an improved part. All current DL aircraft have already been modified. The re...
Jump to postAre they going to take delivery of more A220 then? Yes, deliveries will continue. Newly delivered aircraft will be flown. It is a very interesting decision. It is probably because there are not so many of them that will be parked. Do you confirm? Yes, and the ones that are parked will be flying at ...
Jump to postVV wrote:Yes, deliveries will continue. Newly delivered aircraft will be flown. Jump to post0newair0 wrote:This is false. The ENTIRE A220 fleet is not being parked. A portion of the fleet will be parked for several months.
Are they going to take delivery of more A220 then?
This is false. The ENTIRE A220 fleet is not being parked. A portion of the fleet will be parked for several months.
Jump to postzkojq wrote:All 321s coming from Hamburg after the import tariff took effect. Jump to post0newair0 wrote:These will not. There are also A321s that are not used domestically because of this
Which A321s are those?
The workers assembling airbus planes in Alabama disagree Just to be clear, aircraft going through final assembly in Alabama are not subject to the tariff. Just to be clear, the only reason final assembly is in Alabama is because of tariffs It may be the reason for the additional 220 line but it is ...
Jump to postSo.. for many years Boeing delivered aircraft in Montana to avoid a Washington tax, eventually Washington got the hint and changed their tax. This whole thing simply illustrates what an economics professor said a long time ago, "tariffs are stupid". The workers assembling airbus planes in...
Jump to postI would have to think the regulators would take a dim view of this. And it's nonsense to say it won't be operating domestic flights. It most certainly will. All Delta wide-bodies get used occasionally on domestic flights. These will not. There are also A321s that are not used domestically because o...
Jump to postThat makes absolutely no sense to me. It is a US registered aircraft, operated by a US carrier from US ports with a US license. That is a really loopy loophole. It makes perfect sense. The product that is subject to IMPORT tariffs is not being IMPORTED. Aircraft registration, and carrier base are i...
Jump to postCould someone please explain how an aircraft can no longer be considered eligible for a tariff just because it went through a Japanese port? It still has the proverbial "Made in France by Airbus" sticker on it. Going through a Japanese port has nothing to do with it. These aircraft are no...
Jump to postCould someone please explain how an aircraft can no longer be considered eligible for a tariff just because it went through a Japanese port? It still has the proverbial "Made in France by Airbus" sticker on it. Going through a Japanese port has nothing to do with it. These aircraft are no...
Jump to postYes, Delta takes delivery of non-US produced aircraft subject to tariffs outside of the US and then only flys the aircraft to international markets. This results in the aircraft never being imported to the US and therefore no tariff has to be paid. Its very simple... No import = no tariff You can l...
Jump to postcatiii wrote:That was not a work around to get out of paying the tariffs, that was simply part of the deal between LATAM and Delta. Jump to postAs I recall DL was taking the LATAM 350s (pre Covid) as a work around to paying the tariff as well. LATAM takes delivery, then sells them used to DL.
Yes, Delta takes delivery of non-US produced aircraft subject to tariffs outside of the US and then only flys the aircraft to international markets. This results in the aircraft never being imported to the US and therefore no tariff has to be paid. Its very simple... No import = no tariff You can l...
Jump to postSeems to me that if this is really for a tax dodge, then how come not more airlines have cottoned on to this. Perhaps as Zeke says, it may have a couple of boxes on board thus qualifying as a " cargo " flight . If that makes any difference. It does not make a difference. The fact that the...
Jump to postYes, Delta takes delivery of non-US produced aircraft subject to tariffs outside of the US and then only flys the aircraft to international markets. This results in the aircraft never being imported to the US and therefore no tariff has to be paid. Its very simple... No import = no tariff You can lo...
Jump to posthttps://news.delta.com/building-its-demonstrated-commitment-flexibility-customers-delta-eliminates-change-fees Great to see! United beat Delta to the punch on this. Delta had been planning on doing this since the end of 2019, just failed to pull the trigger before United. Ed made public mention of ...
Jump to posthttps://news.delta.com/building-its-demonstrated-commitment-flexibility-customers-delta-eliminates-change-fees Great to see! United beat Delta to the punch on this. Delta had been planning on doing this since the end of 2019, just failed to pull the trigger before United. Ed made public mention of ...
Jump to postSo, now that the dust is starting to settle on the employees taking the retirement packages. It looks like approximately 500 above/below wing employees in MSP have taken the package. Looking like a little over 1000 above/below wing employees have taken it in ATL, add to that over 30 OSM (front line...
Jump to postAviation accounts for approximately 2 percent of global emissions. The new views your seeing are likely because people are driving less and manufacturing facilities are operating less causing less pollution from the factories themselves and the power plants sourcing their electricity. Also, people i...
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