Re: Delta to serve Mumbai nonstop in 2019

ATL BOM announced by the middle of April. Who's your source for that? We've been hearing rumors about which route and when it will be announced for months now... What makes this rumor credible? Sorry I should've clarified. It's just a guess. If they really are gonna start by end of the year, they h...

Re: Delta to serve Mumbai nonstop in 2019

ATL BOM announced by the middle of April.

Re: Delta Air Lines to Add Free WIFI - EB Confirms in Barron's Article

maps4ltd wrote:

They didn't follow on free messaging, so I doubt they will on WiFi.

Re: US-Japan agree on additional Haneda slots; DOT to allocate

The rights are ultimately the property of the U.S. govt. I'm fairly sure that a foreign govt can't dictate which carrier uses rights allocated to the United States absent something like anti-trust. US-Japan is an Open Skies market now. ANY carrier can fly 5th freedom ex-NRT. Haneda is a special car...

Re: The Rest of New England (BDL/PVD/MHT/PWM/ORH/BTV/HVN/BGR) - 2019

Nice to see PWM get DEN on UA... This route has been talked about for like 10 years.

Re: US-Japan agree on additional Haneda slots; DOT to allocate

DL probably gets 4, MAYBE 5. 4 is probably all they need...ATL DTW SEA PDX. HNL-NRT could survive on its own as a beach market route. If they got a 5th, it'd be interesting what they decided to do with it. JFK seems like a possible re-entry, but perhaps they'd try and get a slot for SIN/MNL (probabl...

Re: Delta A220 Debut Today (2/9/19)

On board! A beautiful aircraft!

Re: Only FAA approved ice runway in lower 48 now open.

Huh. I have family in Alton and used to spend summers in Alton Bay. Go figure.

Re: Your best flights of 2018

LAS-ICN on Delta's A359 in Suites - Extra Section for CES. FRA-SVO on Aeroflot - Flew to Moscow for the World Cup. HKG-SEA on Delta in Delta One - Flew it before the route was discontinued. LAX-ICN on Korean's A380 - First time, finally, on the A380 MNL-NRT-YVR on Japan Airlines' 767/787 in Business...

Re: Delta ask DOT for flexibility to move Haneda gateways

You guys are funny. Acting like airlines are sentient beings with morality and conscience, who like high school girls, play games. It’s business. The decision makers and planners at DL, AA, and UA will do what they feel makes the most money. You can’t blame them for trying. Either the DOT says yes ...

Re: Delta ask DOT for flexibility to move Haneda gateways

Hawaiian filed a response with the DOT. Carrier says it supports the notion of gateway flexibility though this needs to be weighed against DOT established process in allocating rights that promote access for all carriers and benefit the public interest. It believes the DL motion request is prematur...

Re: Delta ask DOT for flexibility to move Haneda gateways

What happened to the Asia network acquired with the NW merge.?You had to NRT JFK,ATL,MSP,DTW,PDX,SEA,LAX,HNL, then connections to BKK,MNL Guam,Saipan etc.Plus the flight to China and Korea. And most of those routes were 747’s did DL make mistakes because fuel wasn’t very high or was it the Japanese...

Re: Delta ask DOT for flexibility to move Haneda gateways

Delta did indeed operate SEAHND the minimum allowed by the rules to keep the slot. Like it or not, they were following the rules. When AA objected, DOT issued new guidance, which Delta followed, operating the route daily. Eventually they decided to return the authority to the DOT, which gave it to ...

Re: Delta ask DOT for flexibility to move Haneda gateways

Delta did indeed operate SEAHND the minimum allowed by the rules to keep the slot. Like it or not, they were following the rules. When AA objected, DOT issued new guidance, which Delta followed, operating the route daily. Eventually they decided to return the authority to the DOT, which gave it to A...

Re: Have you landed at the alphabet?

A - ATL ATW AMS ANC ARN B - BOS BDL BRU BKK BSL BNA BWI C - CLT CVG CDG CZM CEB CTS CAN D - DCA DEN DTW DFW DMK DUB DBV E - EWR F - FCO FRA FLL FLR G - H - HND HNL HKT HKG I - IAD IND ICN J - JFK K - KUL L - LAX LAS LGB LGA LHR LIH LJU LIN M- MYR MHT MCO MSP MCI MEL MUC MPH MNL MZT MXP MDW MAD N - ...

Re: Your 2018 statistics

Total distance traveled: 141,449 nm Sectors flown: 82 Longest flight: LAS-ICN 6015 nm, 11 hours, 52 minutes Shortest flight: DBV-ZAG 246 nm, 47 minutes Largest Aircraft: Airbus A380-800 (Korean Air) Smallest Aircraft: CRJ-900 (Delta Connection/Endeavor) Furthest North: SVO Furthest East: NRT Furthe...

Re: Delta ask DOT for flexibility to move Haneda gateways

Yes, Delta moved their original HND route from DTW to SEA, but this was with the permission of the DOT. I don't see how people get upset at that. The nighttime HND slots were clearly not working, and the DOT allowed them to find a way to make it work. With SEA-HND, Delta definitely played games, ope...

Re: Delta’s A330-900neo Business Class product?

While the first few 777s were retrofitted without C+, the latest, and all future, do have C+ reinstalled. I'd presume the A350s will get updated with C+as well.

Re: Have you landed at the alphabet?

A - ATL ATW AMS ANC ARN B - BOS BDL BRU BKK BSL BNA BWI C - CLT CVG CDG CZM CEB CTS CAN D - DCA DEN DTW DFW DMK DUB DBV E - EWR F - FCO FRA FLL FLR G - H - HND HNL HKT HKG I - IAD IND ICN J - JFK K - KUL L - LAX LAS LGB LGA LHR LIH LJU LIN M- MYR MHT MCO MSP MCI MEL MUC MPH MNL MZT MXP MDW MAD N - N...

Re: The Rest of New England (BDL/PVD/MHT/PWM/ORH/BTV/HVN) - 2018

Would love to see DL add PWM MSP, even if it was only summer seasonal. I'd think it'd work well in the summer...

NW used to fly the route premerger.

Re: Delta and Haneda

SIN and MNL are really interesting. SIN has made sense sticking around, and I have to imagine Delta will continue to serve it... could Delta fly 5th freedom ICN-SIN? Not sure that would make sense, but otherwise the only real option would be SEA, and SQ appears to have beaten them to the punch. MNL ...

Re: Delta and Haneda

For what it's worth, in the last 12 months available (5/2017-4/2018) MSP-HND is at about a 75% load factor, compared to a Delta 2017 System LF of 86%. Load factor certainly doesn't tell the whole story, but obviously Delta would like to see those HND numbers higher. (It'll be interesting to see what...

Re: Delta and Haneda

If successful is consistently having poor loads, sure, it's a success. Airline execs are about the last people to trust when speaking to a local crowd. It's a safe bet to say that MSP-HND is the poorest performing MSP long-haul route, and likely one of the worst performing in the DL system. It only...

Re: Delta and Haneda

MSP HND has been successful. When Ed was in town this summer he reiterated, to employees and customers alike, that Haneda has performed well and isn't going anywhere, even with the upcoming ICN and PVG flights.

Re: Delta Takes Delivery Of First Airbus A220-100

797 wrote:

PWMRamper wrote:

I'm on the inaugural.

Which one? BOS or DFW?

Technically, BOS leaves first. So that's the real inaugural

Re: Delta Takes Delivery Of First Airbus A220-100

I'm on the inaugural.

Re: US airlines gear up for next round of Tokyo HND slots allocation ahead of 2020 Olympics

Delta's happy with MSPHND performance. It's not going anywhere...

Last time, Delta requested LAX, MSP, ATL.

No reason to think ATL wouldn't be #1 next time around.

Re: Delta F/A's & Fleet Workers Could Vote on Union Soon

Speaking as someone who works in an office full of former NWA employees, the vast majority are quite happy with how things are and don't want a union. We've been treated very well and morale is good.

Re: Best hub of the US3

ATL is too crowded in the concourses for my taste.

DTW, if we're talking about McNamara, is perfect.

Re: DL announces MSP - ICN

THANK YOU, DELTA ! not so much for the ICN-MSP route...... but for "The 220 all-new Main Cabin seats are the widest in the Delta international fleet in a 9-abreast configuration..." really do appreciate you continuing to buck the 10AB trend; but get on the PE train, won't you? In the mean...

Re: RUMOR: DL to Announce MSP - ICN

Can confirm MSP-ICN will be announced tomorrow.

MSP-HND isn't going anywhere (confirmed by Ed). It may have started a bit slow (I non-revved on it a few times when it first started), but it's been performing much, much better lately.

Re: Dog found dead after cross-country DL flight

Delta only checks pets as baggage now if the passengers are active duty military on relocation orders. They do however, take pets checked as Cargo.

The policy quoted up thread is out of date...Delta doesn't impose date specific restrictions any longer, but does still impose temperature restrictions.

Re: Philippine Aviation Thread 2018

When's the new Terminal open in CEB?

I fly there frequently and love seeing the progress made. My next trip is 7/3 - 7/10, will I be lucky enough to see it completed?

Re: Delta long haul product

Best advantage of the DL 777 is it's 9 abreast, and because of that, not awful.

Delta's IFE is good, and having WiFi on a flight that long is worthwhile.

Re: AA trial of mainline in New England

US Airways operated the A319 (Winter upgauge to A321) for many, many years. I saw them my first Winter in PWM in 2008/2009.

The A321 may have been only one day a week, but it was definitely regular.

Delta A350 Inaugural Flight - In Suites!

Hey everyone! Just stepped off the first ever Delta A350 flight! I was live blogging it on my website, so I'm going to essentially copy and paste the post from there. Sorry it's not in the traditional TR format... I booked the ticket when it was first announced, and fares were much cheaper out of Ch...

Re: First Delta A350 Revnue Flight T-24 Hours and Counting!!

Man that was a fun trip! Finished my live blog earlier.

I think I slightly prefer the Suite to the 747/A330...but that's likely because I just got off the flight. The suite isn't cramped at all. Found it plenty comfortable for sleeping, foot space is much, much improved compared to the 767.

Re: First Delta A350 Revnue Flight T-24 Hours and Counting!!