Flew through BOS the other day on AA, and noticed that DL had quite a few gates empty for a few hours straight. I’m wondering how many more flights DL could add. AA also has so many gates and thought their level of service seems to be rather low compared to prior years. all correct. AA has too many...
Jump to postFor such a “premium” airline, DL really lags behind in aircraft with larger premium cabins. I really wish they invest in more J/F/PS/C+ seats on at least some of the fleet. I’ve run into situations where I’d like to book a premium cabin (sometimes months out) and there are no seats left. The 777s f...
Jump to postSpend some time around the gate/counter next time an AF flight is leaving from a Delta hub and I'll guarantee you'll hear more than one passenger vocalize how they were "unaware" they were flying Air France and are confused/unsure/angry/etc. What? No way. This has to be an exaggeration. I...
Jump to postDL will last 1 year max. If they gave up on LAX-LHR this quickly I’m sure they won’t have much patience for this either. As I have said many times on a.net, just because something works for UA internationally doesn’t mean it will work for others. In this case, UA has SFO, the crown jewel of TPAC. M...
Jump to postDL already operates LAX-SEA, and there are more than 4 airlines in the market. Oops typo. Meant LAX-TPE. I can’t imagine SEA-TPE will be profitable with a relatively small local market, the highest costs of the four carriers, and no feed beyond TPE. With only a handful of TPAC destinations served f...
Jump to postBeing Geneva (in 2019 GVA had the highest yield of all Delta destinations in Western Europe on- or offline) and with 90% + business class load factor, yield is probably not an issue. It is more about off peak volume in the back of the plane during the winter season. Fleet availability. And the abil...
Jump to postI'm in Atlanta for the next few days for business and I just saw this on the news. The Metro-Atlanta area (which is most of north Georgia) is now the 6th largest metro area pulling ahead of both Philadelphia and Washington D.C. "Data released later in the morning also showed metro Atlanta inch...
Jump to postAh damn it these flights were quite convenient for me so was hoping they'd stay but was just looking at seat maps last week and it seemed iffy. They were much, much better than the ill-fated HPN-BOS ones, but MCO seemed pretty heavy in coach class but less up front while PBI seemed pretty empty in ...
Jump to postIt's the offseason, they probably have slack. This is exactly the situation. DL has gotten very sophisticated at drawing down its TATL flying with dramatic frequency changes from week to week in the winter. Even after adding in extra SA and NZ/Australia/South Pacific flying in the winter, this has ...
Jump to postIt's the offseason, they probably have slack. This is exactly the situation. DL has gotten very sophisticated at drawing down its TATL flying with dramatic frequency changes from week to week in the winter. Even after adding in extra SA and NZ/Australia/South Pacific flying in the winter, this has ...
Jump to postDelta to increase ATL LHR to 3x daily on May 6 https://x.com/seanm1997/status/1762057542492979382?s=46&t=99zjwpClQbiW_TOEUoTaSA This is a short time for bookings no? or is this new flight been loaded for some time? That's definitely new. Short notice yes but it's LHR so not as big of a deal as ...
Jump to postAn E190 seems like alot of capacity for PQI to BOS. But I guess it doesn't matter if the government is subsidizing the route anyway. It is interesting that Jetblue sees value in getting into the EAS flying game. I can't see it being that worthwhile for their route strategy. It seems like an insane ...
Jump to postJetBlue has applied for EAS contracts to operate certain routes from BOS to northern Maine. https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/1st-time-ever-jetblue-applies-for-essential-air-service-contract/ar-BB1iO5Po?ocid=U507DHP&pc=U507&cvid=1e74828db1ee40e79bce65375770021f&ei=105 An E190 seems ...
Jump to postDelta's recent deepened relationship with El Al will give it more start-up flexibility since codeshare vs own metal certainly gives it an edge over United into the future. Delta has a long way to go in gaining an edge to TLV over United. Agree. At one point, they were operating 2x EWR, SFO, and alt...
Jump to postChanges in travel patterns have been greatly exaggerated. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2024-business-travel-set-surpass-pre-pandemic-levels-flyware-labs Look at the STR, QL2, etc. reports. You will see that the market segmentation of travelers has and continues to show a distinct change in guest ...
Jump to postSmall tidbit in this article about the new Delta One premium lounge in Terminal E. It looks like the small additional Delta One lounge beyond the current new international lounge is expected to be open in Quarter 4 of this year. https://thepointsguy.com/news/new-delta-sky-clubs-2024/ A bit confused...
Jump to postFortunately, the odds of asset stripping-and-sale are lower than twenty years ago, given that the DOJ would stop JetBlue from being merged into Delta, United, or American, given that they all have a large presence in New York, Boston, and/or Miami. That pretty much just leaves Alaska and Southwest,...
Jump to postDoes anyone have any insight on HNL-HND performance? I know it’s likely bad, but how bad? I saw on another thread someone said it’s “hanging by a thread” which seems a little extreme with how new it is. I wonder how long DL will hold onto this. If they return the slot, it feels like it’s basically ...
Jump to postWonder if BOS will see something new for S24.. they didnt seem to get much attention back in the September announcement. Maybe BOS-SNN with a domestic 752 for peak summer? BOS-SNN would be great and yes DL could easily get away with selling it as "No-J, just W" on a domestic 757 if they w...
Jump to postWonder if BOS will see something new for S24.. they didnt seem to get much attention back in the September announcement. It's a matter of time until DL launches BOS-BCN. The market is definitely bigger than 3x LV A332. I could also see BOS-MAD. Yes IB operates it daily in the summer but the route c...
Jump to postMaybe BOS-SNN with a domestic 752 for peak summer? unlikely. There had been an expectation that BCN would be launched and maybe BRU and a Germany flight as there apparently is data suggesting (I guess from KL/AF rail codeshare data??!!!??) that there are train connections at AMS and CDG into Belgiu...
Jump to postIn my case, VIE and/or SZG. The return is a lot worse as flights arrive into IST late in the evening which creates a 15 hour overnight layover. The IST departure is later now ( 3-4 pm) and the plane sits for shorter time in BOS. VIE and IST have a two hr time difference too. I checked February and ...
Jump to postWonder if BOS will see something new for S24.. they didnt seem to get much attention back in the September announcement. Maybe BOS-SNN with a domestic 752 for peak summer? unlikely. There had been an expectation that BCN would be launched and maybe BRU and a Germany flight as there apparently is da...
Jump to postThere are very few private airports in the US. There are however private terminals. Airport authorities in the US have moved away from airlines holding the leases on their buildings. The original JFK (necklace of terminals) is the classic example of the old model where airlines owned their buildings...
Jump to postB6 ending BWI in May leaving just DL and WN in the market. I saw elsewhere that JetBlue is closing a number of routes and some stations (BWI and BTV at the moment but it seems MKE would be cut too)) in an attempt to focus on profitable flying and maximizing revenue. I know they claim this isn't rel...
Jump to postNow that 2023 USDOT On-Time data is available and I finally found the time to run an analysis, here's a time plot of the Delta ATL hub banks for the sample day of Thursday, July 20, 2023 (Note that this is again domestic-only) Looks almost entirely de-banked. Shows the size and scale of the ATL ope...
Jump to post787 anyone? Richard Anderson (CEO at the time) praised the Dreamliner and "couldn't wait to get them" until Delta canceled them and rolled the deposits and delay compensation into 737-900s. Well, he wasn't lying; he couldn't wait, or at least didn't want to wait! I don't think he was lyin...
Jump to postSurprised to read Delta is moving forward with its MAX10 order with all the issues the MAX fleet has had. It seems it would be smarter for Delta to move away from Boeing and become an all Airbus fleet which has shown to be more reliable. It is is great Delta will have an all Airbus widebody fleet i...
Jump to postGiven this is a GO this summer, can we assume the transition to SkyTeam will happen before then? Maybe sooner than we expect? At the moment, it looks like an interline deal. I am hoping, but I haven't seen any transition planning and there are a lot of system and protocol changes/updates that are n...
Jump to postI don't see a scenario where there aren't truly dire financial times ahead for both airlines. The breakup fee alone will cripple B6's already crunched cash flow, and Spirit had hitched their horse to the opposite outcome. I think it would have been even worse in the short term for JBLU. On top of t...
Jump to postI think NYC is particularly notable here with both UA EWR and DL JFK/LGA big decreases. In my view, I think the substantial decreased connections is due to increasing O&D from NYC as demand returned. This shows DL and UA moved connection flows from other hubs to maintain their NYC hubs (can't b...
Jump to postI think NYC is particularly notable here with both UA EWR and DL JFK/LGA big decreases. In my view, I think the substantial decreased connections is due to increasing O&D from NYC as demand returned. This shows DL and UA moved connection flows from other hubs to maintain their NYC hubs (can't b...
Jump to postI’d expect a BOS-LIS on B6 as the next transatlantic dot. It’s been heavily rumored for some time, along with DUB which came to fruition recently. As long as TP and B6 as still codesharing I don't see that happening. TP funnels a lot of connections thru BOS onto B6 flights. I suspect that's an agre...
Jump to postI'm guessing that most anticipated mods (including the 75S to 75G conversion, 739 getting new interiors starting with the 73J/R, A350 getting new interiors starting with the 35L) will begin Fall 2024. These seem to have been planned since 2022, starring supply chain issues. Presumably Viasat mods o...
Jump to postMichaelG12 wrote:Hi all, just looking to confirm something. Silver Line FROM Boston Airport to South Station is free but you need to pay to go the other way?
Also remember that DL, unlike AA and UA which share revenue, shares in the operating expenses. It’s dramatically more profitable to the JV for KL/AF to add 160 seats to existing flights to Oporto than for DL to add JFK-OPO. Similar concept for just about every other secondary market. Heck it’s prob...
Jump to postI was hoping for Delta to order the A321XLR to replace some aging 757s (those will be needed for international flying when the 757s are retired fully), but they don't seem to want that. Candidates could be IND-CDG, BNA-CDG, etc. As far as the 767-300ERs, there's no replacement for those...Will the ...
Jump to postDid partial frame that DL had on BOS-TLV get reassigned to something else? The likelihood that route re-starts in the near future seems increasingly dim. The consensus on the DL fleet forum seems to feel that slack from the two frames on ATL & BOS to TLV (both 339) are being covered by the TPE ...
Jump to postBe nice to see JetBlue go after a market they'd have to themselves, like Brussels. I really hope they do exactly this rather than try to jump on busy routes. Don't get me wrong, I love what they have done to fares on LHR and AMS. But from a pro-Boston perspective, it would be much better to have mo...
Jump to postI was hoping for Delta to order the A321XLR to replace some aging 757s (those will be needed for international flying when the 757s are retired fully), but they don't seem to want that. Candidates could be IND-CDG, BNA-CDG, etc. As far as the 767-300ERs, there's no replacement for those...Will the ...
Jump to postSure, but 3 ORD-LAX r/ts will take out 12-15 current in-perimeter LGA flights. For the last three years, small plane/thin route services have been constrained. First by lack of pilots to fly A220s with the 777/MD-90/MD-88 displacement bid, then A220 delivery delays which persist, 717 reactivations,...
Jump to postis this the fleet thread? Got confused for a second! :-) The original poster said that the aircraft choice and configuration were the reason that DL no longer provided a good bev service on shorter flights. That's a fleet issue. Did you notice the part of my response you quoted that said it wasn't ...
Jump to postNew York Air, so many years ago, did a full beverage service on a DC-9 New York to DCA. That's about 30 minutes in the air. And The Flying Nosh was awesome. Whatever beverage you ordered, the flight attendant would hand you two, and they would go through the cabin in their red turtlenecks and black...
Jump to postIt seems in the US it is common for airlines to have sole use of a gate and only use those gates while in Europe and elsewhere the gate is assigned later to which aircraft needs it. So it could be a BA flight, followed by SAS and then Easyjet for example. Why is it like this in the US? Are there an...
Jump to postNo, its definitely not contrary. 2024 is going to be brutal and absolutely correct, playing a game of who blinks first. Oceania - which peaks now - is horrible right now. Europe will follow. Asia will be a bright spot but that's because demand is rising faster than capacity is back, although demand...
Jump to postUnited has been the largest in NYC ever since it merged with CO. Under Gordon, CO quietly grew EWR. He built out the People's Express Terminal C, took over TWA's pier in the old Terminal A and added any gates they could get their hand on all while adding flights as the airport wasn't slot-controlle...
Jump to postDelta? Absolutely. Their LGA operation is about the size of that of AA, B6, and UA combined in terms of # passengers carried. The Port Authority of NY/NJ has monthly stats on airline traffic to/from their airports: https://www.panynj.gov/airports/en/statistics-general-info.html Also worth noting th...
Jump to postI think prior to Sunday (which was when the AS/HA acquisition was announced), the DL Asia approach was going to be "let's funnel as much as we can through ICN." With the threat of an Alaska Airlines international Seattle hub looming, I think that DL has decided it would be in its best int...
Jump to postI think prior to Sunday (which was when the AS/HA acquisition was announced), the DL Asia approach was going to be "let's funnel as much as we can through ICN." With the threat of an Alaska Airlines international Seattle hub looming, I think that DL has decided it would be in its best int...
Jump to postWhat were the final TWA Tristar routings? In the summer of 1996, the Tristar was only approx. one year away from retirement (09/97) so I feel it’s relevant to this discussion. Separately, the JFK-PHX MD83 service is of interesting note, being one of the long westbound mad dog legs. Eclipsing AA’s O...
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