And DL and UA’s debt will be rising paying for all the new plane orders. As many have noted on this site, Delta doesn’t make large splashy aircraft orders for hundreds of aircraft at a time as they are committed to keeping CapEx at a consistent and manageable rate so that they don’t run into this p...
Jump to postWhy is "Latin" TRASM down 12%? That's significant. Due to the large capacity increase (27%) as they start ramping up the LatAm JV I don’t follow that. A large capacity increase would likely lead to lower margins but should at least incrementally lead to more total revenue. If a capacity i...
Jump to postTS811 wrote:Why is "Latin" TRASM down 12%? That's significant.
Earnings season reporting for the US carriers started today with Delta reporting their Q1 2024 financials: Operating Revenues: GAAP: $13.7 billion Adjusted (non-GAAP): $12.6 billion - beat expectations of $12.52B Operating Profit: GAAP: $614m; 4.5% operating margin Adjusted (non-GAAP): $640m; 5.1% o...
Jump to postHow deep is ARs relationship with DL? I flew out of AEP the other day and saw an ad for their lounge with other airlines on it including AA but didn't see DL on it. Besides being in the same alliance, they just have some limited codeshares (e.g., DL codeshares on AR’s MIA-EZE, AR codeshares on ATL-...
Jump to postHaving said this, I cannot see DTW-BCN being added in the short term as DL doesn't fly to BOS from BCN which would be the next logical step. Delta is actually adding a new daily flight to BCN this coming summer (so will be 3x daily from the US), and they chose to go with a second daily JFK flight i...
Jump to postHi all. We have a flight booked in Premium Economy from Zurich to Johannesburg on 04/09/2024. Flight LX282 Now according to Google flights, Swiss, and most search engines the flight will be operated by a Boeing 777. But according to Flightmapper.net, the A340 will be used until October. Are you tal...
Jump to postLotta seasonal increases/resumptions this weekend. Seasonally Resuming: -ATL-ATH/STR/VCE -JFK-EDI/KEF/NCE Increased frequencies: -AMS-ATL/MSP/BOS/SEA -JFK-CDG Yes, and JFK-ATH and JFK-VCE already resumed around March 9/10. The additional JFK-CDG is the daylight flight so it will be interesting to s...
Jump to postWhere would SAS get its JFK slots? It shouldn't expect a gift. Well, somehow they were able to get an extra JFK slot for this upcoming summer and at even better times. The two S24 JFK-CPH departures are 5:10pm and 7:10pm, much better than the current 11:20pm single flight. SK will also be moving to...
Jump to postDelta will be 100 next year (2025), does anyone know if a special commemorative livery is planned?
Jump to posttlecam wrote:I'm curious whether DL/AF/KLM/VS will work with SAS to create a specific strategy or role around SAS and its hub(s) beyond connectivity to Scandinavia.
Delta already flies 763s on JFK-CPH and JFK-ARN seasonally; service on both are resuming the week of April 9
Jump to postOn March 20th , Delta will unveil the prototypes of a new uniform for In-flight and ground services. New pilot uniforms are also in the works but will be revealed at a later date. New uniforms, new cabin interiors, the opening of dedicated Delta1 lounges, and being awarded 'Airline of The Year-2024...
Jump to postDL's flight time makes it clear that they are doing this flight to feed their US network only and they are not that interested in TPE point of sale, or connection beyond TPE. Actually I would argue they are looking for both US and TPE point of sale; it’s only traffic beyond TPE that they are not in...
Jump to postSomething I didn’t realize until a Delta News Hub article today: For summer, ATLVCE is 1x daily, but VCEATL is 2x daily. No, ATL-VCE is 10x weekly (so three days a week, there is a second flight) while JFK-VCE is 7x weekly (daily). The press release does say Delta will have 17x weekly service betwe...
Jump to postwasn’t that the original move away from the purple one to the msimatch of grey and purple now? Grey and purple actually go quite well together but the new gray uniform for women (especially the “potato sack” of a dress) is pretty awful and ill-fitting. Real shame about the purple as the dresses wer...
Jump to postglobal1 wrote:Main cabin features new service ware.
Well, it's not the practice on longhaul product for any of DL, KL, AF, or VS. And for good reason: while nickel and diming people, you give fliers the impression you're an LCC, which will serve to make them less likely to book the J ticket in the first place. AF/KL have already been charging for ad...
Jump to postWhat is the reason for the proposed schedule change for the DL068/069 SEA TPE SEA flight pair? For NW24 the aircraft will be on the ground in TPE for 13 hours? I don't suppose DL is planning to tag that flight to HKG, so I am assuming the schedule change is to optimize connectivity on the SEA end? ...
Jump to postThese kind of announcements are always good stuff for chatter on a.net. DFW-BNE (AA) LAX-BNE (UA) LAX-BNE (DL) Wow this is a lot. Pull out the popcorn. Did DL see that UA struggled even for being seasonal? DL has a larger market share in LAX. Maybe DL thinks they can push UA out, but I don't see UA...
Jump to postAs mentioned in the Australian Aviation thread, there is a Queensland “subsidy” involved with this route with a commitment to get to daily flights in 2025 and 2026. Both UA’s SFO-BNE and AA’s DFW-BNE apparently are also tapping into this fund.
Jump to postI noticed something about DL's intl approach pre and post-COVID. Pre-COVID, DL was offshoring secondary flying to the JV partners. TPE was dropped in 2017, which was around the time DL and KE were talking about a JV. AGP, PDL, and SIN were also dropped before COVID. I wouldn’t say that offshoring t...
Jump to postDFWGlobeTrotter wrote:That's my question. If UA can only make LAX-BNE work on a seasonal basis with a large hub at LAX, and with QF already on the route (not to mention AA's upcoming DFW-BNE service).
That's my question. If UA can only make LAX-BNE work on a seasonal basis with a large hub at LAX, and with QF already on the route (not to mention AA's upcoming DFW-BNE service), I'm not sure what DL's thinking here. My guess is that they view MEL as too saturated, because that would be the obvious...
Jump to postWas told recently that the new uniforms would be blues and grays with red accents, which, seeing the cabin renderings now, kind of makes sense.
Jump to posthttps://news.delta.com/discover-more-sunshine-delta-new-routes-barbados-puerto-plata-mazatlan-and-more-flights-curacao Delta announcing a few new warm destination routes! These have been on/off markets for DL over the years (except for POP, I believe that is first-time service for DL), but the Cari...
Jump to postU.S. scraps Delta-Aeromexico codeshare after Mexico airport changes Codeshare is still on. They have published notice that they will get rid of the metal-neutral joint venture. IIRC, they were already not permitted to operate the JV or even the codeshares between 2021 and 2023 when Mexico was desig...
Jump to postI Regarding Delta’s lack of service JFK-HND service, I have speculated in the past and will once again. If Delta waits until United receives the allocation for GUM-HND, a window of opportunity will open up for it to apply to move its HNL-HND to JFK. Sorry but that isn’t going to happen. If Delta re...
Jump to postAnyone know what the status of ship 1809 (N833MH) - a 764 - is? According to FlightAware and FR24, it last flew Jan 10 2024 ATL-MEX (DL9936). Is it being temporarily stored or going through some heavy checks? Thanks!
Jump to postN717TW wrote:Also note that JFK is double daily to CPH this summer.
I am guessing that DL will announce OSL and ARN from JFK at some point....
aemoreira1981 wrote:Related, at JFK, I’d be surprised if SK doesn’t eventually co-locate with DL/AM/KL/VS there (with DL doing the ground handling for all of them).
Interesting that MSP-CDG operated 2 daily between Jan and Mar 2023, while this year it's only 5 weekly. Other CDG routes have seen some cuts as well, such as DTW-CDG going down to 4 weekly, and BOS/SLC/SEA going down to 5 weekly. On the other hand AMS flights are still being kept at daily from BOS/...
Jump to postDCA350 wrote:They are a little bigger than the 764s so I imagine they will operate on similar missions.. TATL and Latin America, with some Hawaii mixed in..
With regard to the 339 discussion. IIRC they have 281 seats (a different configuration than the 333s in service. GE and PW 333s have the same 293 seat config). Does anyone know if DL is changing the 333s to the 339 configuration or will they stay separate going forward? The A333s are now at 282 tot...
Jump to postI personally think DL is going too big on gauge. 20x 35Ks are fine, but I still don't understand how they can replace all the 763s with larger aircraft. Perhaps they just wont. Routes like PRG, MXP, MUC, STR, BRU may see seasonal suspensions. MXP is fine; it’s already running as a daily A339 this w...
Jump to postI'm finding DL isn't operating their redeye SAN/JFK the upcoming days I need to travel. What used to be 3X daily is now down to 2X; morning and midday. Would anyone know if this is permanent? No, it's just a combo of deep winter and day-of-week reductions. For example, it's still running at 3x dail...
Jump to postLHR is ~2.5x the size of FRA as a n/s gateway to the U.S. That’s not the point. FRA is UA’s primary European hub with LH, so they should be serving it from every hub. Most of the people on the flight aren’t actually going to FRA, they’re connecting somewhere else. And yet UA has not added LAX-FRA d...
Jump to postAs mentioned they stopped using the 757 TATL before Covid, except KEF which could use a normal domestic configured aircraft. JFK-SNN restarting this summer will also be using the domestic-configured 757. JFK-KEF is actually switching back to the 763 while MSP and DTW to KEF will both remain with th...
Jump to postThe last few 738s actually have the new PTVs as well; not sure where it starts. I was on 3771 (in 2023) and 3774 (in 2022) and the former was unrefurbished but 3774 definitely had the new PTVs; so at least 3774-3776 are new PTVs. 3774 through 3777 have the new PTVs. Those are the 2012 built 738s th...
Jump to postDelta Fleet Ship Number list (updated, thanks to your feedback)! Narrowbody 717-200: 9501-9594 737-800: "new PTV" 3701-3743 "old PTV" 3744-3776 The last few 738s actually have the new PTVs as well; not sure where it starts. I was on 3771 (in 2023) and 3774 (in 2022) and the form...
Jump to postAnyone has data for DL for AMS this year? With the everchanging slotrestrictions going on, what kind of schedule can we see for S24 as opposed to S23? What’s currently loaded for peak S24 still shows the same number of flights as last year-17 flights a day: ATL: 3x 333 DTW: 3x 333 MSP: 3x 333 BOS: ...
Jump to postLAX-ICN sometime in '24 was announced at company events. Hoping! Previously announced (internally) that LAX-ICN would be the first priority (followed by JFK-ICN) once the KE-OZ merger is resolved. They went ahead with the second ATL-ICN before LAX and JFK as ATL is not flown by OZ whereas LAX and J...
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It is said on one of the other forums that the DL WB order will come Jan 12… coinciding with the earnings call? In all the years of quarterly/annual earnings calls for Delta, they have always been during the middle of the week, usually Thursdays. This is the first time I have ever heard of an earni...
Jump to postflyaa757 wrote:What tails are the 76Zs still left?
DL will do just fine with this new A359 config. It is surprisingly low-density for a US airline (UA has 276 seats on the smaller 77E with 50 J). Perhaps now we'll see some wider seats in Y due to the wider cabin. Given that this is the A350 NPS with the wider cabin which would technically allow 10 ...
Jump to postSwiss has not been immune to the post-pandemic supply chain and resource issues faced by most carriers in North America and Western Europe. The amount of outsourcing to Helvetic and AirBaltic is mostly due to the lingering effects of the pandemic and the subsequent rebuild. On the cabin crew front, ...
Jump to postn515cr wrote:76K retirement ferry to SBD showing 12/17 as previously reported https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight ... /KATL/KSBD
I think the launch of this route is an acknowledgement by Delta and KE that they can not continue to force the majority of their Asia bound passengers to connect at ICN. This SEA-TPE flight isn't just about connecting Seattle based customers to Taipei it is about connecting Delta's entire US networ...
Jump to postdfwfanboy wrote:I’d imagine any seattle based customer would prefer to buy a ticket to TPE on starlux and accrue Alaska miles but I don’t live there.