Re: Can DL Pacific gateway in SEA work?

There are a few things to clear-up on this thread. 1) Not sure where this "4 corner" stuff ever come from. DL has never referred to anything as such. AA vaguely had a strategy like this a few years ago, but not DL. The MIA experiment was nothing gradious, it seemed more like the pet proje...

Re: Can DL Pacific gateway in SEA work?

Honestly, I’m beginning think that SEA may not be needed for DL after all. If they are so intent on routing things via KE in ICN, might as well admit defeat in SEA, close up shop and move the few flights they want on their own metal to LAX. Route everything via DTW, LAX and ICN. Delta's goal is to ...

Re: Can DL Pacific gateway in SEA work?

A couple of things: 1) DL at SEA is pretty tiny in TPAC compared to UA at SFO or even AC at YVR. And given their buildup at LAX and non-west coast stuff going through DTW/MSP, it's unlikely to ever come close to what UA and AC has. And as a whole, *A overwhelmingly dominates Asia so SEA for DL has ...

Re: Can DL Pacific gateway in SEA work?

Seattle is the global headquarters for Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Expedia, Costco, plus many others. It’s not some podunk backwater. But still small in overall total population. Don’t equate small with unimportant. As for DL, I found it interesting that they couldn’t make HKG work, whereas CX ha...

Re: Can DL Pacific gateway in SEA work?

It will be interesting to see what happens to DL at SEA during the next economic recession. I don't think they will do so hot on their regional jets against Alaska's mainline fleet. Those regionals are being replaced by the C Series. Expect to see more of them and 319/20s out of SEA. Also don't be ...

Re: Business Risk for Boeing: The A321XLR

I really hope Boeing can pull this off. Having worked around the 787s, 350s, and C Series, I now have an even greater enthusiasm for the NMA. That said I hope the economics of such a plane could work. The 75 was ahead of it's time and we could have really used a NEO option of it, but those days are ...

Re: Is DL under serving JFK/SFO business?

Just tried to book again and now I see biz seats available... (13 Oct - 17 Oct) Were they just blocking them? (I searched on Delta.com and Google Flights) Always book with the carrier, never with Google. My same advice I give to every passenger. Regardless of the airline you fly. Always check and u...

Re: Alaska to announce new Paine Field route this week, along with other changes (June 3rd, 2019)

I've never had to pick up a friend at the airport during one of those busy times, but I have a strategy I'd employ that nicely avoids tall of the mess on Airport Expressway, the overcrowded cell phone lot, and the crazy backups on Arrivals Dr, plus it doesn't require that you pay anyone any additio...

Re: Alaska to announce new Paine Field route this week, along with other changes (June 3rd, 2019)

I loved to drive out their at 11:30pm, pouring down rain, traffic backed up down the freeway, people using the shoulder as a cell phone lot, cabs driving on the side of the road around people, etc. What a miserable experience it has turned into out there. PHX is a breeze in comparison. THIS - SEA i...

Re: AS wins 12th straight JD Power award

EA CO AS wrote:

dashdrvr wrote:

Should have gone to DL

Then I suppose they should have scored more points...

Re: What happened to the Delta and United 747 pilots?

There wouldn't be any at DL, because their -100s were retired about 40 years ago. There are probably a fair number at UAL, because their last classics were only retired after 9/11. No conversion from the -100 to -200 is necessary (probably only a very short "differences" course for the SP...

Re: New Greater Seattle Airport

SEA is hardly utilized well, and any solution must address the TSA situation, which in my flying experience is the worst in the country. This is true. If you arrive at the ends of the terminal, they redirect you to line 3, which is a long walk, and then a haphazard line. This should be fixed to be ...

Re: Seattle is Vancouver's greatest threat to Trans-Pacific airport hub supremacy

- From my YVR I got to choose between a A380/787/A340 stopping in the UK/Germany. - From SEA, the choices (from what I remember) were basically an A330 to AMS/CDG/FRA -- or a 737+767/A330 connecting on the East Coast. - From PDX, the choice was an A330 to AMS -- or a 737+767/A330 connecting on the ...

Re: Delta to drop YYJ in September 2019

Sorry, I got crossed and confused in reading the whole thread. Swore I read YYC... YEG makes sense. YYC does not for sure. Still have not heard anything locally about this though.

Re: Delta to drop YYJ in September 2019

I can tell you that it's not because the flights are empty. YYJ and YYC are almost always full and/or oversold, even in the slow times of the year. Fares may not be the best which may play a role, but I feel the two major issues are the lack of pre clear in YYJ. Which cause inbound passengers to mis...

Re: VS, AF, DL, KL announce extensive codeshare

Yes and would love to see WS and VS join the SkyTeam officially.

Re: Atlas Air 3591 Down in Trinity Bay, Texas

And, a general "control failure" to cover for the rudder hardovers and the like. So the full list comes: 1- load shift 2- Pitch trim runaway, not handled in time 3- stall but it would have had to have been a deep stall (think Airfrance) to be unrecoverable. 4- loss of reliable airspeed cr...

Re: Will DL return to HKG again?

Old Delta and Old NW. Fly places because tradition, prestige, and profits be damned.

New post merger Delta. Operate in a smart manner maximizing profits and alliance usage to create a stable business model. So they never go bankrupt again...

Re: DELTA System Outage tonight 9/25

SNAPP and numbers are working again. Just dispatched a flight.

Re: DELTA System Outage tonight 9/25

DL TERM works, but cannot send passenger numbers hence the system wide hold.

Re: Should Airport employees have mental evaluations before starting work?

Mental Health in general, is hardly addressed in the United States. The issues should be addressed as a whole for all people, not just one sector.

Re: Updated: AS employee steals and crashes Q400 at SeaTac

Okay, reading a bunch of these post and trying to explain to other people outside of these forums on how this might happen. Note, SPECULATION. I do not know all the facts so I am hypothesizing and extrapolating based on experience and knowledge of SEA, it's AOA, possible move crew operations and how...

Re: Updated: AS employee steals and crashes Q400 at SeaTac

flybynight wrote:

In fairness to KING5, they have a very good aviation expert on staff.

Re: DL 2866 headed back to SEA. Anyone know why?

Today, has been a Charlie Foxtrot at SEA, apparently a WN flight broke down on the runway and caused a set of events which led to a massive ground stop and flow control at SEA. Some flights sat and waited for gate spaces over 2 hours others diverted. Last week and this previous weekend, something si...

Re: Aviall (Boeing) and Antonov Team Up

I have watched an AN 124 fly right over me from the SEA employee lot. Was the wildest, loudest thing I've ever witnessed.

Re: Possible future WestJet U.S. destinations with Delta JV

SEA via YVR, YYC, YEG, YYZ & YUL I seriously doubt SEA is going to get all of these, if any at all. I'd be absolutely shocked to see YYZ and YUL get a Seattle nonstop on WestJet. Air Canada already does 2x daily in the summer months on YYZ-SEA, so there's really not much wiggle room in that mar...

Re: JetBlue restructuring operations, to lay off employees

Sorry to hear and see anyone loss their jobs in this industry.

Re: Did DL's order for the A-220 signal the end of the 717?

The main issue here is parts. DL will keep flying an aircraft as long as it's still affordable AND has the parts to do so. The MD90s will be going soon because of the shortage on parts. MD88s has such a massive amount of stores and savagable parts from the bone/scrape yard that it is very possible t...

Re: Delta debuts new uniforms tomorrow.

Must say all the social media posts I’ve seen - everyone is looking immaculately groomed!! Well done DL. Down to the smallest details - shows seem to be uniform now! Hair is back. What about hair? Many of the women in ACS have been screaming about the hair up (can't touch shoulders) policy, especia...

Re: AS, WN win JD Power awards

Congratulations to WN for winning their 2nd consecutive JD Power award in the LCC category, and to ALL my 23,000 co-workers at AS on our 11th straight JD Power award for the traditional network carrier category! The people of WN and AS should be proud of this recognition, which has become the “gold...

Re: DL widebody updates at SEA

Let me just say there are some here who want Delta to fail at SEA for some reason whereas the evidence and Delta has put out the opposite. My suggestion to those who believe Delta is telling a bold face lie to their investors about SEA is to call their attorneys and sue the airline in forcing them ...

Re: Most Current U.S. Airline Rankings is Out

neomax wrote:

wedgetail737 wrote:

Congratulations to AS! I'm a little surprised how high UA ranked considering the bad press they have had recently.

Because long-term investment is worth more than short-term press.

Re: TW 757s remaining in DL Fleet

davescj wrote:

jbmitt wrote:

Delta would also operate ex-TWA 717s

I've only seen 717s ending with AT (so I presume from Air Tran). Would the ex-TWA end TW? I'll keep a look out for them if so.

Re: DL widebody updates at SEA

I disagree with MSPNWA's comment about DL shrinking at SEA. I don't think they are...overall. Really the only Asian markets DL has left were HND and KIX. They transferred the SEA-LHR to VA. But I think overall, DL has been expanding. With the lack of available gates, DL has been expanding in terms ...

Re: DL widebody updates at SEA

I often wonder how DL does on its TPAC out of SEA. The fact that no routes have been upgauged in the years since they've been launched (save for HKG which was badly needed due to the operational issues the A332 had on the route), leads me to believe that demand has remained pretty stagnant. All oth...

Re: DL widebody updates at SEA

HKG and CDG are moving to 777s. Most Asian routs are staying 767s with AMS being a mix of both 76 and 330.

Re: AF (back again) and Aer Lingus (coming soon) who is next at SEA

Once the new customs facility is finished and additional gates completed, you will probably see many airlines expanding into SEA. DL expects to be north of 200 daily at that time and don't be shocked if you see old routs that were NRT based now in SEA. One possible could be SEA HAN with Vietnam Airl...

Re: Can we discuss the IAM?

I too hope for good dialogue here but topics like this can get pretty heated quick.

Re: AS to partner with Aer Lingus, feed SEADUB service

Traditionally AS has eschewed such tie-ups that would restrict who else they could work with. I don't think it likely they would change that unless they were compelled to do so by their spat with Delta going very badly (which it is currently not doing). Air group does seem to like its independance....

Re: AS to partner with Aer Lingus, feed SEADUB service

Interesting but not surprising considering the BA AS angle. Pre clearing customs will also be an advantage to. Wonder just how competitive this rout will be compared to LHR/LGW or even AMS, CDG, or FRA.

Re: Washington State Air Service Discussion 2018

Supposedly Wenatchee Washington - San Francisco starts Summer 2018 probably with United Express / Skywest. I don't see how this will work out especially if the schedule is terrible. Afternoon flight, forget it. I bet they will be using a 50 passenger crj200. Seem interesting that EAT could support ...

Re: Delta 787 in the future?

DL is a very enthusiastic user of the A330 and I don't see the basis on which you claim the 789 is better particularly for DL. Seems like someone with a very large A330 fleet interested in a TATL aircraft available soon with low capital costs is prime A330neo customer. But a small fleet of used 787...

Re: Delta 787 in the future?

Something that has not been brought up to discussion but should be noted is that Delta has influence on Virgin Atlantic and Aero Mexico plus increasing influence on West Jet. All have 787s. Delta's partners obviously can take advantage of the IM/EX Bank and get great prices, where I am sure DL got t...

Re: Air France returns to Seattle March 25

This is a resumption, not an inaugural. There most likely will be little fanfare. Particularly seeing as it's just meant to supplement DL's extant SEA-CDG service. So was the Aero Mexico relaunch, but they still had celebratory festivities. I would just expect the same type of metal luggage tags as...

Re: Delta 787 in the future?

Delta loves everything about the 787 except the price. If Boeing and Delta get a crazy good pricing deal going then you will see 787s in the fleet, but given the current fleet. Not anytime soon...

Re: Washington State Air Service Discussion 2018

That is strictly on the Port. They refused all suggestions, requests, to outsource project management to an outside entity with experience. This is what you get. IAF is 5 months behind schedule: https://meetings.portseattle.org/portmeetings/attachments/2018/2018_03_27_RM_9a.pdf https://meetings.por...