Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

majority of the A339/A350's go through NRT for induction work prior to moving to a DAL station to commence revenue service I looked though the past few lists. I see 3520 in possession, is it on property yet? 3520 was ferried to NRT straight outta TLS like a week ago. I believe all the new 35H will ...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

764 1803 to begin ferry to CAN today, LAX-SEA-ICN 321N 5076 to enter service today 75D 681 retirement flight scheduled for later today 332 3357 RTS tomorrow. Monitoring 3355 and 3356 for next IFC mod entry 223 8325 2nd flight today https://aviation.flights/aib/A220/55272 321N 5076 entered service 7...

Re: Japan to unveil next generation passenger plane

Would their planes start with a "D"? So we already have: A - Airbus B - Boeing C - COMAC D - ? We already have a two oems starting with "D". Deustche Aircraft who are developing a new version of the Dornier 328. There is also De Havilland Aircraft of Canada. E - Embraer (F)okker...

Re: Japan to unveil next generation passenger plane

Would their planes start with a "D"? So we already have: A - Airbus B - Boeing C - COMAC D - ? We already have a two oems starting with "D". Deustche Aircraft who are developing a new version of the Dornier 328. There is also De Havilland Aircraft of Canada. E - Embraer De Havil...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

Also makes sense as LAX doesn't have a A330 pilot category, but does has an A350 category. Makes it a lot easier for crewing and for tail routing, but generally not having the A330 touch LAX. There is a 7ER category in LAX as there is still a decent amount of 763 flying - multiple JFK Transcons, HN...

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

Is there a reason that UA hasn't looked to used market even more than they have historically? Induction timelines? Induction costs from bringing in small groups of narrowbody frames from multiple carriers? Damage to brand standards? DL is flying ex-Lionair 739s with few Y+ seats and no AVOD (when e...

Re: Austin Aviation - 2024

I wonder if Korean and Air France would benefit by having DL run 2-3x daily flights AUS -> DFW in the interim. Why? Delta can send them to anywhere else….. ATL JFK LAX SEA BOS MSP DTW Most premium long haul international pax prefer the shortest domestic leg. A couple/few RJs could be a good idea.

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

SkyEye350 wrote:

Not sure if this is for the fleet thread or not but I see Delta is replacing the A330-900neo with the A350 on the LAX to HND late October onwards

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

All that tells me that DL is desperate to increase capacity on so many of the routes getting 763s and 764s this summer, upgauging to the A330 where possible. They simply do not have enough large widebodies to do so. I find it interesting that LAX-PVG is written there to start July 12. Wasn’t it pus...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

Doing some dummy bookings the 6:15am SAN-JFK is the only flight that connects to the TATL bank out of JFK, which still leaves a 45-90min connection out of JFK to VCE/BCN/ZRH/ATH/MAD/DUB. Connecting through ATL gives SAN originating traffic the option of the early morning flights (6:15/7:15) but als...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

Doing some dummy bookings the 6:15am SAN-JFK is the only flight that connects to the TATL bank out of JFK, which still leaves a 45-90min connection out of JFK to VCE/BCN/ZRH/ATH/MAD/DUB. Connecting through ATL gives SAN originating traffic the option of the early morning flights (6:15/7:15) but als...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

SEA-ATL is not really relevant as they've never had US48 D1 markets out of ATL. While they run D1 metal out of ATL to various US48 markets at times, they always market the cabin as FC due to it's hub captive market status and the lack of meaningful competition. The D1 metal flights are basically th...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

toobz wrote:

They might not need to. Look what the competition has.

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

I'm curious about the current JFK/SAN offerings. Does anybody know if there are plans to add more flights, and perhaps use widebodies on the route as well? The current offerings seem to be bursting at the seams... The real question here is if it will wind up as a D1 market when the premium 321s com...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

I'm curious about the current JFK/SAN offerings. Does anybody know if there are plans to add more flights, and perhaps use widebodies on the route as well? The current offerings seem to be bursting at the seams... The real question here is if it will wind up as a D1 market when the premium 321s com...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

Brand new A350s will be used on ATL-JNB from June, ATL-CPT from August, and ATL-AMS from October, in addition to a ATL-CDG-LAX-SYD-LAX-CDG-LAX-CDG-ATL routing between Aug 8 and Aug 13. I have a trip to AMS on May 5 on DL 74 and the seat map for it has now changed to 35H config. I guess DL is expect...

Re: Are commercial airline pilots the highest paid profession in the USA?

It's a pretty well-paying profession - but not every pilot is a DL/AA/UA widebody captain with thirty years seniority. It pays exceptionally well for the education requirement of a non-selective 4-yr degree, and some carriers waiving even that. In some states you couldn't start as a $35K K-6 teache...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

thats a nice amount to keep their premium routes SYD,JOBERG,CPT supplied with the business heavy configuration with one spare until the others start the retrofit how many new A350's are expected this yr? With no hiccups: 7 total in 24. I don't think JNB and CPT necessarily sell more premium seats. ...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

TropicalSky wrote:

how many new A350's are expected this yr?

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

Are Delta’s new A350’s automatically manufactured in New Production Standard? Or would that be an option specifically requested by the customer when ordered? All A350s are now built that way. That’s why it’s called the New Production Standard . They are all built that way, but a lower MTOW can be o...

Re: Southwest nearly hits LGA tower

N757ST wrote:

Can a mod change the title, southwest didn’t almost hit the tower, it flew 800 feet over the tower doing a go around.

Re: Emirates A350 9 or 10 abreast in economy?

3-4-3 747 typically has 17.2" seatwidth - similar to 3-3-3 787. 3-4-3 777 typically has 17.0" seatwidth, so the difference is just marginal. The real difference is in aisle width (and for 747 it is overly abundant), but you spend most of the flight seated, not walking through the aisles. ...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

Its only recently that DL has gotten to the point where it can justify premium heavy cabins and we should expect to see more J and W seats with each traunch/wave of cabin refreshes. I still hold out hope that DL will set up a tiny subfleet of extra premium 321NEOs to run GVA, NCE, etc year-round pl...

Re: Rumour : a350 ahead in 6E widebody race

When it comes to high density long haul flying (someone mentioned North America) the payload advantage of the 350s over 787s makes it the only choice. That is not an indictment against Boeing at all. The two manufactures have set different profiles for the two aircraft, and that is where the AB shin...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

[quote For people like myself who aren't industry insiders how often do heavy maintenance checks happen on for instance the 757 and 767? Secondly can you estimate how much those checks cost? The 757 at DL is on a 12 year maintenance cycle which consists of L Checks, L2 Checks, H Checks and M Checks...

Re: 4 airlines on TPE SEA

In hindsight, the current state of this route is really making me question why Delta was so against trying PDX-HND, or even bidding another city (JFK, 2nd DTX/ATL, BOS, SLC, hell, even SFO). Sure, this route has the potential to succeed, but with the amount of capacity that's popping up in such a s...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

I've never heard the running joke that on your way to hell you have to change planes in DFW or DEN. That line has been around since before airplanes, and it dates back to the 19th century when Atlanta was a railroad hub. "Whether you're going to Heaven or Hell, you'll have to change trains in ...

Re: LA800 flight SYD-AKL in flight uncontrolled descent

I know not related to the incident but not a good look for the airline as apparently the same aircraft and the media will be all over it - see the picture halfway through the story. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/latam-horror-plunge-new-photos-show-heavily-taped-wing-fresh-theory-emerges-about...

Re: 4 airlines on TPE SEA

DL 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...

Re: LA800 flight SYD-AKL in flight uncontrolled descent

I think it sounds like we should wait for some kiyof preliminary statement from investigators before speculating about the cause. Given available information it could be any of 50 things. Av Geeks speculate after every incident. Any particular reason to stop now? It not like we"re official inv...

Re: LA800 flight SYD-AKL in flight uncontrolled descent

Just a gap in the sat coverage then? Thank you for the info. ADSB receivers for things like FR24 are typically ground based, so no sat gap here. Most of those feeds are also volunteers running receivers, even if there is land to base the receiver, there may not be someone there to run one. People t...

Re: What's Going on with Southwest Today (WN)?

I'm not here to bash Southwest; in fact, we fly them fairly frequently, but I'd to see if someone knows what's going on. Is the following 'incident' a one-off today or is their a more system-wide issue at play? A friend of mine (family of 6) was set to fly HOU-MCO today (unsure if it was the nonsto...

Re: Does Delta have an oversupply of widebodies?

Hmmm, not really, in terms of quantity, United have significantly more widebodies compared to Delta. And currently, Most of thr widebodies they owned are on the smaller sizes, like A330s and B767s. Only small percentages of them are large widebody like A350. So I don't think they have problem with ...

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

I didn't have a chance to watch the video, but too late it is now missing.. my guess Johnny got served by Boeing -maybe due to some embellishments, untruths or ignorant statements. He can be over the top with the commentary. If anyone has it or can find it, please post. Really bad guess As part of ...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

Those are not reliable sources and their “analysis” is far from fact. This has been unlocked and explained multiple times on this thread alone. You say those who do actual financial analyses are wrong, but provide nothing to explain why its wrong or cite any sources of information disproving it eve...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

Casually assessing an entire hub as profitable or unprofitable seems like a wild way to evaluate the finances of an airline the size of DL. What’s your point, are you disagreeing about which DL hubs generate the profits? It’s pretty common knowledge that DL makes at their money at ATL/DTW/MSP/SLC. ...

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

But is it not true that MCO doesn’t have the DL presence it used to? Someone posed the question about focus cities that didn’t work out. That’s all I was answering. [photoid][/photoid] MCO was a focus city and it was “closed” as a focus city. As such, it failed. "Focus cities", by definit...

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

I still do wonder if AUS-MFE will get off the ground. Can't see that lasting more than 3 months if it does. You might be surprised. Southwest did very well with these intra-Texas short-haul routes in the past, before the change in focus to long-haul. Plus the eastbound feed into other markets. It i...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

DL is retrofitting 767s with Viasat at incredible speed, and yet as of March 2nd, absolutely none of them have the fixes to activate the system? This was answered in post #736. They have the fixes to activate the system. I guess the question is whether or not the ships with the fixes have viasat ac...

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

MCO was a focus city and it was “closed” as a focus city. As such, it failed. I would argue that MCO was a focus city for DL that ultimately failed. You'd call 65 flight a day, from a non-hub city a failure? "Focus cities", by definition stop being focus cities when they have reached thei...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

Incredible that Delta would first give up a Tokyo Haneda slot, then a London Heathrow slot! Will this slot be available for other airlines (B6) to pick up. I guess Delta so profit obsessed that it is willing to give up these very valuable slots because they aren't making enough money? Wow! They won...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

Sure we do, which is why we are surprised that DL cut branded flying on that route. While the sky for DL at LAX isn’t falling by any means, this move does say rather loudly, “we are struggling to compete with OW and even UA on this route”. Sorry, but thinking the JV needs the local brand carrier on...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

"Global airline" probably isn't the correct phrase, but I believe DL is currently number 1 in domestic flights at LAX (# of seats and # of flights per day). I could be wrong though, maybe that's changed since I looked this up last. In any case, with the presence that DL has at LAX, it is ...

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

I would argue that MCO was a focus city for DL that ultimately failed. Not sure beach routes are the measurement of success or breadth of a focus city for anyone, but the fact still remains that the only successful focus cities (yes, Boston developed into a hub) for delta had a major hub nearby to ...

Re: Does Delta have an oversupply of widebodies?

I'm mostly referring to the NYC-LAX/SFO markets that are currently seeing almost exclusively 767s. Also ATL-LAX/SFO/SEA, routes along those lines. Of all those city pairs, with the exception of one repositioning flight, LAX-JFK is the only one with regular 767 service. SFO and BOS occasionally see ...

Re: Rumour: Delta to cut London-Los Angeles

https://onemileatatime.com/news/delta-los-angeles-london-route/ Just reading the news… And btw. I responded to a note saying you didn’t know where the slot was going. When it’s actually been reported where the slot is going That, is not the news. Feel free to post your alternative source Well, you ...

Re: Rumour: Delta to cut London-Los Angeles

They’re not giving it to VS. it’s moving to ATL No. It’s been reported that’s the SLC/DTW slot. https://onemileatatime.com/news/delta-los-angeles-london-route/ Just reading the news… And btw. I responded to a note saying you didn’t know where the slot was going. When it’s actually been reported whe...

Re: Rumour: Delta to cut London-Los Angeles

lhristebest wrote:

Not the end of the world, you still have a lot of options if you want to fly direct and you can still fly Delta through their hubs or you can connect in Paris.

Re: Rumor: AA to open crew base in SEA

lavia wrote:

What's the point when they'll just inherit the AS one in a few years' time?

Re: Rumour: Delta to cut London-Los Angeles

Delta is very revenue focused. While they could continue to operate LHR-LAX with full flights, they obviously feel they can operate that aircraft on ATL-LHR and generate higher revenue with it there. It's about maximizing revenue with the aircraft they have available. Not the prestige of operating ...