187 to RTS today
3906 to enter SSW mods today
5645/5640 to swap at VQQ 11/6

IFC
3857 to enter mods today
3856/5650 to RTS 11/6

bmibaby737 wrote:

Almost daily for the past week or two, Delta is taking ownership of a handful of CRJ-200s that have all been stored in Kingman, AZ, for about 5-6 years, as far as I can tell mostly leased from GECAS in the past.

Why would they being doing that? Purchased for parts?

Reducing the debt (lease) burden / interest expense where possible?

When are the next A330-900 s scheduled for delivery? I know that 412DX and 413DX have already been spotted in Toulouse.

bigbird wrote:

When are the next A330-900 s scheduled for delivery? I know that 412DX and 413DX have already been spotted in Toulouse.

January.

5645 entered VQQ
5640 exited VQQ and will RTS 11/7

IFC
3857/685 entered mods yesterday
3856 back in service
3034 to enter mods tonight
3033/5650/698 RTS 11/7
3884 to enter mods 11/7
3811 RTS 11/8

6820 ferry to QRO 11/8
6823 exit QRO 11/8 and RTS 11/9

IFC
3033/698/3811 back in service
5650/3883 RTS later today

3902 to enter ATL for SSW mods today
3906 to RTS 11/10 with SSWs
6823 to exit QRO tomorrow and RTS
3256 exit SAL 11/9

IFC
3850 to enter mods 11/8
3907 RTS 11/9
6706 to enter mods 11/9
6710 RTS 11/10

3906 back in service with SSWs
3256 on track to exit SAL and RTS today
6820/6823 swap out pushed to 11/10
8101 RTS 11/10
9506 exit QRO 11/10
1026 to enter revenue service 11/11

IFC
3857 back in service
683/6706/3858 to enter mods 11/9
3907 RTS pushed to 11/10
6710 RTS 11/10
673 to enter mods 11/10
685/688 RTS 11/11
687 appears to be taking 688's spot for mods

3302 en route to SAL for PS mods
6820 en route to QRO
3256 RTS later today
6823 may be pushed to 11/11 - conflicting info on FA/FR24
8101 on track for 11/11
1026 on track for 11/12 (not 11/11 as previously noted)
3902 to RTS 11/12 with SSWs
3903 to get SSWs next at ATL

IFC
3907/6710 back in service
673/687 to enter mods today
686/688 RTS 11/11
3885 to enter mods 11/11
3884 RTS 11/12

n515cr wrote:

3302 en route to SAL for PS mods
6820 en route to QRO
3256 RTS later today
6823 may be pushed to 11/11 - conflicting info on FA/FR24
8101 on track for 11/11
1026 on track for 11/12 (not 11/11 as previously noted)
3902 to RTS 11/12 with SSWs
3903 to get SSWs next at ATL

IFC
3907/6710 back in service
673/687 to enter mods today
686/688 RTS 11/11
3885 to enter mods 11/11
3884 RTS 11/12

Could you add A350-900 mod status for 3570-3576, and any others added to fleet? Thanks.

gearsdown wrote:

n515cr wrote:

3302 en route to SAL for PS mods
6820 en route to QRO
3256 RTS later today
6823 may be pushed to 11/11 - conflicting info on FA/FR24
8101 on track for 11/11
1026 on track for 11/12 (not 11/11 as previously noted)
3902 to RTS 11/12 with SSWs
3903 to get SSWs next at ATL

IFC
3907/6710 back in service
673/687 to enter mods today
686/688 RTS 11/11
3885 to enter mods 11/11
3884 RTS 11/12

Could you add A350-900 mod status for 3570-3576, and any others added to fleet? Thanks.

Yes, planning to do so once they are in mods (think those haven't started yet...just re-registration). Same with the additional 739s.

3903 should enter ATL tonight for SSWs
3902 RTS tomorrow with SSWs
6823 to exit QRO today (RTS tomorrow, will not be tracking RTS's post-mx visits moving forward)
1026 on track to enter service tomorrow
678 showing exit from QRO tomorrow
8101 RTS pushed to 11/13

IFC
685/688 in the air
3885 entering mods today
3884 RTS tomorrow

Unrelated, 3260 has been at VQQ since Aug 23. Unsure if it's being stored for the short-term, if it's a ViaSat prototype, or something else?

185 to exit VCV 11/12
3359 to exit SAL 11/13

3902 reentered service
3358 to enter SAL 11/13

1026 has entered service
6812 to ferry to QRO today
185 to exit VCV to SEA today
678 to exit QRO today
3358 to enter SAL 11/13
3359 to exit SAL 11/13
8101 RTS 11/13
3903 appears to continuing revenue flights rather than entering SSW mods. 3828 might be entering 11/14

IFC
3884 to RTS today
3858 RTS 11/14
3859 to enter 11/13

185 did not exit VCV
678's exit pushed to tomorrow
8101 RTS pushed to 11/14
3903 looks to have entered ATL for SSW mods

n515cr wrote:

185 did not exit VCV
678's exit pushed to tomorrow
8101 RTS pushed to 11/14
3903 looks to have entered ATL for SSW mods

3359 exited SAL
3220 to exit VQQ today
689 showing exit from QRO 11/14
1028 to enter service 11/15
185 now showing exit on 11/15

IFC
6706/687 RTS 11/15
3859 entering mods today

3858 is back in service with IFC

gearsdown wrote:

timf wrote:

777Mech wrote:

Assuming MSN 245 which is an ex-South African ship will become N573DZ.

N573DZ should be MSN 250 PR-XTI. The South African plane, if it does truly end up at Delta, would fall in the N577DZ-N582DZ range.

MSN 250 was assigned N573DZ 10/12/21 on FAA Registry

Arrived in VCV October 4th.

So N573DZ is not a 280t bird?

n515cr wrote:

n515cr wrote:

185 did not exit VCV
678's exit pushed to tomorrow
8101 RTS pushed to 11/14
3903 looks to have entered ATL for SSW mods

3359 exited SAL
3220 to exit VQQ today
689 showing exit from QRO 11/14
1028 to enter service 11/15
185 now showing exit on 11/15

IFC
6706/687 RTS 11/15
3859 entering mods today

185 exit from VCV tomorrow and ferry on to ICN 11/16
1028 service entry delayed

IFC
3022/697 entering mods tonight
3032/687/3887/6706/683 to RTS 11/15
3885/673 RTS 11/16
388/676/6709/6716 entering mods 11/15

I have been off the grid for the past week.......(man its nice in so many ways to avoid phones/email/internet/etc)....

Anyways..
Mon 11/15 A319 3134 N334NB SBD-LAX (storage exit, since Jan 2021)

There's nothing on FR24 and FlightAware today re-A221 8101 N101DU showing a return to service, so I assume it's been delayed again!

audidudi wrote:

There's nothing on FR24 and FlightAware today re-A221 8101 N101DU showing a return to service, so I assume it's been delayed again!

Yup, appears to be the case.

PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:

I have been off the grid for the past week.......(man its nice in so many ways to avoid phones/email/internet/etc)....

Anyways..
Mon 11/15 A319 3134 N334NB SBD-LAX (storage exit, since Jan 2021)

Noted, thanks.

n515cr wrote:

n515cr wrote:

n515cr wrote:

185 did not exit VCV
678's exit pushed to tomorrow
8101 RTS pushed to 11/14
3903 looks to have entered ATL for SSW mods

3359 exited SAL
3220 to exit VQQ today
689 showing exit from QRO 11/14
1028 to enter service 11/15
185 now showing exit on 11/15

IFC
6706/687 RTS 11/15
3859 entering mods today

185 exit from VCV tomorrow and ferry on to ICN 11/16
1028 service entry delayed

IFC
3022/697 entering mods tonight
3032/687/3887/6706/683 to RTS 11/15
3885/673 RTS 11/16
388/676/6709/6716 entering mods 11/15

3903 to exit SSW mods 11/17
3904 potentially entering after it

IFC
3841 RTS 11/17
3908 to enter MCI after it
correction to my earlier post...3885 RTS today and 3887 entering

Anyone know why the 717 fleet is all screwed up going through ORD today? The 9am left 9 hours late. Now they are running two hour delays on the three final flights of the day. Looks like 3 different aircraft are involved. The 3pm and 9pm flights are the same bird which is just carrying a delay through. But the 9am and 5:30pm were two different birds. Are they short staffed for pilots on the 717? Weather is good at ORD, MSP, DTW, and ATL - so shouldn't be anything systemic with ATC.

I don't know the exact details but here is what I can surmise:

717 pilot bases are ATL & DTW. There is no longer an MSP 717 pilot domicile.
ORD has 717 flights to DTW and MSP. No 717s are flown on ORD-ATL currently as its all larger gauge A320/A321 flying.
As DL has recently restored a small number of 717 flights from MSP, primarily to routes like ORD, MCI, MSN, MKE the flying is typically "bridged" from DTW and flown with DTW-based pilots. Frames also tend to rotate through the network over these bridge cities to DTW and ATL (MSN is the "bridge" to ATL flying).

With that in mind, MSP doesn't have any 717 reserve crews as would have to deadhead in crews from either ATL or DTW to cover any IROP 717 flying.

9502 N942AT was scheduled to operate:
1283 MSP-ORD 0625 0802 (a launch flying, operated by a crew that overnighted in MSP); operated on time
1283 ORD-MSP 0857 0907 (appears to have gone tech at ORD)

Thus now you have what appears to have been a 717 in ORD go AOG and now with a busted downline rotation in MSP where that aircraft and crew would have gone on to do downline flying. From here on out on its no whatever SOC wants to do to cover the downline 717 flying out of DTW and horse-trade aircraft and crews to best cover what they can. Its likely that the crew stuck in ORD was to have eventually ended-up back in DTW. Probably needed to get a replacement crew in at some point to fly the aircraft once fixed.

Things just cascaded from there it appears. These things tend to happen if you have a broken airplane at an outstation, small fleet types, and have to perhaps get reserve crews.

PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:

Things just cascaded from there it appears. These things tend to happen if you have a broken airplane at an outstation, small fleet types, and have to perhaps get reserve crews.

You've give a fine outline as to why fleet simplication has benefits to operational reliability.

n515cr wrote:

3903 to exit SSW mods 11/17
3904 potentially entering after it

IFC
3841 RTS 11/17
3908 to enter MCI after it
correction to my earlier post...3885 RTS today and 3887 entering

185 to continue on to ICN

IFC
3887 appears to be continuing revenue flights. Monitoring others for next MSP entry. Could be 3892 (or could still be 3887)
6709 to enter 11/16
683 RTS 11/17
3859 to RTS 11/18
3860 to enter 11/17

185 now showing ICN-CAN ferry on 11/18. Expect to see some 767 exits from CAN

IFC
676 did enter mods

n515cr wrote:

185 now showing ICN-CAN ferry on 11/18. Expect to see some 767 exits from CAN

IFC
676 did enter mods

Is 185 going to CAN for mods/mx or mx only?

audidudi wrote:

n515cr wrote:

185 now showing ICN-CAN ferry on 11/18. Expect to see some 767 exits from CAN

IFC
676 did enter mods

Is 185 going to CAN for mods/mx or mx only?

Mods, 76Z (not K) I believe.

PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:

Things just cascaded from there it appears. These things tend to happen if you have a broken airplane at an outstation, small fleet types, and have to perhaps get reserve crews.

Thanks so much for the informative post. I forwarded the info to my friend who was stuck in the ORD Skyclub last night confused about why the 9am flight was just rolling out at sunset. People are so worried these days about the labor shortage that they think every delay is a sign of a systemwide meltdown.

The 90 second delays on most of those later flights were most likely the result of swapping crews and planes at MSP once they lost that outbound at O'Hare. Overall it was a relatively good recovery for a small fleet with bases on neither end of where the irregularity took place.

3903 back in service with SSWs
185 on track to ferry to CAN tomorrow. 1811 is the exit from CAN (mx visit)

IFC
683 back in service
673 on track to RTS today
3860 on track to enter mods today
3859 on track to RTS 11/18
3908/3841 swap out at MCI appears to be delayed
697 RTS 11/19

3305 to exit SAL 11/19
3308 to enter SAL on 11/19 for PS

IFC
673 RTS pushed to 11/18

185 en route to CAN
3805/3808 swap out of mods at SAL 11/19
1028 to enter service 11/20

IFC
673/3859 RTS today
6705 to enter mods today
697 RTS 11/19
3888/6714 to enter mods 11/19
6716/3893 RTS 11/20
3038/3908 to enter mods 11/20

678 N678DL 75D ATL-CWF ferry to paint 11/18

So N573DZ is not a 280t bird?[/quote]

It is my understanding that MSN #219 was first PIP/280T and all the following -900’s are also. 573DZ is MSN #250.

3808 en route to SAL for PS mods
3805 to exit SAL today

IFC
697 back in service
3888/6717 to enter mods today
6716 RTS later today
3841/676 RTS 11/21
3038/3817 to enter mods 11/21
*75D status (62 total in fleet but 7 stored, so 19/55 active have IFC, including those exiting mods --> ~1/3 of the 75Ds)

n515cr wrote:

3808 en route to SAL for PS mods
3805 to exit SAL today

Presumably these are 3308/3305 A333, not 3808/3805 B739ER.

timf wrote:

n515cr wrote:

3808 en route to SAL for PS mods
3805 to exit SAL today

Presumably these are 3308/3305 A333, not 3808/3805 B739ER.

Correct. Sorry, long night

1028 entered service
3326/3321 to enter/exit SAL for PS mods on 11/22

IFC
3893/6716 RTS
3908 entered mods
3841/6709 to RTS 11/21
3817/684 to enter mods 11/21
3038 to enter mods 11/22
3860 RTS 11/22

Endeavor bringing retired CRJ-200s back into service for the upcoming travel season? N8783E is en route from IGM to CWA, presumably for RTS maintenance there, as EDV5556. Flew to IGM in September, would have guessed that would be the end.

3326/3321 swapped at SAL

IFC
3817/684 entered mods yesterday
3860/6705 back in service
676 to RTS later today
3038 to enter mods today
3889/6714 to enter mods 11/23
3034 to RTS 11/23
3888/6717 RTS 11/24

3038/3034 swap at MCI cancelled
668 appears to be following 676 at ATL for mods, and
694 following 6705 at DTW

gdavis003 wrote:

Endeavor bringing retired CRJ-200s back into service for the upcoming travel season? N8783E is en route from IGM to CWA, presumably for RTS maintenance there, as EDV5556. Flew to IGM in September, would have guessed that would be the end.

Just a replacement.

gdavis003 wrote:

Endeavor bringing retired CRJ-200s back into service for the upcoming travel season? N8783E is en route from IGM to CWA, presumably for RTS maintenance there, as EDV5556. Flew to IGM in September, would have guessed that would be the end.

A few were temporarily parked in September for staffing reasons. It wouldn't surprise me to see a few more come back as they can get staffing back up to operate them.

3115 exited BHM storage to SAL on 11/12. 7 319s still stored.

n515cr wrote:

3038/3034 swap at MCI cancelled
668 appears to be following 676 at ATL for mods, and
694 following 6705 at DTW

3038/3034 swap out is back on tonight/tomorrow.

DiamondFlyer wrote:

gdavis003 wrote:

Endeavor bringing retired CRJ-200s back into service for the upcoming travel season? N8783E is en route from IGM to CWA, presumably for RTS maintenance there, as EDV5556. Flew to IGM in September, would have guessed that would be the end.

A few were temporarily parked in September for staffing reasons. It wouldn't surprise me to see a few more come back as they can get staffing back up to operate them.

Thanks, that makes sense. Guess they’ve sorted some of the issues out

Also, 1521 (N394DL) ferried ATL-BHM as DL9936 this afternoon, guessing this is temp storage prior to mx/mods

IFC
3038/3034 entered/exited as previously noted
3888/6717 back in service
3817 RTS 11/26

Does anyone know if some of the newer 757s (6700 series) are being ETOPs certified? I thought I saw one recently.