Delta Fleet Thread - 2022

n515cr · Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:53 pm

FlyingLaw1 wrote:
Cardude2 wrote:
MLIAA wrote:
Some life from the retired 777 fleets.

Seems like 4-5 77Ls have ventured to AFW in the past few months, one is doing touch-and-goes right now (N703DN).

It also appears that most of the 77Es have gone to MZJ, I presume to be scrapped.

Anyone have any intel on what’s happening? It’s a shame if these are being scrapped, especially with AA and others being so short on wide bodies.

the 77L's are getting converted into cargo

Saw N703DN doing touch and goes at AFW this afternoon.

Would be pretty cool to see a 77L doing that!

5007 spotted over the weekend https://aibfamily.flights/A320/10975. That's now 6 321neos that have been spotted in production (5003-9)
1606 to continue on to CAN tomorrow
178 to exit upon its arrival as expected

audidudi · Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:04 pm

5003 has actually been in service since June 21!

fanoftristars · Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:40 pm

MLIAA wrote:
Some life from the retired 777 fleets.

Seems like 4-5 77Ls have ventured to AFW in the past few months, one is doing touch-and-goes right now (N703DN).

It also appears that most of the 77Es have gone to MZJ, I presume to be scrapped.

Anyone have any intel on what’s happening? It’s a shame if these are being scrapped, especially with AA and others being so short on wide bodies.

It's too bad they can't use the Delta One Suites and the Premium Select seats from the 777 fleet to put into the LATAM A350s. I'm guessing there must be a difference in width or how they connect to the airframe so that they wouldn't work? Seems like we talked about this before but I'm curious the differences or why it wouldn't work?

PSU.DTW.SCE · Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:12 pm

MLIAA wrote:
Some life from the retired 777 fleets.

Seems like 4-5 77Ls have ventured to AFW in the past few months, one is doing touch-and-goes right now (N703DN).

It also appears that most of the 77Es have gone to MZJ, I presume to be scrapped.

Anyone have any intel on what’s happening? It’s a shame if these are being scrapped, especially with AA and others being so short on wide bodies.

The 10 77Ls were all acquired by Mammoth Freighters who is doing the cargo conversion at AFW.
Out of the 8 77Es; 3 are still owned by DL and remained stored at VCV. 5 so far have been acquired by Wilmington Trust.
Of the 5 - 1 (N867DA) is in service as the NFL Arizona Cardinals team aircraft. The other 4 have moved to MZJ over the past few months.

Polot · Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:50 pm

fanoftristars wrote:
MLIAA wrote:
Some life from the retired 777 fleets.

Seems like 4-5 77Ls have ventured to AFW in the past few months, one is doing touch-and-goes right now (N703DN).

It also appears that most of the 77Es have gone to MZJ, I presume to be scrapped.

Anyone have any intel on what’s happening? It’s a shame if these are being scrapped, especially with AA and others being so short on wide bodies.

It's too bad they can't use the Delta One Suites and the Premium Select seats from the 777 fleet to put into the LATAM A350s. I'm guessing there must be a difference in width or how they connect to the airframe so that they wouldn't work? Seems like we talked about this before but I'm curious the differences or why it wouldn't work?

The 777 seats don’t fit in the A350- they are too wide. The 777 Premium Select seats, for example, were 19” while on the A350 they are 18.5” (which is actually the same width that the 777’s Y seats were).

SEAorPWM · Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:24 pm

Polot wrote:
fanoftristars wrote:
MLIAA wrote:
Some life from the retired 777 fleets.

Seems like 4-5 77Ls have ventured to AFW in the past few months, one is doing touch-and-goes right now (N703DN).

It also appears that most of the 77Es have gone to MZJ, I presume to be scrapped.

Anyone have any intel on what’s happening? It’s a shame if these are being scrapped, especially with AA and others being so short on wide bodies.

It's too bad they can't use the Delta One Suites and the Premium Select seats from the 777 fleet to put into the LATAM A350s. I'm guessing there must be a difference in width or how they connect to the airframe so that they wouldn't work? Seems like we talked about this before but I'm curious the differences or why it wouldn't work?

The 777 seats don’t fit in the A350- they are too wide. The 777 Premium Select seats, for example, were 19” while on the A350 they are 18.5” (which is actually the same width that the 777’s Y seats were).

Also, the electrical connections on the A350 are different - they're more integrated into the seat tracks compared to the old bumpy plastic raceways used on the 777/330/767.

DL757NYC · Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:40 pm

If there is a small charter airline or sports team. They would pay pennies on the dollar for aircraft with brand new interiors. The Arizona cardinals bought a 777er from Delta and only painted the exterior. The interior had the DL logo on all the seats. If the IFE wasn’t pulled you are talking 10’s of millions to buy a jet and refurbish the whole interior and install IFE. Look at what the Patriots spent on 2 AA 767’s with well over 100k hours on the clock. They had to buy two for reliability.

I wonder if there wasnt a cargo conversion program would the Ex DL 77L be stuck in the desert without a buyer.

I remember being told the 777 would never be converted into freighters how the market has dictated change.

1337Delta764 · Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:11 pm

SEAorPWM wrote:
Polot wrote:
fanoftristars wrote:

Also, the electrical connections on the A350 are different - they're more integrated into the seat tracks compared to the old bumpy plastic raceways used on the 777/330/767.

I wonder if this is a reason why DL uses Recaro in Y on their A350 fleet, rather than Collins Aerospace Pinnacle like on most of their fleet.

Bonafide · Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:30 pm

I hate to beat on a dead horse but some things aren't adding up with the a350 with regards to its performance numbers vs the 787. Can someone explain how the 787 despite its shorter numbers distance-wise can do a East Coast to JNB or even west coast to SYD with no issues while the a350-9 struggles; while supposedly holding more cargo and having greater range. I'm obviously no engineer, but this makes no sense to the naked eye. Are the a350-9 specs wrong or does it have a huge issue with payload performance?

NLINK · Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:53 am

Bonafide wrote:
I hate to beat on a dead horse but some things aren't adding up with the a350 with regards to its performance numbers vs the 787. Can someone explain how the 787 despite its shorter numbers distance-wise can do a East Coast to JNB or even west coast to SYD with no issues while the a350-9 struggles; while supposedly holding more cargo and having greater range. I'm obviously no engineer, but this makes no sense to the naked eye. Are the a350-9 specs wrong or does it have a huge issue with payload performance?

Most of Delta’s A350 I believe have a mtow of 275t and only the newer ones have a 280t mtow. That affects payload and JNB is hot and high during its summer season. The A350 has some performance issues during these conditions. United is operating the 787 in a more premium configuration compared to others and EWR is about 600nm closer than ATL, or about and hour or so which helps.

Delta had the 777-200LR divert/ tech stop in SJU sometimes during the same conditions.

res77W · Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:05 am

Why the odd registration suffix on upcoming A321N ship 5009? DT instead of the conventional DA, DX, DL, etc? I did a registry search on the FAA website and DA and DX seem to be available. Any reason behind it?

-Rowen

n515cr · Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:26 pm

n515cr wrote:
5007 spotted over the weekend https://aibfamily.flights/A320/10975. That's now 6 321neos that have been spotted in production (5003-9)
1606 to continue on to CAN tomorrow
178 to exit upon its arrival as expected

1606 in the air to CAN
178 on track to exit in a few hours

******************************************************************************************
Status 30 Jun 2022

A350-900 (DL-ordered) Induction (3501-3517): 17/25

A350-900 (ex-LATAM) Induction (3568-3576): 1/9 (3575)
N574DZ 3574 Entered Jun 5, 2022; est. exit TBD
N576DZ 3576 Entered Mar 12, 2022; est. exit July?
*Mods being done at SIN

A330-900neo Induction (3401-35): 15/35 (3401-12, 3416-18)
N413DX 3413 second flight Jun 17
N414DX 3414 second flight Jun 2

A330-300 PS Mod (3301-3331): 21/31
N801NW 3301
N802NW 3302 Entered Nov 10, 2021; finished Dec 6, 2021
N803NW 3303
N804NW 3304 Entered Apr 20, 2022; finished Jun 21, 2022
N805NW 3305 Entered Oct 21, 2021; finished Nov 18, 2021
N806NW 3306 Entered Sep 17, 2021; finished Oct 18, 2021
N807NW 3307 Entered Jan 9, 2022; finished Feb 3, 2022
N808NW 3308 Entered Nov 19, 2021; finished Dec 19, 2021
N809NW 3309 Entered Jan 14, 2022; finished Jan 29, 2022
N810NW 3310
N811NW 3311
N812NW 3312 Entered Dec 6, 2021; finished Jan 9, 2022
N813NW 3313 Entered May 13, 2021; finished Jul 30, 2021
N814NW 3314 Entered May 12, 2022; finished Jun 3, 2022
N815NW 3315
N816NW 3316
N817NW 3317
N818NW 3318
N819NW 3319
N820NW 3320
N821NW 3321 Entered Oct 25, 2021; finished Nov 21, 2021
N822NW 3322 Entered Feb 7, 2022; finished Mar 28, 2022
N823NW 3323 Entered Mar 28, 2022; finished May 11, 2022
N824NW 3324 Entered Mar 7, 2022; finished Apr 20, 2022
N825NW 3325 Entered Sep 20, 2021; finished Oct 22, 2021
N826NW 3326 Entered Nov 22, 2021; finished Dec 19, 2021
N827NW 3327 Entered Mar 27, 2022; finished Apr 8, 2022.
N828NW 3328 Entered Apr 19, 2022; finished May 2, 2022
N829NW 3329 Entered July 14, 2021; finished Aug 27, 2021
N830NW 3330 Entered Jan 30, 2022; finished Feb 15, 2022
N831NW 3331 Entered May 2, 2022; finished May 20, 2022

A330-200 PS Mod (3351-3361): 11/11
N851NW 3351 Entered Feb 12, 2022; finished Mar 10, 2022
N852NW 3352 Entered Jan 18, 2022; finished Feb 11, 2022
N853NW 3353 Entered May 19, 2022; finished Jun 15, 2022
N854NW 3354 Entered Dec 20, 2021; finished Jan 23, 2022
N855NW 3355 Entered Mar 11, 2022; finished Mar 26, 2022
N856NW 3356 Entered Feb 19, 2022; finished Mar 7, 2022
N857NW 3357 Entered Aug 11, 2021; finished Sep 29, 2021
N858NW 3358 Entered Nov 14, 2021; finished Dec 17, 2021
N859NW 3359 Entered Oct 15, 2021; finished Nov 13, 2021
N860NW 3360 Entered Jan 24, 2022; finished Feb 19, 2022
N861NW 3361 Entered Dec 17, 2021; finished Jan 17, 2022
*Mods complete. This section will be removed from next month’s list post

767-400 D1 Suite Conversions – J34W20+28Y156: 20/21
N825MH 1801 Entered Feb 19, 2020; finished Sep 10, 2020, delayed due to COVID-19
N826MH 1802 Entered Nov 17, 2019; finished Jan 19, 2020
N827MH 1803 Entered Feb 26, 2020; finished Oct 22, 2020, delayed due to COVID-19
N828MH 1804 Entered Jan 3, 2019; finished Jun 24, 2019
N829MH 1805 Entered Sep 8, 2020; finished Oct 22, 2020
N830MH 1806 Entered Oct 21, 2020; finished Dec 13, 2020
N831MH 1807 Entered Sep 2, 2019; finished Nov 12, 2019
N832MH 1808 Entered Mar 30, 3021; finished May 3, 2021
N833MH 1809 Entered Sep 13, 2019; finished Nov 24, 2019
N834MH 1810 Entered Sep 11, 2019; finished Nov 17, 2019
N835MH 1811 Entered Oct 1, 2019; finished Dec 5, 2019
N836MH 1812 Entered Nov 20, 2019; finished Jan 28, 2020
N837MH 1813 Entered Nov 29, 2019; finished Feb 18, 2020
N838MH 1814 Entered Dec 10, 2019; finished Feb 25, 2020
N839MH 1815 Entered Jan 22, 2020; finished Oct 20, 2020, delayed due to COVID-19
N840MH 1816 Entered Jan 23, 2020; finished Sep 11, 2020, delayed due to COVID-19
N841MH 1817 Ferried to SBD May 12, 2022 for mx prior to D1 mods
N842MH 1818 Entered Feb 22, 2022; finished May 20, 2022
N843MH 1819 Entered Dec 13, 2020; finished Feb 3, 2021
N844MH 1820 Entered Feb 4, 2021; finished Mar 29, 2021
N845MH 1821 Entered Feb 4, 2021; finished Mar 28, 2021

767-300ER 76K Mod (PS seats, new lavs, PED power all seats, LED lighting) – C26W18Y+21Y151: 13
N180DN 180 Entered Jun 18; est. exit Jul 31, 2022
N188DN 188 Entered Apr 8, 2022; finished May 25, 2022
N189DN 189 Entered Mar 29, 2022; finished Apr 29, 2022
N1602 1602 Entered Dec 2, 2021; finished Jan 15, 2022
N1603 1603 Entered May 20; finished Jun 21, 2022
N1604R 1604 Entered Feb 22, 2022; finished Apr 8, 2022
N1605 1605 Entered Apr 29; finished Jun 17, 2022
N16065 1606 Entered Jun 30; est. exit Jul 19, 2022
N172DZ 1702 Entered Oct 8, 2021; finished Dec 6, 2021
N173DZ 1703 Entered Oct 11, 2021; finished Dec 6, 2021
N174DZ 1704 Entered Nov 1, 2021; finished Dec 19, 2021
N175DZ 1705 Entered Dec 6, 2021; finished Jan 12, 2022
N176DZ 1706 Entered Jan 8, 2022; finished Feb 11, 2022
N177DZ 1707 Entered Mar 16, 2022; finished Apr 29 2022
N178DZ 1708 Entered Feb 3, 2021; finished Jun 14, 2021

757-200 IFC: 57 active (62 total w/ 5 parked**)
*Aircraft with ViaSat IFC: 658-660 | 665| 667-676 | 678-679, 681-699 | 5650 | 5652-5657 | 6702| 6704-6717
**Parked 75Ds: 680, 5651, 6700, 6701, 6703
***Mod scope covers only 75Ds at this time. Other sub-fleets are TBA.

737-900ER (ex-Lion Air/Batik Air) / 73R Induction (3931-3959): 0/30
N935DZ 3935 Entered Jun 16, 2022; est. exit TBD
*Work taking place at SAL and VQQ

A321neo (5001-5155) Induction: 3/155 (5001-5003)
N504DZ 5004 Spotted at XFW Mar 31
N505DZ 5005 Spotted at XFW Apr 30 / May 18
N506DA 5006 Spotted at XFW Jun 13
N507DZ 5007 Spotted at XFW Jun 25
N508DA 5008 Spotted at XFW May 12
N509DT 5009 Spotted at XFW Jun 15

737-800 IFC: 0/77
*Aircraft with IFC:
*Aircraft in mod: 3701
*Aircraft entering mod:

A220-300 Induction, F12W30Y88, 2Ku (8301-11): 11/50

n515cr · Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:51 pm

3951 en route SBD-VQQ for induction/etc https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n951dx

CRJ200flyer · Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:12 am

Does anyone know when the 339 arrives to OSH for the flying display on July 26th?

https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-news/eaa-airventure-oshkosh/flight-demo-highlights-air-shows-at-eaa-airventure

N948DL · Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:58 pm

I saw 3 or 4 737-800s are heading down to QRO tomorrow. Are these for c checks or the scimitar and IFE mods?

audidudi · Tue Jul 05, 2022 7:26 pm

The last B764ER to undergo mods at CAN, ship 1817, N841MH, is set to ferry SBD>SEA tomorrow en route to CAN:
https://flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/N841MH

n515cr · Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:36 pm

176 exited BHM to ATL. Expect it to head to CAN at some point.
That was the last WB in storage (ignoring the acquired 359s).

Boeing757100 · Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:40 pm

N948DL wrote:
I saw 3 or 4 737-800s are heading down to QRO tomorrow. Are these for c checks or the scimitar and IFE mods?

Excuse me for my ignorance, but are the 738s getting scimitars/split scimitars? I thought that with the recent discussion of a MAX 10 order, they might free up some or all of their 738s. Though the discussion pre-pandemic was flying the 738s till 2030.

SXDFC · Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:12 pm

I saw 739, 8348 in LAS just now and it’s paint looked pretty fresh for a seven year old plane. Does anyone know if it got a repaint recently? What’s the average lifespan of DL paint?

PSU.DTW.SCE · Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:07 pm

n515cr wrote:
176 exited BHM to ATL. Expect it to head to CAN at some point.
That was the last WB in storage (ignoring the acquired 359s).

So it appears the post-pandemic B763 fleet will peak at 45 aircraft. That is down from 56 frames pre-pandemic.
The story/rumor is that 19 are to get the 76K / 4-class PS mod.
That is still a substantial amount of widebody capacity and doing a lot of TATL and SA flying.

777Mech · Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:23 pm

SXDFC wrote:
I saw 739, 8348 in LAS just now and it’s paint looked pretty fresh for a seven year old plane. Does anyone know if it got a repaint recently? What’s the average lifespan of DL paint?

Ideally the goal is to get 7 years out of a paint job.

They're still catching up on paint visits, which is why they are still sending aircraft out to CWF even in the middle of the summer when they typically pause paint visits. There still are some pretty shoddy paint jobs out there, for instance 1605.

SXDFC · Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:30 am

777Mech wrote:
SXDFC wrote:
I saw 739, 8348 in LAS just now and it’s paint looked pretty fresh for a seven year old plane. Does anyone know if it got a repaint recently? What’s the average lifespan of DL paint?

Ideally the goal is to get 7 years out of a paint job.

They're still catching up on paint visits, which is why they are still sending aircraft out to CWF even in the middle of the summer when they typically pause paint visits. There still are some pretty shoddy paint jobs out there, for instance 1605.

Does Delta still do it in-house in ATL?

Flew on my first A220 flight today. The A220 is a nice bird, can’t wait to fly on the -300.

SXDFC · Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:30 am

SXDFC wrote:
777Mech wrote:
SXDFC wrote:
I saw 739, 8348 in LAS just now and it’s paint looked pretty fresh for a seven year old plane. Does anyone know if it got a repaint recently? What’s the average lifespan of DL paint?

Ideally the goal is to get 7 years out of a paint job.

They're still catching up on paint visits, which is why they are still sending aircraft out to CWF even in the middle of the summer when they typically pause paint visits. There still are some pretty shoddy paint jobs out there, for instance 1605.

Does Delta still do it in-house in ATL?

Flew on my first Delta A220 flight today (8106). The A220 is a nice bird, can’t wait to fly on the -300. Where does DL send its A223s? Saw a few here in LA.

777Mech · Wed Jul 06, 2022 1:38 am

SXDFC wrote:
SXDFC wrote:
777Mech wrote:

Ideally the goal is to get 7 years out of a paint job.

They're still catching up on paint visits, which is why they are still sending aircraft out to CWF even in the middle of the summer when they typically pause paint visits. There still are some pretty shoddy paint jobs out there, for instance 1605.

Does Delta still do it in-house in ATL?

Flew on my first Delta A220 flight today (8106). The A220 is a nice bird, can’t wait to fly on the -300. Where does DL send its A223s? Saw a few here in LA.

They no longer have a line dedicated to paint in ATL, but they still have the capability to paint one-off special liveries like the Team USA and the Breast Cancer liveries.

audidudi · Wed Jul 06, 2022 1:57 am

PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:
n515cr wrote:
176 exited BHM to ATL. Expect it to head to CAN at some point.
That was the last WB in storage (ignoring the acquired 359s).

So it appears the post-pandemic B763 fleet will peak at 45 aircraft. That is down from 56 frames pre-pandemic.
The story/rumor is that 19 are to get the 76K / 4-class PS mod.
That is still a substantial amount of widebody capacity and doing a lot of TATL and SA flying.

I think there were 58 frames pre-pandemic, and 45 now.
The 13 retirements were N1501P, N152DL, N153DL, N154DL, N155DL, N156DL, N1607B, N1608, N1609, N1610D, N1611B, N1612T and N1613B

audidudi · Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:03 am

Please delete

AdEd · Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:04 am

PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:
The story/rumor is that 19 are to get the 76K / 4-class PS mod.

I’ve also seen a figure of 35 763s thrown around at some point. Which makes sense- they appear to be giving even the oldest 76Z (N180DN) PS mods.

PSU.DTW.SCE · Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:05 am

777Mech wrote:
SXDFC wrote:
I saw 739, 8348 in LAS just now and it’s paint looked pretty fresh for a seven year old plane. Does anyone know if it got a repaint recently? What’s the average lifespan of DL paint?

Ideally the goal is to get 7 years out of a paint job.

They're still catching up on paint visits, which is why they are still sending aircraft out to CWF even in the middle of the summer when they typically pause paint visits. There still are some pretty shoddy paint jobs out there, for instance 1605.

Yeah and well realistically they have "slack" in the fleet more or less because of the staffing situation. Like you said, its unusual to be sending so many aircraft through mods, paint, or heavy maintenance during peak summer, but the constraint is moreso pilots than planes.

They have been sending a number of 717s, 738, 763s, and A320s out to CWF over the past several months.
I thought they were going to be doing more paint work at MCN, but those only seem to be on-offs.

AdEd · Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:09 am

audidudi wrote:
I think there were 58 frames pre-pandemic, and 45 now.
The 13 retirements were N1501P, N152DL, N153DL, N154DL, N155DL, N156DL, N1607B, N1608, N1609, N1610D, N1611B, N1612T and N1613B

N1501P and N153DL were removed from service in 2017 and early 2018, respectively

PSU.DTW.SCE · Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:09 am

audidudi wrote:
PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:
n515cr wrote:
176 exited BHM to ATL. Expect it to head to CAN at some point.
That was the last WB in storage (ignoring the acquired 359s).

So it appears the post-pandemic B763 fleet will peak at 45 aircraft. That is down from 56 frames pre-pandemic.
The story/rumor is that 19 are to get the 76K / 4-class PS mod.
That is still a substantial amount of widebody capacity and doing a lot of TATL and SA flying.

I think there were 58 frames pre-pandemic, and 45 now.
The 13 retirements were N1501P, N152DL, N153DL, N154DL, N155DL, N156DL, N1607B, N1608, N1609, N1610D, N1611B, N1612T and N1613B

N1501P and N153DL were already parked prior to 2020. So yes, the B763 fleet was 58 as of YE2018, but by YE2019 was down to 56.
Either way, 13 B763s were sold, 58-13 = 45 so all of the DL-owned/operated B763s yes indeed are out of storage.

n515cr · Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:42 pm

1817 en route to SEA and will continue on to ICN/CAN tomorrow
3413 4rd flight on 7/1 https://aibfamily.flights/A330/1995
5004 RTO/taxi check today https://aibfamily.flights/A320/10884

ikolkyo · Thu Jul 07, 2022 3:29 pm

Another few video of the LATAM A350 interior https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w26y7txe2sA 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY-nzZ1 ... SPOTTER360

N948DL · Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:53 pm

Boeing757100 wrote:
N948DL wrote:
I saw 3 or 4 737-800s are heading down to QRO tomorrow. Are these for c checks or the scimitar and IFE mods?

Excuse me for my ignorance, but are the 738s getting scimitars/split scimitars? I thought that with the recent discussion of a MAX 10 order, they might free up some or all of their 738s. Though the discussion pre-pandemic was flying the 738s till 2030.

Yes, the plan is to put split scimitars on the -800s. Keyword is plan…

n515cr · Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:26 pm

5004's first flight today https://aibfamily.flights/A320/10884
1817 en route to ICN and will continue on to CAN 7/9

DL_Mech · Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:45 am

777Mech wrote:

They no longer have a line dedicated to paint in ATL, but they still have the capability to paint one-off special liveries like the Team USA and the Breast Cancer liveries.

This B-17 was also painted in ATL:

http://www.ericksoncollection.com/aircraft#/boeing-b17f-flying-fortress/

jbs2886 · Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:29 pm

Looks like Delta ordered 1 more A339 last month. See 2022 Orders Thread.

jbs2886 · Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:50 pm

jbs2886 wrote:
Looks like Delta ordered 1 more A339 last month. See 2022 Orders Thread.

2 undisclosed A359s were cancelled (15 in May to 13 in June) since, for some unknown reason, Airbus still lists the 10 orders transferred from LATAM as undisclosed but DL recognizes them, I wonder if DL decreased its A359 order for the 1 A339?

lx2iah · Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:46 am

SXDFC wrote:
SXDFC wrote:
777Mech wrote:

Ideally the goal is to get 7 years out of a paint job.

They're still catching up on paint visits, which is why they are still sending aircraft out to CWF even in the middle of the summer when they typically pause paint visits. There still are some pretty shoddy paint jobs out there, for instance 1605.

Does Delta still do it in-house in ATL?

Flew on my first Delta A220 flight today (8106). The A220 is a nice bird, can’t wait to fly on the -300. Where does DL send its A223s? Saw a few here in LA.

I know they’re flying the 223’s on certain flights from/to LAX-SAT (San Antonio) and LAX-IAH (Houston Bush) and I’ve seen them occasionally on (Seattle) SEA-AUS (Austin). We’ll also see them occasionally in IAH flying to/from LGA (New York) and sometimes IAH-SLC (Salt Lake City). All subject to change depending on a/c maintenance, pax loads, & equipment change.

CaptainLeo · Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:05 am

Looks like DL has picked up 4 more ex Lion Air 737-900ER's. That makes 33 total now. Not sure of the ship numbers but good to see those planes find a new home.

jbs2886 · Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:30 am

CaptainLeo wrote:
Looks like DL has picked up 4 more ex Lion Air 737-900ER's. That makes 33 total now. Not sure of the ship numbers but good to see those planes find a new home.

Interesting, can you share a source?

n515cr · Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:11 pm

n515cr wrote:
5004's first flight today https://aibfamily.flights/A320/10884
1817 en route to ICN and will continue on to CAN 7/9

1817 just departed ICN to CAN
177 to depart 7/10
3230 exited SAL 7/6. 3229 is the last 320 reactivation still at SAL (entered 6/6)

jerrydj · Mon Jul 11, 2022 3:19 am

No they're getting SSW on all 738. Done deal. Paid for and built into the scheduled MTC system.

The subfleet with Panasonic interiors will get a major interior overhaul including the new NEO first class seat. The 738's with the newer refresh and entertainment systems remain untouched.

N948DL wrote:
Boeing757100 wrote:
N948DL wrote:
I saw 3 or 4 737-800s are heading down to QRO tomorrow. Are these for c checks or the scimitar and IFE mods?

Excuse me for my ignorance, but are the 738s getting scimitars/split scimitars? I thought that with the recent discussion of a MAX 10 order, they might free up some or all of their 738s. Though the discussion pre-pandemic was flying the 738s till 2030.

Yes, the plan is to put split scimitars on the -800s. Keyword is plan…

timf · Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:15 pm

jbs2886 wrote:
CaptainLeo wrote:
Looks like DL has picked up 4 more ex Lion Air 737-900ER's. That makes 33 total now. Not sure of the ship numbers but good to see those planes find a new home.

Interesting, can you share a source?

I noted upthread that per the FAA Database, Delta is re-registering all the used 739ERs. They left gaps for 4 aircraft - two in the L/N 3700-3900 range, and two in the L/N 4000-4300 range. Prime candidates would include PK-LJH, PK-LJJ, PK-LKL, and PK-LKM based on being parked within the past 6 months.

tjerome · Mon Jul 11, 2022 3:53 pm

jerrydj wrote:
No they're getting SSW on all 738. Done deal. Paid for and built into the scheduled MTC system.

The subfleet with Panasonic interiors will get a major interior overhaul including the new NEO first class seat. The 738's with the newer refresh and entertainment systems remain untouched.

Nice to see 3745-3773 will get a much-needed update, but disappointing to see 3701-3744 won't be brought up to the same standard.

AdEd · Mon Jul 11, 2022 5:53 pm

Will Viasat mods for 3744-3773 be concurrent with SSW and interior mods?

1337Delta764 · Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:20 pm

tjerome wrote:
jerrydj wrote:
No they're getting SSW on all 738. Done deal. Paid for and built into the scheduled MTC system.

The subfleet with Panasonic interiors will get a major interior overhaul including the new NEO first class seat. The 738's with the newer refresh and entertainment systems remain untouched.

Nice to see 3745-3773 will get a much-needed update, but disappointing to see 3701-3744 won't be brought up to the same standard.

Will they be getting updated overhead bins, either the official Boeing Sky Interior or the Safran equivalent like on the 752 fleet?

dtwpilot225 · Tue Jul 12, 2022 1:04 am

I’m suprised there is not a press release for adding an additional 339 if they did

n515cr · Tue Jul 12, 2022 1:33 pm

3413 fourth test flight today https://aibfamily.flights/A330/1995
3323 should enter ATL today for IFC mods (STC)

fanoftristars · Tue Jul 12, 2022 1:55 pm

jerrydj wrote:
No they're getting SSW on all 738. Done deal. Paid for and built into the scheduled MTC system.

The subfleet with Panasonic interiors will get a major interior overhaul including the new NEO first class seat. The 738's with the newer refresh and entertainment systems remain untouched.

N948DL wrote:
Boeing757100 wrote:

Excuse me for my ignorance, but are the 738s getting scimitars/split scimitars? I thought that with the recent discussion of a MAX 10 order, they might free up some or all of their 738s. Though the discussion pre-pandemic was flying the 738s till 2030.

Yes, the plan is to put split scimitars on the -800s. Keyword is plan…

Wow this is a big deal for the Panasonic 738s. They are the newer 738s if my memory serves me correctly...

PSU.DTW.SCE · Tue Jul 12, 2022 2:59 pm

dtwpilot225 wrote:
I’m surprised there is not a press release for adding an additional 339 if they did

I am sure we will get a confirmation of such in the quarterly earning release / report summary later this week if there were any changes in fleet acquisition (e.g, the additional A339, additional 739s).

Would be interesting if they dropped the rumored MAX order in tandem, but I have my doubts on the exact timing.
Either way they will definitely get questions during the Q&A and probably stick to their vague non-committal answers, which they legally have to not say anything material.

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