Re: LaGuardia Airtrain "Dead"

Agreeed LGA needs a rail connection traffic can be impossible at times. At least trains are more reliable also the LIRR can bring people in from long island north shore. This is an excellent point that was neglected by the project's naysayers. There could have been a ton of traffic that came from t...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2023

tax1k wrote:

Nice to be on a 752 out of BWI. Almost like it’s a real airport ….

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2023

I don’t believe it’s arrogant, but it was noted here that HPN-BOS was running at 17% capacity. They have two beautiful underutilized hubs. If a corporate contract is lucrative enough load factor does not matter. All the airlines have these in certain markets. Also some of these routes are for polit...

Re: JFK T1 Closed

Surely there was a better solution than that. Weather in DTW was fine today. Charter a DL DTW-JFK-DTW to get everyone to/from NYC. ANZ2 could have gone EWR...a *A Hub... I'd be pretty ticked if I was on that flight. The alternate airport is 99.9% of the way there, but instead one does a 15.5 one-wa...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2023

(717) 9554 now showing exit on 1/11 IFC (319) 3125 back in service (319) 3161/ (738) 3723 RTS today (319) 3117 to enter today (320) 3230 showing ferry OMA-ATL. Should get IFC while getting repairs in ATL (319) 3134/ (320) 3234/ (738) 3717 RTS tomorrow (320) 3241 to enter tomorrow (320) 3225/ (320) ...

Re: Delta adding p2p to DCA from MCO, MIA, and BNA

Super excited about this, my parents live in Orlando and now i can skip ATL!

Would have been nice to have today with the MCO-ATL cancelation and the mess ATL was today lol

I know quite a few DL frequent flyers that use DCA....they didn't add the Skyclub there for nothing

Re: Icelandair to Tel Aviv

I believe WOW air flew this route when they were still around.

Re: Delta Fleet Thread - 2022

What happened to the Delta A350-1000 order rumor? It remains a rumor. If it ever comes to be I'm sure the news will be everywhere. When the order for the 100 Max planes was rumored to order was several months, I think we’re only 6 weeks or so in to this rumor, it’ll either come to fruition or slowl...

Re: Delta Fleet Thread - 2022

papatango wrote:

What happened to the Delta A350-1000 order rumor?

Re: Washington, D.C. Airports (BWI, DCA, IAD) Thread - 2022

Does anyone know when DL stopped using the 757 to ATL from DCA I still see the 757 to SLC but that is all? They still use it for one of the 8 Daily DCA-ATL, I posted a few post up. They use a320 mostly for the other 7 flights. Maybe they will eventually transition DCA to 757 the way they are at BWI...

Re: Virgin Atlantic News and Discussion Thread - 2022

KLM is reportedly also returning to EWR. https://simpleflying.com/klm-potential-newark-return/ That would be awesome, full transatlantic JV presence at EWR. From EWR a skyteam flyer could get to quite a bit of the world. I think good for Star Alliance flyers too if it brings meaningful competition....

Re: Virgin Atlantic News and Discussion Thread - 2022

KLM is reportedly also returning to EWR. https://simpleflying.com/klm-potential-newark-return/ That would be awesome, full transatlantic JV presence at EWR. From EWR a skyteam flyer could get to quite a bit of the world. I think good for Star Alliance flyers too if it brings meaningful competition....

Re: Rumor: Delta Looking To Acquire Airbus A350-1000

I haven't seen mentioned here but Virgin Atlantic has 350-1000s with 44J .....not for nothing 49% owned by Delta, but could delta be leaning to a similar configuration? VS has 44J, 56W, 235Y = 335 on the A350-1000 seems like a reasonable upgauge from 32J 48W, 226Y = 306 on Delta's 359. This would gi...

Re: Virgin Atlantic News and Discussion Thread - 2022

Bring back EWR. With AF returning and given NYC-LHR is such a strong market, I could see this. Having London and Paris connected to EWR would be nice JV and soon to be Skyteam presence. I hear all the time how a large section of the NYC metro prefers EWR. Selfishly as I live in Maryland near BWI, b...

Re: Virgin Atlantic News and Discussion Thread - 2022

I think Virgin ATLANTIC will move capacity to where they can work as close as possible with Delta. Current network ex LHR : Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Washington = 11 US Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Montego Bay, St Lucia, Tob...

Re: Return to Hong Kong

kjeld0d wrote:

Vichy Hong Kong? No Thanks.

Re: Virgin Atlantic to join Sky Team

Why does everybody talks only about LATAM. Skyteam has already a Member in South America... Alliances can have multiple airlines in a continent. For example: Skyteam Asia: Korean, China Airlines, Vietnamese, Garuda, China Eastern, Xiamen Europe: Air France, KLM, Czech Airlines, TAROM At one point t...

Re: Virgin Atlantic to join Sky Team

Why does everybody talks only about LATAM. Skyteam has already a Member in South America... Alliances can have multiple airlines in a continent. For example: Skyteam Asia: Korean, China Airlines, Vietnamese, Garuda, China Eastern, Xiamen Europe: Air France, KLM, Czech Airlines, TAROM At one point t...

Re: Washington, D.C. Airports (BWI, DCA, IAD) Thread - 2022

IIRC, all three WAS airports registered mid-20s million passengers annually pre-pandemic. Industry wide, I think most projections see a return to pre-pandemic totals within three years or so. BWI seems to have come back the strongest so far, owing to its LCC and VFR focus. DCA awaits the return of ...

Re: Washington, D.C. Airports (BWI, DCA, IAD) Thread - 2022

Either Delta has tremendous load factors in the region or they have no where else to send them.. They are running all 757s on RIC and ORF to ATL also.. Quite impressive I think it is a mix of both, for DC area at least. In the delta fleet thread there is talk of 757s being largely moved to shorter ...

Re: Washington, D.C. Airports (BWI, DCA, IAD) Thread - 2022

Does anyone know when DL stopped using the 757 to ATL from DCA I still see the 757 to SLC but that is all? They still use it for one of the 8 Daily DCA-ATL, I posted a few post up. They use a320 mostly for the other 7 flights. Maybe they will eventually transition DCA to 757 the way they are at BWI.

Re: Washington, D.C. Airports (BWI, DCA, IAD) Thread - 2022

Perhaps just excited as a 757 fan and Delta flyer, but starting 1/9/2022 all 8 flights daily BWI-ATL will be 757s vs the 739 they have mostly been. :D 757 has not really been on Delta's flights for BWI or DC area in general aside from a few DCA flights. Either Delta has tremendous load factors in t...

Re: Delta Fleet Thread - 2022

One interesting thing I have been noticing is the degree to which the 757 flying is being refocused on ATL short haul. We have known this was coming, but it is really here now. In the last hour out of ATL there have been 757 outbounds on ATL-JAX, SAV, ORF, IND, MSY, and BNA in addition to virtually...

Re: Washington, D.C. Airports (BWI, DCA, IAD) Thread - 2022

Perhaps just excited as a 757 fan and Delta flyer, but starting 1/9/2022 all 8 flights daily BWI-ATL will be 757s vs the 739 they have mostly been.

757 has not really been on Delta's flights for BWI or DC area in general aside from a few DCA flights.

Re: Delta Network Thread - 2022

And it makes sense that GIG is where DL breaks with their traditional scheduling from deep South America. Of the 4 markets served in the region by Delta, GIG is the weakest and can´t sustain year-round service. I just booked ATL-GIG-ATL in January and I noticed that the return is a daytime flight 9...

Re: Delta Network Thread - 2022

Deep South America - ATL-EZE, SCL, GIG, GRU - always gets a morning arrival and a redeye return. That's the DL has done it since DL started those services circa 2000. Careful with using “always”…….when ATL-GIG returns 17DEC2022 it operates southbound @ 1925 but the northbound trip is a daytime depa...

Re: Delta Fleet Thread - 2022

Hey folks, I might be flying MSP-AMS the end of January. Any idea how many of the A330s have been refurbed? Would like to catch a ride on one those, or the A339. However, looks like they've pulled the A339 from the MSP-AMS route. I still see it on the schedule through at least October on 1 of the d...

Re: Washington, D.C. Airports (BWI, DCA, IAD) Thread - 2022

I’ve noticed that Delta has been flying 752s from IAD and DCA to SEA and LAX. Has this always been the case or is it a recent change? DCA-LAX has been served by a premium 757 for years now (I thin it started in 2016?) IAD-SEA is definitely recent, last I checked it was served by a 738. I think the ...

Re: Delta in talks to purchase 100 737MAX-10's

Not sure if this would have impact on a potential order. With the timeline Delta needs a plane and the wait for an alternative from airbus, this may not matter. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.seattletimes.com/business/key-lawmaker-says-he-wont-support-safety-waiver-for-boeing-737-max-10/%3famp=1 ...

Re: Delta in talks to purchase 100 737MAX-10's

Not sure if this would have impact on a potential order. With the timeline Delta needs a plane and the wait for an alternative from airbus, this may not matter. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.seattletimes.com/business/key-lawmaker-says-he-wont-support-safety-waiver-for-boeing-737-max-10/%3famp=1 R...

Re: Boeing 737 MAX 10 Development / Testing / Production Thread - 2022

Dont know if this could slow or stop things but seems relevant to this tread. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.seattletimes.com/business/key-lawmaker-says-he-wont-support-safety-waiver-for-boeing-737-max-10/%3famp=1 Rep. Peter DeFazio, the Oregon Democrat who leads the U.S. House Transportation and ...

Re: Air France/KLM News and Discussion Thread - 2022

Eight so far. If their last delivery schedule is still valid 21 by the end of this year. https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Air%20France.htm Thank you. I suppose they are being dispatched all over their short-haul network? They are not exclusively sent to certain destinations? When you keep in min...

Re: Delta in talks to purchase 100 737MAX-10's

DCA isn't back to its full pre-pandemic gauge yet since its been slower to recover from business travel during the pandemic. DCA isn't an airport to see reduced frequency because of the covetted slots hence why DL has maintained frequency with smaller gauge. DL's business model requires upgauging a...

Re: Delta Fleet Thread - 2022

I think ATL-Florida and LAX/SEA-Hawaii are safe bets for the rest of the decade. I agree regarding Florida flying, but I think LAX-Hawai'i will probably see 321neos in the not-too-distant future. Maybe SEA-Hawai'i too. AA doesn't seem to have a problem running LIH-PHX on the neo, so all DL's West C...

Re: Delta Fleet Thread - 2022

There is nothing out there that can replace the 757. What is DL doing with the 757 that it cannot closely do with the A321neo or MAX 10? I imagine that's pretty small (if anything). They aren't running TATL anymore (other than KEF). For example, those FL routes run with 757s would be great on the M...

Re: Delta Fleet Thread - 2022

RayChuang wrote:

Question: is DL preparing for a fast retirement of the 752? I know they are running almost in captive (in my opinion!) service on the ATL-MCO flights.

Re: Delta Fleet Thread - 2022

Money and profits over safety, they have learned nothing :banghead: A regulation was put in place because of the failure of MAX certification...now Boeing is trying to hurry and certify before that exact rule takes place! Same greed! :dollarsign: I hope Delta sticks with the 321 and 320/220 family ...

Re: Delta Fleet Thread - 2022

I get that MAX has had all kinds of safety reviews and updates, but this does concern me, Delta was the last place among big 4 to go to avoid MAX. Money and profits over safety, they have learned nothing :banghead: A regulation was put in place because of the failure of MAX certification...now Boei...