Delta launches largest Airbus avionics upgrade in aviation history Delta is making history with the largest Airbus avionics retrofit upgrade by standardizing the A319, A320, and A321ceo flight decks, bringing them closer to A321neo standards and improving the pilot experience across the fleet. Here...
Jump to postSo when the new B concourse opens towards the east, will Delta move to the present west side of the concourse? Giving its connecting pax two walkways to use (the present and new one). And what government employee is driving around in the airport-owned Porsche Cayenne? Delta has Porsche Cayennes at ...
Jump to postSo when the new B concourse opens towards the east, will Delta move to the present west side of the concourse? Giving its connecting pax two walkways to use (the present and new one). And what government employee is driving around in the airport-owned Porsche Cayenne? Delta has Porsche Cayennes at ...
Jump to postOk. Technological advancements have certainly saved thousands of lives (TCAS, GPWS, etc). For the non pilots: you don't know how many times pilots have to turn off automation when it makes errors. Look no further than MCAS. We know 2 events where the pilots weren't successful taking over. Automation...
Jump to postThe very very likely scenario is that SLC was the closest suitable option. OK, but LAX was closer. Ok, lets play devil's advocate. Doclightning is king for this flight. Away they go back to LAX. They land. There are no gates available. When will one become available? Well, not for hours. We have ot...
Jump to postThe article states the seat config as 16 first, 12 business, 120 economy...148 total seats. The new DL subfleet code of 32F, exactly matches the seating in the Airbus filing. It's no coincidence. Is it 32F or 3NF for the subfleet code for the new configuration? Past posts on the Fleet thread have i...
Jump to postNow that DL has announced their WB order, when will they turn to their incoming brand new cabin products? Surely N520DN and N551DT couldn’t be far off? I see ship 5073 is undergoing test flights now. Thus I infer that just because ship 5050 has been delivered, it is NOT the case that 5051 is soon t...
Jump to post21 321neos with D1 are replacing the 75S fleet. They won't be replacing the 767s running between JFK-LAX/SFO. Maybe some frequencies will be on that route, but not to park 10 767s as was speculated in another post. Next Monday's schedule is nine flights scheduled between 0700 and 2129. That's not q...
Jump to post21 321NEO will be configured for premium transcon. That’s an increase from the 18 757…. even though it’s been a long while since all 18 were utilized on premium transcon/ Atlantic flying. Thus, it’s a very educated guess that 321NEO will replace most of the 763 flying LAX/JFK, perhaps supplemented ...
Jump to postJerseyFlyer wrote:Are the 20 new options the only widebody options not yet exercised by DL, or are there options remaining from earlier contracts?
Will the 22 TCON A321neos completely replace the 9 76L and 14 75S on their TCON services? I know from a Delta flight I took last year and the pilots stayed at the same hotel I was staying at the pilots told me Delta will start taking delivery of A321NEOs with lie flat seats to replace their 757s on...
Jump to postDelta has ordered 14 more A223s, reflected in the 2023 year-end Airbus O&D figures. DL will now have a staggering 100 A223s when all have been delivered. No official DL announcement yet though. Maybe they are waiting for tomorrow (hopefully along with the WB order). There were 14 A220 options r...
Jump to postDelta has ordered 14 more A223s, reflected in the 2023 year-end Airbus O&D figures. DL will now have a staggering 100 A223s when all have been delivered. No official DL announcement yet though. Maybe they are waiting for tomorrow (hopefully along with the WB order). There were 14 A220 options r...
Jump to postAlso interesting: Both engines run for remote deice in SLC. They wouldn't be deicing a plane with passengers aboard with just the APU running. Hmmm
Jump to postPersonally, I believe the MAX is the last iteration of the 737. I think there’s a good chance we will see a replacement utilizing the trussed wing. It has to be. As discussed multiple times in this thread, the regulators would never certify another 737 derivative. It's called the 737MAX for a reaso...
Jump to postSLC had a pretty slow 2023, but we did see some route announcements and the rest of Concourse A opened for Delta. Here is what will begin in 2024! -DL resumes IND SBA and CMH -KLM starts 777 service -HA begins HNL service -AM begins MEX (mainline) and MTY (AM express) as well as upgrading GDL to ma...
Jump to postThe original poster said that the aircraft choice and configuration were the reason that DL no longer provided a good bev service on shorter flights. That's a fleet issue. Did you notice the part of my response you quoted that said it wasn't a configuration issue ? Let's not play thread police, and...
Jump to postSLC phase 3 will be complete in fall 2024. Includes a central tunnel that will serve as the primary access connecting Concourses A & B, a new central plaza in Concourse B as well as 5 additonal gates.
Jump to postThe original plan was 12 deliveries this year. 3 have now slipped into 2024. Thanks for confirming! 333 3313 RTS this morning 223 8308 RTS canceled 321N 5049 first revenue flight today 321N 5040 first revenue flight today 764 1820 to enter IFC mods tomorrow 764 1821 RTS tomorrow *764 fleet will be ...
Jump to postThat is misleading. You say that UA and DL will defer deliveries if profits fall; but not AA? Because you reference that if UA and DL have to take on debt, AA will too at higher rates, which completely ignores the fact that UA’s still has to take 5x more deliveries (including several widebodies) an...
Jump to postThe issue is that interest rates are increasing. So having debt now is an issue. DL tends to manage aircraft acquizition to keep down down. While their debt will go up a little, I would like to know how you think it will go up to AA's level? Let us look at the numbers again and discuss after the su...
Jump to postLDRA wrote:Yeah, all the drinks in first class
DL's new 275-seater A359 is debuting on ATL-JNB from 6/1 and then on ATL-CPT from 8/1. You can also view the seatmap when searching up these flights for booking on DL's website. Interesting seat map. Looks like no dedicated lavs for DPS. That’s not a good thing, IMHO. - two orphan rows of D1 behind...
Jump to postThis isn't complicated. Delta is paying for more gates because it wants to be able to gate more flights on larger banks in the future. The key to remember here is that Delta signed a long-term lease for additional gates...which is the entire reason they are going to be built so soon and not a decad...
Jump to postCurrently all DL flights are operating exclusively from the A concourse. You can view flight status via slcairport.com and every DL flight listed has an A gate assigned. DL will operate from the B concourse again once future phases are complete, but currently they are not. According to a statement ...
Jump to postA big milestone for SLC was completed on OCT 31st with the opening of the final 13 gates in Concourse A. Phase II of the airport construction is complete. No more remote parking bus gates. https://www.deseret.com/2023/10/31/23940904/salt-lake-airport-opens-13-new-gates-many-more-concessions-as-it-co...
Jump to postSounds good but that's not the plan laid out by Delta. MAX-10 will be a premium long haul domestic plane (absent the premium heavy 321s). 321NEOs will fly some of those routes as well, but the shorter flights are CEO and 739. There may be a bit of fleet base concentration of course, but from a pilo...
Jump to postIt will take time for all of the A321neos and 737-10s to make it into the fleet. So my guess is DL will keep as many 757-200s around as they need and trickle them out as the new airplanes come in. One thing that surprised me is DL's 737-10s will only have 2 more seats than its 737-900ERs. I would h...
Jump to postDelta currently uses about 5 bus gates at a time. Next week they get 13 more actual gates. For years we’ve been hearing “when the new gates open flights will increase.” Well the gates are here and flights are not increasing. By 2027 Delta will have 65 gates at SLC. Yet they operate fewer flights to...
Jump to postI don't understand this at all. With 13 new gates opening this month, Delta won't need very many or any gates in B. Unless they plan significant expansion at SLC, the current club is perfectly adequate. They will occupy almost half of B. Its already been assigned. Yes but they are gate squatting. T...
Jump to postDL top leaders today said point blank in employee Q&A that the slot will go to AA or UA. So sounds like they either have no expectation or no intent on moving it elsewhere.
Jump to postWhat type of routes are we going to see DL deploy the Max 10 on? United management today talked about how the Max 10 is going to be growing gauge on a bunch of routes for them, so something that has historically been on a 737-800 or 737-900 will be going up to a Max 10. Is this the same strategy fo...
Jump to postTropicalSky wrote:Has Dal enforced or purchased any of their A220 options lately?
Schedules have been loaded. Equipment looks like this: ATL-BUR: 223 ATL-FAT: 738 ATL-OAK: 739 ATL-RNO: 757 ATL-SBA: 223 DTW-ANC: A21N (321NEO) SLC-CMH: 738 SLC-SBA: 223 SEA-DFW: 223 DTW-SMF: 739 ATL-ASE: CR7 Will these be the first DL 220 flights ever scheduled to ATL? It was a matter of time befor...
Jump to postIs the Max 10 seen as the main 757 replacement for DL? Aka are we going to see it on the routes the 757 is currently flying? So where does the Max 10 fit in? A321neo type routes? What are range capabilities of the Max 10 vs 739, 321, and 321neo, I thought the Max 10 had a shorter range? The Preside...
Jump to postThere has been no mention of closing the 757/767 domiciles in LAX or NYC. I think this is just speculation based on how old fleets typically shrink down to ATL before retirement. I don't see these bases closing for many years. And if/when it happens, it won't be the current pilot size numbers being ...
Jump to postFortunately it didn't harm anyone. Would have been a grizzly sight.
Jump to postSo not 90 trips as you said to start with, 45… so pulling an all nighter once a week and only 26hrs extra to make sure you’re prepared. I see the issue…. If you don’t like the lifestyle, don’t choose it as your job. Like I said don’t buy a house next to the airport and complain about the noise! Hol...
Jump to postMake those your awake hours then! Plenty of paramedics, police, doctors do this (and more) and generally have a lot more stress during those working hours. Fred Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Exactly an example of people not understanding. Long haul widebody aircraft trips typically have an com...
Jump to postA consideration when diverting...is this a time or no time emergency (no time = fire, pressurization, etc)? It appears they had damage, but the plane was in positive control. Plenty of gas, so they had time. What got damaged? We know for sure, they lost their radar, and their windscreens would have ...
Jump to postI think this paints an unfair picture. Things could have turned out very differently with the economy and UA could be in a rough spot, while DL looked incredibly smart. Financially speaking and with respect to long-term strategy, DL is actually in a good position right now. Did it give up market sh...
Jump to postWhen the 717’s went into storage, did DL think they were likely going to be retired — ie, emerge from the pandemic a smaller airline? Delta planned to emerge a smaller carrier. Delta told us (employees) air travel wouldn’t begin to recover until 2025 the earliest.as They painted a gloomy forecast. ...
Jump to postJust to be clear what we are talking about, this is the IPSB image provided on the ALPA website. It doesn't seem to be that intrusive. Also once again, the FAA reasoning for this change is clearly spelled out in the NPRM link posted earlier. https://www.alpa.org/advocacy/flight-deck-barriers https:...
Jump to postI'm legitimately curious why the aviation hobbyists care so much about NOT adding the secondary barrier? Are you worried about the the cost of installation? The door's equivalent weight of a bag? Why do you even care? Meanwhile, you'll cheer for adding dozens of lavish first class suites with some p...
Jump to postOnly 22 left at Skywest for Delta, too... None of which are flying CPA flying, they're only doing at-risk/EAS flying. Your average consumer doesn't know or care if some subsidiary named Skywest is getting paid directly by the tickets or via FFD from Delta or the Gov. All they know is they bought a ...
Jump to postpapatango wrote:Is there any truth to this WB order or is it just hopes and wishes?
SLC is not slotted controlled. Maybe what the poster is asking is with additional gates being added, will this open up more gates for other airlines if DL is opening five more gates in A? I don’t think DL is losing any gates, just simply gaining the additional five. Someone correct me if I’m wrong ...
Jump to postSLC is not slotted controlled. Maybe what the poster is asking is with additional gates being added, will this open up more gates for other airlines if DL is opening five more gates in A? I don’t think DL is losing any gates, just simply gaining the additional five. Someone correct me if I’m wrong ...
Jump to postSLC is not slotted controlled. Maybe what the poster is asking is with additional gates being added, will this open up more gates for other airlines if DL is opening five more gates in A? I don’t think DL is losing any gates, just simply gaining the additional five. Someone correct me if I’m wrong ...
Jump to postI think we're saying the same thing. That pilots had left over vacation from prior years that they (the pilots) were using in March (and that their accrued time ended). A long way of saying there were fewer available pilots since so many were off. Pilots cannot roll over previous years vacation. Va...
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