Delta Widebody Thread - 2018

Kno · Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:51 pm

A 76W will be on BOS-SLC and SLC-BOS daily starting in April

eng46lt · Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:34 pm

[quote= Rumors are that the first 7HB is scheduled to remain as a spare (including providing crew sleeping areas) during the harder winter months. It was discussed that it could be parked at JFK/DTW/MSP ahead of a storm and provide sleeping beds for out of town crews so they are ready to go as soon as the weather clears.[/quote]

I read that article about Delta trying to think outside the box with regards to storms and cutting down on cancellations while getting things back to normal as quick;y as possible. If there is a thread already going about this I apologize please re-direct me.

I am also sure someone at Delta has done the math but could it be cost effective to fly a 77HB with crew and storm troopers to a City just to house them? The cost of fuel, flight crew, etc. What is the cost of running an APU throughout the storm or can gate power and HVAC stand alone? What about the cycle on the aircraft and then positioning it after the storm?

Clearly you would think Delta could get there storm troopers to the airport non-rev even if it took a few flights, and then put them in crew hotels where Delta has negotiated rates. I know the D1 suite if comfortable enough if you have to fly a long haul flight but the aircraft certainly is not set up for a mobile hotel. If I was a Delta employee (I call them storm troopers) being deployed out of town to help during a storm, I would hope for better accommodations when I got a chance to rest.

hkcanadaexpat · Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:03 am

Infiltr8z wrote:
Anyone know why the MSP-HND (DL121) route had a last minute equipment change to a pre-refitted for Tuesday Nov. 27th? Maybe scheduled maintenance? Seems weird considering that N863DA and N864DA are still in the skies.

This relates to aircraft swap with the 7HD conversion program. The aircraft will swap in HND so a 772 will fly the MSP-HND flight and a 7HD will fly the HND-MSP return flight. The 772 will then continue on a ferry flight to SIN.

hkcanadaexpat · Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:34 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 11/24
763: additional scheduled 10:57am ATL-SLC-ATL rotation (N1402A)
763: additional scheduled 9:27pm ATL-SLC-ATL rotation (N1402A)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from 75W on 8:15am LAX-BOS-LAX rotation (N171DN)
763ER-high J: CAN-NRT ferry flight - maintenance exit [17 days] (N176DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 3:07pm ATL-MSP-ATL rotation (N184DN)
763ER-low J: scheduled additional 7:25pm JFK-LAX-JFK rotation (N189DN)
763ER-low J: ATL-JFK ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N1603)
332: ATL-JFK ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N851NW)
332: unscheduled swap from 333 on 7:00am JFK-LAX flight (N851NW)
332: scheduled swap from 763ER-low J on 6:05pm JFK-LAX-JFK rotation (N860NW)
764: scheduled additional 9:35am JFK-SFO-JFK rotation (N825MH)
764: unscheduled upgrade from 737 on ATL-JFK flight (N831MH)
764: PSM-NKT-TRD military charter (N835MH)
764: scheduled additional ATL-JFK flight (N837MH)
764: scheduled additional 1:45pm JFK-LAX-JFK rotation (N837MH)
764: unscheduled upgrade from 737 on JFK-ATL flight (N840MH)
764: unscheduled swap from 75W on 7:00am JFK-SFO-JFK rotation (N845MH)
772: scheduled additional MSP-ATL flight (N867DA)
7HB: unscheduled swap from 77L on 6:05pm ATL-LAX flight (N706DN)
333: ATL-JFK ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N808NW)
333: GRU-ATL rescue flight following cancellation on 11/22 (N809NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N815NW)
333: SEA-AMS rescue flight following previous day's cancellation (N820NW)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 11/25
763ER-high J: 3:30pm JFK-LAX flight cancelled - tech (N172DN)
763ER-high J: scheduled upgrade from 752 on 6:41pm ATL-SLC-ATL rotation (N184DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled additional ATL-FLL-ATL rotation (N1200K)
763ER-high J: LAX-SBN-ATL NCAA charter bringing the Fighting Irish home after their win on Saturday (N16065)
763ER-high J: scheduled upgrade from 752 on 1:48pm ATL-LAX-ATL rotation (N16065)
763ER-low J: SLC-VQQ ferry flight - maintenance entry [bird strike] (N152DL)
763ER-low J: maintenance exit L->Z conversion (N186DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 1:55pm ATL-MCO-ATL rotation (N186DN)
763ER-low J: scheduled upgrade from 321 on 7:30pm SLC-MCO flight (N195DN)
763ER-low J: scheduled swap from 75W on 7am JFK-SFO-JFK rotation (N196DN)
763ER-low J: scheduled additional MCO-SLC flight (N176DZ)
763ER-low J: scheduled upgrade from 321 on 12:50pm ATL-SLC-ATL rotation (N1604R)
764: scheduled additional JFK-SLC flight (N827MH)
764: TRD-PSM-NKT-TRD military charter (N835MH)
764: scheduled additional ATL-SLC flight (N843MH)
764: scheduled upgrade from 739 on 11:10am SLC-JFK flight (N843MH)
772: MSP-HNL flight - maintenance exit [10 days] (N862DA)
772: 4pm ATL-CDG flight migrates from 333 effective 11/25 (N867DA)
7HB: unscheduled swap from 77L on LAX-SYD-LAX rotation (N706DN)
77L: unscheduled swap from 333 on ATL-LAX-JFK rotation (N709DN)
77L: JFK-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N709DN)
333: MSP-CDG flight - maintenance exit [5 days] (N816NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N821NW)

PotatoPappas · Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:01 pm

hkcanadaexpat wrote:
Infiltr8z wrote:
Anyone know why the MSP-HND (DL121) route had a last minute equipment change to a pre-refitted for Tuesday Nov. 27th? Maybe scheduled maintenance? Seems weird considering that N863DA and N864DA are still in the skies.

This relates to aircraft swap with the 7HD conversion program. The aircraft will swap in HND so a 772 will fly the MSP-HND flight and a 7HD will fly the HND-MSP return flight. The 772 will then continue on a ferry flight to SIN.

Yeah I saw N866DA is coming out of SIN tonight.

SRQflyer · Mon Nov 26, 2018 10:05 pm

hkcanadaexpat wrote:
audidudi wrote:
hkcanadaexpat wrote:
763ER-low J: SEA-VQQ ferry flight - maintenance exit (N156DL))

so I'm curious about the reference to "maintenance exit"?

should have said "maintenance entry". Flightstar Aircraft Services has an MRO facility there which has some expertise with the 763, most recently with United and Fedex.

Must have been a fairly quick maintenance visit. Reentering service tonight as DL147 ATL-SCL.

audidudi · Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:38 am

PotatoPappas wrote:
hkcanadaexpat wrote:
Infiltr8z wrote:
Anyone know why the MSP-HND (DL121) route had a last minute equipment change to a pre-refitted for Tuesday Nov. 27th? Maybe scheduled maintenance? Seems weird considering that N863DA and N864DA are still in the skies.

This relates to aircraft swap with the 7HD conversion program. The aircraft will swap in HND so a 772 will fly the MSP-HND flight and a 7HD will fly the HND-MSP return flight. The 772 will then continue on a ferry flight to SIN.

Yeah I saw N866DA is coming out of SIN tonight.

It's currently on its way now from SIN>HND as DL9950:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N866DA

hkcanadaexpat · Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:31 pm

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 11/26
763ER-high J: scheduled swap from 764 on ATL-MAD-ATL rotation (N175DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 1:55pm ATL-MCO-ATL rotation (N1200K)
763ER-high J: NRT-SEA ferry flight - maintenance swap (N1613B)
763ER-low J: VQQ-ATL ferry flight - maintenance exit [9 days] (N156DL)
764: scheduled additional SLC-JFK flight (N827MH)
764: unscheduled additional JFK-ATL flight (N827MH)
764: TRD-PSM-NKT-JFK military charter (N835MH)
764: ATL-STR flight - maintenance exit [6 days] (N841MH)
764: unscheduled swap from 763ER-low J on JFK-MAD-JFK rotation (N843MH)
772: scheduled upgrade from 321 on 10:40am MSP-ATL flight (N861DA)
7HD: SIN-HND ferry flight - maintenance/7HD conversion exit [34 days] (N866DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N821NW)

hkcanadaexpat · Wed Nov 28, 2018 5:42 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 11/27
763: 1:50pm ATL-SLC-ATL rotation migrates to 321 effetive 11/27 (N140LL)
763: 10:57am ATL-SLC-ATL rotation migrates to 752 effetive 11/27 (N1402A)
763: 9:27pm ATL-SLC-ATL rotation cancelled effetive 11/27 (N1402A)
763ER-high J: SEA-ATL-JFK ferry flight - maintenance swap (N176DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 8:10pm ATL-MCO flight (N186DN)
772: unscheduled swap from 7HD on MSP-HND flight - maintenance swap (N862DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 9:57pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N804NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:18pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N811NW)

audidudi · Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:36 pm

N862DA has just arrived at SIN and will enter mods tomorrow:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N862DA

PotatoPappas · Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:21 pm

audidudi wrote:
N862DA has just arrived at SIN and will enter mods tomorrow:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N862DA

and I think N865DA is there as well?

PotatoPappas · Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:34 pm

Is there any word on when the 77L fleet is going to begin getting the cabin mods?

audidudi · Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:27 am

PotatoPappas wrote:
audidudi wrote:
N862DA has just arrived at SIN and will enter mods tomorrow:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N862DA

and I think N865DA is there as well?

Correct! It entered mods at SIN on 16th November.

audidudi · Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:30 am

PotatoPappas wrote:
Is there any word on when the 77L fleet is going to begin getting the cabin mods?

The first one was #7106, N706DN, which was finished on 1st November. No others have been sent to SIN so far.

deltal1011man · Thu Nov 29, 2018 1:14 am

PotatoPappas wrote:
Is there any word on when the 77L fleet is going to begin getting the cabin mods?

IIRC the goal is to have 3 or 4 done by the summer, with the ER fleet completely finished, so that LAX-SYD can go to the new cabin.

The rest will be done after S19.

hkcanadaexpat · Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:09 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 11/28
763ER-high J: scheduled swap from 764 on ATL-MAD-ATL rotation (N178DN)
763ER-high J: CAN-NRT ferry flight - maintenance exit [39 days] (N1608)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 6:30am MCO-ATL flight (N195DN)
763ER-low J: SCL-ATL flight cancelled - tech (N1604R)
764: ATL-GUS ferry flight - paint entry (N827MH)
764: GUS-ATL ferry flight - paint exit [14 days] (N838MH)
772: seasonal MSP-HNL route suspended effective 11/26 (N862DA)
772: HND-SIN ferry flight - maintenance/7HD conversion entry (N862DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:18pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N811NW)

PotatoPappas · Thu Nov 29, 2018 6:28 pm

deltal1011man wrote:
PotatoPappas wrote:
Is there any word on when the 77L fleet is going to begin getting the cabin mods?

IIRC the goal is to have 3 or 4 done by the summer, with the ER fleet completely finished, so that LAX-SYD can go to the new cabin.

The rest will be done after S19.

Interesting, thanks...

NateGreat · Thu Nov 29, 2018 6:48 pm

Any idea when N828MH will head off for mods?

PotatoPappas · Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:31 pm

NateGreat wrote:
Any idea when N828MH will head off for mods?

Heard 1st or 2nd week of January.

NateGreat · Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:40 pm

PotatoPappas wrote:
NateGreat wrote:
Any idea when N828MH will head off for mods?

Heard 1st or 2nd week of January.

Sweet! Will they continue renovating the 764s frame-by-frame, and one after another like with the 777s?

PotatoPappas · Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:53 pm

NateGreat wrote:
PotatoPappas wrote:
NateGreat wrote:
Any idea when N828MH will head off for mods?

Heard 1st or 2nd week of January.

Sweet! Will they continue renovating the 764s frame-by-frame, and one after another like with the 777s?

Im not sure, all I know is they're getting the mods in CAN not SIN. I assume it will be the frame by frame like the 77Es.

hkcanadaexpat · Fri Nov 30, 2018 9:19 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 11/29
763: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 2:55pm ATL-MCO-ATL rotation (N140LL)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on ATL-GIG-ATL rotation (N171DN)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 9:57pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N802NW)

factsonly · Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:26 pm

Nov. 30 - DL18 DTW-LHR operated by A332 N851NW diverted to AMS

hkcanadaexpat · Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:07 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 11/30
763ER-high J: scheduled swap from 764 on ATL-MAD-ATL rotation (N176DN)
763ER-high J: NRT-CAN ferry flight - maintenance entry (N1610D)
332: unscheduled swap from 333 on 3:31pm DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N859NW)
77L: AMA-ATL ferry flight - paint exit [14 days] (N707DN)
333: MSP-AMS flight - maintenance exit [18 days] (N801NW)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/1
763: ATL-IND-JAX NFL charter bringing the Colts to Jacksonville for Sunday's game (N140LL)
763: SLC-MSP-PVD NFL charter bringing the Vikings to Providence for Sunday's game (N1402A)
332: NGO-DTW flight diverted to NRT - tech (N855NW)
332: unscheduled swap from 333 on 7pm JFK-LHR-JFK rotation (N858NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:24pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N802NW)
333: ATL-DTW ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N809NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 9:20pm DTW-LHR-DTW rotation (N809NW)
333: JFK-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N820NW)
333: ATL-JFK ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N828NW)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/2
763: JAX-IND-CVG NFL charter bringing the Colts home following Sunday's defeat to the Jags (N140LL)
763: PVD-MSP NFL charter bringing the Vikings home following Sunday's defeat to the Pats (N1402A)
763ER-low J: KIX-HNL flight cancelled - tech (N156DL)
763ER-low J: ATL-LAX ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N172DZ)
763ER-low J: ATL-SCL flight - maintenance exit [7 days] (N1602)
332: NRT-DTW rescue flight following previous day's diversion (N855NW)
7HD: MSP-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N864DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 10:06pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N804NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 6:25pm DTW-LHR-DTW rotation (N809NW)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/3
763ER-high J: ATL-FRA flight - maintenance exit [22 days] (N177DN)
763ER-low J: KIX-HNL rescue flight following previous day's cancellation (N156DL)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 9:40am ATL-LAX-ATL rotation (N1603)
764: unscheduled swap from 763ER-high J on JFK-MAD-JFK rotation (N826MH)
764: ATL-DUS flight - maintenance exit [9 days] (N828MH)
764: LIM-ATL flight cancelled - tech (N837MH)
333: unscheduled upgrade from 739 on 9:25am MSP-SEA-MSP rotation (N806NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:24pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N808NW)

hkcanadaexpat · Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:46 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/4
763ER-low J: scheduled additional MCO-ATL flight (N171DZ)
333: unscheduled swap from 7:24pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N808NW)
333: scheduled swap from 772 on ATL-HNL-ATL rotation (N824NW)

hkcanadaexpat · Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:10 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/5
763ER-high J: BRU-ATL flight cancelled - tech (N171DN)
763ER-low J: HNL-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N199DN)
763ER-low J: ATL-DTW flight - L-to-Z conversion completion [9 days] (N1200K)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 739 on 9:41am ATL-DTW-ATL rotation (N1200K)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 75W on 9:02pm JFK-ATL flight (N1201P)
332: DTW-LHR flight - maintenance exit [4 days] (N855NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:25pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N824NW)

hkcanadaexpat · Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:25 am

The 2018 Holiday Period (and CES 2019 Conference) Schedule has been finalized so here are the odd ball widebody flights for those looking for catch them:

763: DTW-SLC (12/19), ATL-SLC (various between 12/20-1/3)
763ER: ATL-LAX (12/20-12/21), SLC-OGG (12/20->), ATL-JFK (12/21, 1/3), ATL-BOS (12/22), ATL-MCO (12/22-1/4), DTW-ATL (12/22), JFK-SEA (12/22, 12/29), ATL-SFO (12/24-1/1), ATL-SLC (1/2), SLC-JFK (1/3), ATL-LAS (1/6-1/12)
332: MSP-ATL (12/26), DTW-SEA (12/29)
764: JFK-HNL (12/20-1/2), ATL-SAN (12/22-1/2), ATL-SLC (12/23), SLC-HNL (12/24, 1/6), ATL-LAX (1/5)
777: ATL-MSP (12/22), MSP-ATL (12/24), ATL-HNL (1/4), HNL-NRT (1/5), LAS-NRT (1/6-1/12), LAS-ATL (1/7), ATL-LAS (1/12), LAS-PVG (1/12), NRT-DTW (1/13), DTW-ATL (1/14)
333: MSP-ATL (12/13, 1/7), ATL-MSP (12/20), MSP-HNL (12/20->), ATL-PHX (12/22-1/2), ATL-JFK (1/3), LAS-CDG (1/5-1/12), HNL-NRT (1/6), LAS-AMS (1/6-1/12), NRT-LAS (1/7)
359: ICN-LAS (1/7), LAS-ATL (1/7), ATL-LAS (1/11), LAS-ICN (1/11)

N776AU · Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:59 pm

hkcanadaexpat wrote:
The 2018 Holiday Period (and CES 2019 Conference) Schedule has been finalized so here are the odd ball widebody flights for those looking for catch them:

763: DTW-SLC (12/19), ATL-SLC (various between 12/20-1/3)
763ER: ATL-LAX (12/20-12/21), SLC-OGG (12/20->), ATL-JFK (12/21, 1/3), ATL-BOS (12/22), ATL-MCO (12/22-1/4), DTW-ATL (12/22), JFK-SEA (12/22, 12/29), ATL-SFO (12/24-1/1), ATL-SLC (1/2), SLC-JFK (1/3), ATL-LAS (1/6-1/12)
332: MSP-ATL (12/26), DTW-SEA (12/29)
764: JFK-HNL (12/20-1/2), ATL-SAN (12/22-1/2), ATL-SLC (12/23), SLC-HNL (12/24, 1/6), ATL-LAX (1/5)
777: ATL-MSP (12/22), MSP-ATL (12/24), ATL-HNL (1/4), HNL-NRT (1/5), LAS-NRT (1/6-1/12), LAS-ATL (1/7), ATL-LAS (1/12), LAS-PVG (1/12), NRT-DTW (1/13), DTW-ATL (1/14)
333: MSP-ATL (12/13, 1/7), ATL-MSP (12/20), MSP-HNL (12/20->), ATL-PHX (12/22-1/2), ATL-JFK (1/3), LAS-CDG (1/5-1/12), HNL-NRT (1/6), LAS-AMS (1/6-1/12), NRT-LAS (1/7)
359: ICN-LAS (1/7), LAS-ATL (1/7), ATL-LAS (1/11), LAS-ICN (1/11)

Looks like there's also another A330-300 flight to Las Vegas from Atlanta on January 11 (and maybe others. I was looking in to the A350 flights).

hkcanadaexpat · Fri Dec 07, 2018 8:21 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/6
763ER-high J: BRU-ATL rescue flight following previous day's cancellation (N171DN)
763ER-high J: ATL-BRU flight diverted to ATL - tech (N172DN)
763ER-high J: CAN-NRT ferry flight - maintenance exit [39 days] (N183DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 75W on 8:10am ATL-JFK flight (N1200K)
772: CDG-ATL flight diverted to BOS - medical? (N867DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 8:44pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N808NW)

hkcanadaexpat · Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:12 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/7
763: CVG-LGB NFL charter bringing the Bengals to LA for Sunday's game (N140LL)
763: MSP-DTW-PHX-MSP NFL charter bringing the Lions to Phoenix for Sunday's game (N1402A)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on NRT-PDX-NRT rotation (N183DN)
763ER-low J: ATL-GRB NFL charter bringing the Falcons to Green Bay for Sunday's game (N1201P)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 712 on 11:15am SEA-PHX-SEA rotation (N169DZ)
332: unscheduled swap from 333 on 4:03pm DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N856NW)
764: ATL-JFK flight - maintenance exit [5 days] (N838MH)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 6:24pm DTW-LHR-DTW rotation (N817NW)

crownvic · Sat Dec 08, 2018 10:38 am

I just booked the ATL-LAS A350 flight for 1/11..Should be interesting!

hkcanadaexpat · Sun Dec 09, 2018 6:33 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/8
763: MIN-SEA-PHX NFL charter bringing the Vikings to Seattle for Monday's game (N1402A)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on ATL-GIG-ATL rotation (N179DN)
763ER-high J: NRT-SEA-ATL ferry flight - maintenance swap (N183DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on ATL-SCL-ATL rotation (N183DN)
332: unscheduled swap from 333 on LHR-JFK-LHR rotation (N859NW)
772: CDG-ATL flight cancelled - tech (N861DA)
7HD: ATL-DTW ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N864DA)
7HD: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N864DA)
77L: ATL-AMA ferry flight - paint entry (N705DN)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 9:20pm DTW-LHR-DTW rotation (N808NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:24pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N811NW)

audidudi · Sun Dec 09, 2018 5:17 pm

Anyone have any thoughts on what's going on with the only 772LR (7HB) N706DN to have been modded? It did 10 flights from 7th-26th November and then sat outside TechOps for 11 days, where I saw it on Thursday morning, and then by Friday evening, it had been moved inside? I know it could be used as a spare, but that's a lot of days sitting idle doing no revenue flights! With the two 772ERs at SIN being modded, and the 7HB sitting idle, that leaves the 15 others still flying, but perhaps that's enough for the winter schedule?

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N706DN

PotatoPappas · Sun Dec 09, 2018 9:10 pm

audidudi wrote:
Anyone have any thoughts on what's going on with the only 772LR (7HB) N706DN to have been modded? It did 10 flights from 7th-26th November and then sat outside TechOps for 11 days, where I saw it on Thursday morning, and then by Friday evening, it had been moved inside? I know it could be used as a spare, but that's a lot of days sitting idle doing no revenue flights! With the two 772ERs at SIN being modded, and the 7HB sitting idle, that leaves the 15 others still flying, but perhaps that's enough for the winter schedule?

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N706DN

Who knows... they also sent another 77L out to AMA for paint.

hkcanadaexpat · Mon Dec 10, 2018 6:55 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/9
763: LGB-CVG NFL charter bringing the Bengals home following their defeat to the Chargers (N140LL)
763: PHX-DTW NFL charter bringing the Lions home following their win over the Cards (N1402A)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 9:35am JFK-MEX-JFK rotation (N184DN)
763ER-low J: GRB-ATL NFL charter bringing the Falcons home following their defeat to the Packers (N1201P)
332: 10:06pm ATL-LHR flight diverted to ATL - tech (N861NW)
772: CDG-ATL rescue flight following previous day's cancellation (N861DA)
7HD: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N864DA)
333: scheduled swap from 772 on ATL-HNL-ATL rotation (N806NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 9:20pm DTW-LHR-DTW rotation (N808NW)

hkcanadaexpat · Tue Dec 11, 2018 6:12 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/10
763: CVG-SEA ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N140LL)
764: GUS-ATL ferry flight - paint exit [12 days] (N827MH)
764: unscheduled swap from 763ER-low J on JFK-MAD-JFK rotation (N841MH)
7HD: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N864DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:24pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N806NW)
333: uscheduled swap from 332 on LHR-JFK-LHR rotation (N817NW)

hkcanadaexpat · Wed Dec 12, 2018 4:26 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/11
763: SEA-MSP NFL charter bringing the Vikings home following their defeat to the Seahawks (N140LL)
763ER-low J: ATL-GIG flight - maintenance exit [6 days] (N1603)
763ER-low J: ATL-SCL flight - L->Z conversion exit [9 days] (N16065)
7HD: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N864DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 10:06pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N813NW)

hkcanadaexpat · Thu Dec 13, 2018 4:57 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/12
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 75W on 8:44pm JFK-ATL flight (N178DN)
763ER-low J: NRT-HNL flight cancelled - tech (N156DL)
763ER-low J: SEA-HNL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N190DN)
763ER-low J: PDX-NRT route increases from x23 to Daily effective 12/12 (N173DZ)
763ER-low J: ATL-SEA ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N178DZ)
7HD: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N864DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 10:06pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N813NW)
333: ATL-HNL route migrates from 772 effective 12/12 (N820NW)

hkcanadaexpat · Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:53 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/13
763ER-high J: ATL-BRU flight - maintenance exit [5 days] (N177DN)
763ER-high J: ATL-SEA-NRT-CAN ferry flight - maintenance entry (N178DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 75W on 8:10am ATL-JFK flight - maintenance exit [4 days] (N183DN)
763ER-high J: JFK-ILN-JFK charter flight - ??? (N183DN)
7HD: DTW-MSP ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N864DA)
7HD: MSP-CDG route migrates from 333 effective 12/13 (N866DA)
7HB: unscheduled swap from 7HD on ATL-CDG-MSP rotation (N706DN)
333: scheduled additional MSP-ATL flight (N809NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N817NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:24pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N821NW)

By the looks of it, 772 operations have ceased effective 12/13. The three remaining frames seem to be going through maintenance in ATL until seeing their turn in SIN for mods. There may be some unscheduled swaps and/or charters on those frames but scheduled operations seem to have come to an end.

PotatoPappas · Fri Dec 14, 2018 9:34 pm

hkcanadaexpat wrote:
Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/13
763ER-high J: ATL-BRU flight - maintenance exit [5 days] (N177DN)
763ER-high J: ATL-SEA-NRT-CAN ferry flight - maintenance entry (N178DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 75W on 8:10am ATL-JFK flight - maintenance exit [4 days] (N183DN)
763ER-high J: JFK-ILN-JFK charter flight - ??? (N183DN)
7HD: DTW-MSP ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N864DA)
7HD: MSP-CDG route migrates from 333 effective 12/13 (N866DA)
7HB: unscheduled swap from 7HD on ATL-CDG-MSP rotation (N706DN)
333: scheduled additional MSP-ATL flight (N809NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N817NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:24pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N821NW)

By the looks of it, 772 operations have ceased effective 12/13. The three remaining frames seem to be going through maintenance in ATL until seeing their turn in SIN for mods. There may be some unscheduled swaps and/or charters on those frames but scheduled operations seem to have come to an end.

N865DA should be coming back to service soon... Been there almost a month.

audidudi · Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:07 am

hkcanadaexpat wrote:
By the looks of it, 772 operations have ceased effective 12/13. The three remaining frames seem to be going through maintenance in ATL until seeing their turn in SIN for mods. There may be some unscheduled swaps and/or charters on those frames but scheduled operations seem to have come to an end.

Well that didn't last long as you surmised might happen... N861DA is scheduled to fly from ATL>NRT on Saturday!

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N861DA

hkcanadaexpat · Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:40 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/14
763: scheduled additional MSP-ATL flight (N140LL)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 10:30pm ATL-MCO flight (N184DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled swap from low-J on MCO-GRU-MCO rotation (N184DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 7:04pm ATL-SLC flight (N197DN)
332: unscheduled swap from 333 on 3:56pm DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N856NW)
332: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 5:57pm ATL-MSP flight - maintenance entry (N859NW)
7HD: 4:08pm ATL-CDG flight migrates from 772 effective 12/13 (N866DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:24pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N809NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 359 on DTW-AMS-DTW rotation (N817NW)

audidudi · Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:42 am

audidudi wrote:
hkcanadaexpat wrote:
By the looks of it, 772 operations have ceased effective 12/13. The three remaining frames seem to be going through maintenance in ATL until seeing their turn in SIN for mods. There may be some unscheduled swaps and/or charters on those frames but scheduled operations seem to have come to an end.

Well that didn't last long as you surmised might happen... N861DA is scheduled to fly from ATL>NRT on Saturday!

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N861DA

And N860DA is scheduled to fly from ATL>NRT on Sunday! Hopefully whatever mx was needed, got done before these flights!

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N861DA

hkcanadaexpat · Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:43 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/15
763: scheduled additional ATL-TPA flight (N140LL)
763: TPA-BWI NFL charter bringing the Bucs to Baltimore for Sunday's game (N140LL)
763: DTW-BUF NFL charter bringing the Lions to Buffalo for Sunday's game (N1402A)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 75W on 11:20am JFK-SFO-JFK rotation (N176DN)
763ER-high J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 7:16pm ATL-MSP-ATL rotation (N179DN)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 8:20am MCO-ATL flight (N154DL)
763ER-low J: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 8:02am MCO-SEA-ATL-MCO rotation (N394DL)
332: unscheduled swap from 333 on 7pm JFK-LHR-JFK rotation (N857NW)
764: LIM-ATL flight cancelled - tech (N825MH)
772: unscheduled swap from 77L on ATL-NRT-ATL rotation (N861DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on JFK-ZRH-JFK rotation (N809NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 7:24pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N813NW)

hkcanadaexpat · Mon Dec 17, 2018 6:42 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/16
763: BWI-TPA NFL charter bringing the Bucs home after their defeat to the Ravens (N140LL)
763: DTW-BUF NFL charter bringing the Lions home after their defeat to the Bills (N1402A)
763ER-low J: VQQ-ATL ferry flight - maintenance exit [22 days] (N152DL)
764: LIM-ATL rescue flight following previous day's cancellation (N825MH)
772: unscheduled swap from 77L on ATL-NRT-ATL rotation (N860DA)*
7HB: unscheduled swap from 7HD on MSP-HND-MSP rotation (N706DN)*
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on JFK-ZRH-JFK rotation (N809NW)
333: unscheduled upgrade from 739 on 6:53pm MSP-ATL flight (N830NW)

* The unscheduled swaps involving 772/7HB/7HD should stop by the end of the week. N865DA is expected to fly home on 12/18 and will fix the fleet availability issues.

hkcanadaexpat · Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:09 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/17
763: scheduled additional TPA-ATL flight (N140LL)
763: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 4:23pm ATL-FLL-ATL rotation (N140LL)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on SEA-PEK-SEA rotation (N186DN)
332: GRU-DTW flight diverted to ATL - medical? (N856NW)
764: unscheduled swap from 763ER-low J on JFK-MAD-JFK rotation (N826MH)
764: FCO-JFK flight diverted to LHR - medical? (N837MH)
7HB: unscheduled swap from 7HD on MSP-CDG-MSP rotation (N706DN)
333: MSP-AMS flight - maintenance exit [8 days] (N819NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on JFK-ZRH-JFK rotation (N820NW)

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/18
763: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 7:35am ATL-FLL-ATL-MCO-ATL rotation (N140LL)
763ER-low J: scheduled additional MCO-ATL flight (N169DZ)
332: LHR-JFK flight cancelled - tech (N855NW)
772: unscheduled swap from 77L on ATL-NRT-ATL rotation (N860DA)
7HD: SIN-NRT-MSP ferry flight - 7HD conversion exit [34 days] (N865DA)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on JFK-ZRH-JFK rotation (N805NW)
333: DTW-JFK ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N817NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on JFK-LHR-JFK rotation (N817NW)

777Mech · Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:04 pm

hkcanadaexpat wrote:
332: GRU-DTW flight diverted to ATL - medical? (N856NW)
This flight had fuel burn issues

764: FCO-JFK flight diverted to LHR - medical? (N837MH)
This was a customer medical

PotatoPappas · Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:40 pm

777Mech wrote:
hkcanadaexpat wrote:
332: GRU-DTW flight diverted to ATL - medical? (N856NW)
This flight had fuel burn issues

764: FCO-JFK flight diverted to LHR - medical? (N837MH)
This was a customer medical

Fuel Burn issues? Were they burning more fuel than they expected?

jbmitt · Thu Dec 20, 2018 1:12 am

It looks like a 764 operated DTW - ILN as #9945. Maybe temporary storage or maintenance?

hkcanadaexpat · Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:17 am

Noteworthy Aircraft Activity 12/19
763: unscheduled upgrade from 752 on 12:55pm ATL-MCO-ATL rotation (N140LL)
763: scheduled additional DTW-SLC flight (N1402A)
763ER-high J: CAN-NRT-SEA-ATL ferry flight - maintenance exit [26 days] (N185DN)
763ER-low J: scheduled additional AMS-SLC-AMS flight (N189DN/N199DN)
763ER-low J: NRT-SEA-ATL ferry flight - aircraft repositioning (N171DZ)
763ER-low J: unscheduled swap from high-J on SEA-PEK-SEA rotation (N1604R)
332: MSP-DTW ferry flight - maintenance exit [5 days] (N859NW)
764: JFK-DTW-ILN ferry flight - winter storage (N841MH)
7HB: unscheduled swap from 7HD on MSP-CDG-ATL rotation (N706DN)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on JFK-ZRH-JFK rotation (N806NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on JFK-LHR-JFK rotation (N817NW)
333: unscheduled swap from 332 on 10:06pm ATL-LHR-ATL rotation (N826NW)

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