First SEA was dropped for premium transcon. Now SFO?
Apr 27, 2015, 12:58 am
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First SEA was dropped for premium transcon. Now SFO?
A few months back, they dropped SEA as a premium market for transcon service for routes from JFK reverting it regular first class service. This left only SFO and LAX as the routes offering Business Elite / Delta One service.
Are they considering dropping SFO-JFK as a Delta One market, reverting it to regular first class?
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...delta-one.html
"You’ll find Delta One on all long-haul international flights and all cross-country flights between JFK and LAX."
Are they considering dropping SFO-JFK as a Delta One market, reverting it to regular first class?
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...delta-one.html
"You’ll find Delta One on all long-haul international flights and all cross-country flights between JFK and LAX."
Apr 27, 2015, 3:46 am
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I doubt that's the case as once the last of the 18 75Es has become a 75S around the end of May, and with another five ex-Shanghai Airlines aircraft to join the fleet as 75Ss during the summer, there certainly won't be a shortage of aircraft necessitating a swap to a non-Delta One equipped one. But inevitably it could happen!
Apr 27, 2015, 4:52 am
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Apr 27, 2015, 5:31 am
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Apr 27, 2015, 5:52 am
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I doubt that's the case as once the last of the 18 75Es has become a 75S around the end of May, and with another five ex-Shanghai Airlines aircraft to join the fleet as 75Ss during the summer, there certainly won't be a shortage of aircraft necessitating a swap to a non-Delta One equipped one. But inevitably it could happen!
If in fact that's the case, then what 5 or so new routes (plus the ex SEA 75S's) will see a flatbed 757?
Apr 27, 2015, 6:00 am
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5 new jets doesn't necessarily equal 5 new routes ... added frequencies or equipment swaps, possibly
personally I'd like to see at least one of 'em replacing a 738/739 on JFK<-->SEA but I am not holding my breath
personally I'd like to see at least one of 'em replacing a 738/739 on JFK<-->SEA but I am not holding my breath
Apr 27, 2015, 6:07 am
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Apr 27, 2015, 7:05 am
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It's unlikely there will be a press release or 8-K filing. In the context of 1200 Delta mainline + DL Connection aircraft, the configuration of five used 757s just isn't material. That DL is acquiring them has been disclosed.
Apr 27, 2015, 7:10 am
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that's very true. Hopefully, this will spell the end of, or at least substantially reduce, the need to sub a domestic 757 on premium transcons.
Apr 27, 2015, 8:32 am
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When I got off a flight at SFO, I noticed that the same aircraft that I had arrived on was being used for the red-eye to JFK. It was a domestically configured 757. I would've been kind of bummed if I had paid a premium for what I thought would've been a couple hour's of shut-eye in a flat-bed seat on DeltaOne.
Apr 27, 2015, 10:03 am
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apparently they are adding a JFK<-->PDX turn (depart JFK 0800, depart PDX 1155) with a 75S in July ... I will need to look into this further, since the DCA<-->JFK connection works in both directions