DL to start LAX-CDG/AMS, JFK-PDL, ATL-LIS in Summer 2018
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DL to start LAX-CDG/AMS, JFK-PDL, ATL-LIS in Summer 2018
...in addition to JFK-LOS, MCO-AMS and IND-CDG which were previously announced
LAX-AMS 4x weekly 77L
LAX-CDG 3x weekly 77L
JFK-PDL 5x weekly 752
ATL-LIS daily 763
DTW-CDG additional daily
IND-CDG daily 763
MCO-AMS daily 763
JFK-LOS 3x weekly A332
Detail and schedules in link:
http://news.delta.com/delta-s-trans-...e-destinations
LAX-AMS 4x weekly 77L
LAX-CDG 3x weekly 77L
JFK-PDL 5x weekly 752
ATL-LIS daily 763
DTW-CDG additional daily
IND-CDG daily 763
MCO-AMS daily 763
JFK-LOS 3x weekly A332
Detail and schedules in link:
http://news.delta.com/delta-s-trans-...e-destinations
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Assume it is the arrival of A350s is freeing up some 77Ls for LAX-AMS/CDG.
Wonder if these will replace some KLM/AF flights or supplement them? KLM/AF did often add frequencies in the summer...
Wonder if these will replace some KLM/AF flights or supplement them? KLM/AF did often add frequencies in the summer...
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Actually, KLM 747-400M is going to be retired soon. It will be replaced to 777 aircraft. It actual flown AMS-LAX on daily basis.
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JFK-PDL (Ponta Delgada, Azores) is an interesting use of a TATL 757. (Maybe the winner of a challenge - find us somewhere to use 75S hours out of JFK!) PDL doesn't see a lot of TATL traffic, and what it does is offered by Azores Airlines, previously SATA International, focused on VFR traffic out of BOS, PVD, YYZ...
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JFK-PDL (Ponta Delgada, Azores) is an interesting use of a TATL 757. (Maybe the winner of a challenge - find us somewhere to use 75S hours out of JFK!) PDL doesn't see a lot of TATL traffic, and what it does is offered by Azores Airlines, previously SATA International, focused on VFR traffic out of BOS, PVD, YYZ...
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The daily ATL-LIS 763 surprises me since last summer DL only had a 757 to LIS.
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That's one way to look at it. However, JFK-LAX has been heavy with widebodies. If DL wanted the 75S aircraft back on that no way would they start JFK-PDL.
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Just a cynical thought this morning, but with seemingly 2/3 of the Caribbean destroyed, the Azores could make an interesting alternative to many people in the US looking for a tropical island that's not Hawaii. I think it could do quite well with the right marketing.
If it does get more popular, it's well within the range of an A321.
If it does get more popular, it's well within the range of an A321.
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Just a cynical thought this morning, but with seemingly 2/3 of the Caribbean destroyed, the Azores could make an interesting alternative to many people in the US looking for a tropical island that's not Hawaii. I think it could do quite well with the right marketing.
If it does get more popular, it's well within the range of an A321.
If it does get more popular, it's well within the range of an A321.
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