DL moving the rest of their South American flights to MIA?
Oct 13, 2002, 8:03 am
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DL moving the rest of their South American flights to MIA?
There are rumors that say that DL is interested in moving their BOG,CCS, SCL, and GRU operations to MIA. It seems like a very good idea, because you have very good O &D traffic from MIA to SA.
Oct 13, 2002, 9:30 am
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Don't believe it
Oct 13, 2002, 12:08 pm
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Won't happen. It would mean going up against AA, UA, and all the South American carriers. Also Delta has weak domestic feed into Miami,with no service to DFW or the NYC area. DL is bigger at FLL then they are at Miami.
Oct 13, 2002, 12:51 pm
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Why would they move all their South American flights out of their major hub?
I guess that's why it's called rumors...
I guess that's why it's called rumors...
Oct 13, 2002, 1:52 pm
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On other boards, Flyertalkers are discovering that the Fonseca's rumors are often just naive wishfulness on his/her part.
S/he once suggested on the Lufthansa forum that "according to many good sources" LH would begin MUC-MIA service. There were no sources... (Sorry I don't know how to link to the posting.)
Since there is nothing published on this and for the excellent reasons posted above, this "rumor" is likely just idle speculation on Fonseca's part.
S/he once suggested on the Lufthansa forum that "according to many good sources" LH would begin MUC-MIA service. There were no sources... (Sorry I don't know how to link to the posting.)
Since there is nothing published on this and for the excellent reasons posted above, this "rumor" is likely just idle speculation on Fonseca's part.
Oct 13, 2002, 3:22 pm
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rcs85551, because MIA, unlike ATL does have the O&D market to/from South America. Dl has 9 flights a day to MIA. 8/9 are operated by 767's. That is not little.
Oct 13, 2002, 3:39 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fonseca33:
rcs85551, because MIA, unlike ATL does have the O&D market to/from South America. Dl has 9 flights a day to MIA. 8/9 are operated by 767's. That is not little.</font>
rcs85551, because MIA, unlike ATL does have the O&D market to/from South America. Dl has 9 flights a day to MIA. 8/9 are operated by 767's. That is not little.</font>
Oct 13, 2002, 3:41 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fonseca33:
Dl has 9 flights a day to MIA. 8/9 are operated by 767's. That is not little.</font>
Dl has 9 flights a day to MIA. 8/9 are operated by 767's. That is not little.</font>
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Oct 26, 2002, 4:37 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by akhullar:
There is a bigger O&D for Brazil from NYC, same is true of Argentina - DL dropped EZE and GIG becase of the soft economy in the region. </font>
There is a bigger O&D for Brazil from NYC, same is true of Argentina - DL dropped EZE and GIG becase of the soft economy in the region. </font>
Oct 26, 2002, 5:16 pm
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United is discontinuing service to four international destinations as well as reducing capacity in some markets...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...d_centers_dc_1
MIA-SCL: Discontinued; Reaccomodation on DL through ATL
MIA-CCS: Discontinued; Reaccomodation on DL through ATL
MIA-EZE: Downgraded from a 777 to a 763
So it seems like those routes ex MIA do not bring significant revenue... if UA cannot stay in that market, there is no way DL will take over. However, good for DL as they will reacommodate UA pax affected by the cancellation of the SCL/CCS flights.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...d_centers_dc_1
MIA-SCL: Discontinued; Reaccomodation on DL through ATL
MIA-CCS: Discontinued; Reaccomodation on DL through ATL
MIA-EZE: Downgraded from a 777 to a 763
So it seems like those routes ex MIA do not bring significant revenue... if UA cannot stay in that market, there is no way DL will take over. However, good for DL as they will reacommodate UA pax affected by the cancellation of the SCL/CCS flights.
Oct 26, 2002, 9:41 pm
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I heard a rumor that Delta is going to move most of their Western Europe flights to Dallas. What do you think of that?
Oct 26, 2002, 10:03 pm
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Delta will be trying to move their hub away from ATL to MIA so as to better compete with AA in that market. All flights to/from ATL will be operated by ASA from April 1.
Oct 26, 2002, 10:55 pm
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Simultaneously, the CVG hub will close as a presence is built at ORD. The only flights that will remain from CVG will be service to ORD, DFW, and MIA, all on RJs.
Oct 27, 2002, 3:57 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by B747-437B:
Delta will be trying to move their hub away from ATL to MIA so as to better compete with AA in that market. All flights to/from ATL will be operated by ASA from April 1.</font>
Delta will be trying to move their hub away from ATL to MIA so as to better compete with AA in that market. All flights to/from ATL will be operated by ASA from April 1.</font>
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