Originally Posted by
grahampros
I for one don't see great things for this DL route. The A380 is a much better ride and DL doesn't not have huge feed into LAX. We'll see. It will be a very expesnsive route for them to operate.
Not saying that it will be an easy ride for them, but they will have some AS help on the LAX end with the feed, as well as feed on the ATL end. The flight is a one-stop ATL-LAX-SYD (no change of aircraft), and even though small markets on the U.S. East Coast don't amount to much individually (for traffic to Oz), pooling those connecting pax together would certainly help. These passengers need to double-connect today anyway (either on UA or on AA/QF) to get to SYD.
It would also be the only decent option on the SkyTeam carriers to go between the U.S. and Australia (unless one needs the extra miles for going through ICN via KE).