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Old May 11, 2010 | 4:55 pm
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Originally Posted by ClipperDelta
They tried the daylight JFK-LHR with the 763ER before and performance was horrible, except during holiday periods and on Sunday mornings. The day flight is a very limited market; and if DL were ever to try one again, would have to use the 757 (like CO does on its EWR-LHR daylight flight) but since the DL 757s don't (and probably won't) have flat-beds in BE in the future (and since LHR is a flat-bed market), I doubt they will reinstate the day JFK-LHR flight for a long, long, time (if ever).



There is an 'asterisk' with the 3 daily flights saying that the other two daily JFK-AMS flights are KL-operated.



Some of the domestic flights have been shifted/will be shifting over to LGA (e.g., PWM, BGR, MCI) while others have been reduced at JFK to only focus on the international feed (e.g., RIC used to be 4x daily, is now down to 1x daily to feed international, and will be back up to 2x daily in the fall from JFK).
Agree that day flights are a tough market. Was more of a selfish desire Nevertheless, the late departure is very welcome and I am sure to utilize it shortly after its introduction. ^
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