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Old Aug 29, 2017 | 9:09 am
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Originally Posted by ems717
Correct me if I am wrong, but I assumed the same plane is used on the flight daily. I was asking if they can sort out a long delay such as this in time for an on time departure later in the week. Thanks!
Fleet rotations are very complex. For example, the replacement aircraft that eventually flew DL114 last night had the following flights in the week prior:
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=ATL-FRA...DG-ATL;ATL-BCN

ATL-FRA (8/21)
FRA-JFK (8/22)
JFK-LAX (8/22)
LAX-JFK (8/23)
JFK-PRG (8/23)
PRG-JFK (8/24)
JFK-MAD (8/24)
MAD-ATL (8/25)
ATL-MUC (8/25)
MUC-ATL (8/26)
ATL-CDG (8/26)
CDG-ATL (8/27)
ATL-CDG (8/27)
CDG-ATL (8/28)
ATL-BCN (8/29)
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