Originally Posted by Dawgfan6291

errr. Delta got its first in 1999. They didn't start any 777 DTW-Asia flights till well after the merger with Northwest which was in 2008.

The 777s roll when they first got to Delta was ATL-NRT, a lot of Europe flying (LGW/CDG) and then Florida flying, mostly MCO. Bankruptcy had them stretching their legs to Asia (NRT/ICN from Atlanta) India (BOM from JFK) and TLV from ATL. Once the LR came into the fleet they did a lot of the same plus things like ATL-JFK-BOM and ATL-DKR-JNB going non-stop. Also ATL-PVG and LAX-SYD.

then with the merger things were moved around, and some routes (BOM) where cut during the great recession.