Originally Posted by zman
Of the five major Carriers who have a large international presence (UA, AA, NW, CO, DL) DL has the smallest fleet of large planes (777 or 747). DL only has 8 777, AA has 45, UA has over 50, CO has 16. NW has a large fleet of 747. International is where the legacy airlines can make $. Do you want to fly on a 767 or a 777 or 747 for your long international flights? And DL management thinks the way to make money is to change the color of some planes green, remove F class, serve sun chips and sing a SONG.
Of course, then there is the fact that Delta has more domestic widebodies than all of them combined.