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.
Okay, yeah, so what? Ever heard about the fact that airlines tend to base the size of planes choosen? Delta prefers the 767 on international routes because they can fill them. Delta cannot fill a 777 on most of their international routes.
Also, seeing as how the 767 is the most commonly used plane across the Atlantic, it seems people have no problems with them. I dont want to know what you think about CO using 757s across the pond. Must be a human rights violation then. And your comment about Song is a complete waste of webspace and completely unrelated to the topic at hand.