<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mspman:
It just seems to me that lately Delta doesn't realize that people are starting to fly again. The reduced schedule is making for some bad news in some markets. </font>
Well, in fairness, it takes time to adjust their fleet schedule. Moving all those airplanes around is a big chess game (see
B747's post for an example). As demand for some city pairs rises, DL has to shuffle aircraft around in other places to change gauge for those pairs.
Plus, there are some markets where demand is still fairly soft. ATL-SEA-ATL loads still seem fairly low, at least compared to, say, last summer. I expect them to pick up with the onset of the summer silly season, though.