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Sep 26, 2007 | 2:56 pm

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Originally Posted by newyorkgeorge

More daylight or late evening Euro flights (after 8PM) would help alleviate the 7PM crush when it can take 90 minutes to get off the ground. DL keeps adding props from every hick town east of the Mississippi and of course spacing and take off issues are created as the props are mixed in with 747/777/767/340s. I see DL as a greater creator of this issue than AA.

But I doubt that any of those DL props are AA RJs are going away anytime soon.

DL no longer has props at JFK. As mentioned in the linked article above, 65% of their JFK flying willl be on 2-cabin jets seating at least 70 pax. by next summer.