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Delta's Unchallenged Exploitation of Africa Comes to an End

Delta's Unchallenged Exploitation of Africa Comes to an End

Old Nov 5, 2009, 5:01 pm
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Delta's Unchallenged Exploitation of Africa Comes to an End

United (and by extension of worldwide ATI, CO) to introduce service from Washington/Dulles to Accra, Ghana, and Lagos, Nigeria:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/United....html?x=0&.v=1
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Old Nov 5, 2009, 5:05 pm
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"Exploitation" is certainly a word I would have never used to describe Delta's service to Africa.
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Old Nov 5, 2009, 5:12 pm
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Originally Posted by jeffreyt
"Exploitation" is certainly a word I would have never used to describe Delta's service to Africa.
Well, just look at how Delta exploited England...
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Old Nov 5, 2009, 5:13 pm
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Great. The more overextended airlines losing money, the merrier.

"Exploitation" is a reference to some of the absurd reports that have come out of (I believe) Nigeria.
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Old Nov 5, 2009, 5:15 pm
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Who cares about what Nigeria claims anyway? They freaken have some prince dying there every week and never send me the millions they claim they are going to send me`1
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What are the yields on the Nigerian runs? Is it the oil business that makes it attractive? I can't imagine what else.
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Old Nov 5, 2009, 5:23 pm
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What are the yields on the Nigerian runs? Is it the oil business that makes it attractive? I can't imagine what else.
It sure isn't the spring break crowd.
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Is the ORD-BRU flight timing being scheduled with convenient onward connections on incoming Star Alliance member Brussels Airlines? Brussels has a reasonable amount of service to Africa for such a small non-African carrier.
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Originally Posted by DLdweeb
What are the yields on the Nigerian runs? Is it the oil business that makes it attractive? I can't imagine what else.
Besides the natural resource-related traffic, there is the substantial VFR traffic. Speaking of the VFR flows, I wouldn't discount the substantial population of West Africans who have settled in the US. They and their American relatives like to visit their friends and relatives in Africa.

Originally Posted by Cheapskate Travels
It sure isn't the spring break crowd.
Spring break is a quite popular period of time for US-Africa trips. More so VFR traffic than anything else.
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Old Nov 5, 2009, 6:50 pm
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DL exploited NW.

DL will have a stronghold on JNB as long as UA doesn't acquire longer range aircraft. But inside, I was hoping UA would serve JNB, to keep some healthy competition.
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Old Nov 5, 2009, 6:56 pm
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Originally Posted by HeathrowGuy
United (and by extension of worldwide ATI, CO) to introduce service from Washington/Dulles to Accra, Ghana, and Lagos, Nigeria:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/United....html?x=0&.v=1
Exploitation? You are ignorant. Africa needs the attention and connections Delta was brave enough to give it.
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I would swim rather than subject myself to United again.

If you need Star Alliance, South African Airways has been exploiting the Africa-US route for many years now.
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Old Nov 5, 2009, 8:00 pm
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Originally Posted by DLdweeb
What are the yields on the Nigerian runs? Is it the oil business that makes it attractive? I can't imagine what else.
I would assume they are rather high. Also interntational is the only place left for them to go with out an LCC coming in any time soon.
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Old Nov 5, 2009, 8:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Air Brian
Exploitation? You are ignorant. Africa needs the attention and connections Delta was brave enough to give it.
You are misunderstanding the exploitation reference.
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Old Nov 5, 2009, 8:52 pm
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The links in this post should provide some useful context:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/12269601-post18.html

Some Nigerians have come with some pretty wacky stuff the last year.
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