Delta Starts SLC-AMS May 1
Jul 27, 2014, 11:47 am
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Last year I was supposed to fly SLC-CDG but it was over 7 hours delayed and ultimately cancelled; everything leaving that day was oversold and nobody could get out until the next day. Anyway, in the Skyclub getting rebooked, I was chatting with the agent who was really a pro, incidentally, but she casually let it slip that the Church of Latter Day Saints heavily subsidizes SLC-CDG.
Assuming her info was correct, I wonder if they will be subsidizing this route as well.
Jul 28, 2014, 9:29 am
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Awesome News! Non-stop to AMS will be awesome I do expect this flight to do very well in the summer. I am thinking its summer seasonal only?
I guess they are trying to out seat capacity to Europe to make it very tough on BA to add SLC. BA was in SLC looking around, so this might have been there sign to make AMS a go and make it less attractive.
I guess they are trying to out seat capacity to Europe to make it very tough on BA to add SLC. BA was in SLC looking around, so this might have been there sign to make AMS a go and make it less attractive.
Jul 28, 2014, 8:10 pm
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Last year I was supposed to fly SLC-CDG but it was over 7 hours delayed and ultimately cancelled; everything leaving that day was oversold and nobody could get out until the next day. Anyway, in the Skyclub getting rebooked, I was chatting with the agent who was really a pro, incidentally, but she casually let it slip that the Church of Latter Day Saints heavily subsidizes SLC-CDG.
Assuming her info was correct, I wonder if they will be subsidizing this route as well.
Assuming her info was correct, I wonder if they will be subsidizing this route as well.
Anyway on the BA note I'm betting this won't have a big impact. First BA would fly into LHR, which can usually pull higher fares simply because more business/tourists want to go there. Also BA has been adding flights to cities now that its 787s are being delivered. Austin, TX just got added this year, and from what I learned from the flight attendant more US cities are planned. She wouldn't say which ones, just that the 787s are allowing them to start direct service to cities.
Jul 28, 2014, 9:51 pm
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A little birdie told me to check delta.com for SLC-AMS. delta.com is indeed showing SLC-AMS starting May 1. Looks to be 5 weekly from May 1 through May 18, with no operation on Tuesday and Wednesday. It then goes to daily beginning May 19th. Equipment is 767-300ER, the 76L variety. Times are
SLC - AMS 4:50pm - 10:55am
AMS - SLC 10:30am - 1:15pm
SLC - AMS 4:50pm - 10:55am
AMS - SLC 10:30am - 1:15pm
Hope this doesb't adversely impact PDX-AMS.
Jul 28, 2014, 10:10 pm
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SLC-AMS
16:50 - 10:55(+1)
AMS-EWR
12:50 - 15:30
EWR-AMS
18:20 - 07:50(+1)
AMS-SLC
10:30 - 13:15
Jul 29, 2014, 5:33 am
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Delta has other 767s that go to/from AMS (e.g., from JFK, EWR, ATL, BOM). Any one of these could be subsequently used for AMS-SLC depending on the schedules. NExt summer's schedules are far from fixed, so can't definitively say where the SLC plane will come from/go to as yet...
Jul 29, 2014, 9:39 am
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The last saturday morning I was in AMS I counted no less than 5 DL 76Ls on the ground there (as well as 3 33Ls and a 32L).
Just check out all the places N192DN has been lately: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N192DN
There's some sort of service pattern there....
Just check out all the places N192DN has been lately: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N192DN
There's some sort of service pattern there....
Jul 29, 2014, 12:32 pm
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Actually, the next flight is going to EWR. They won't sit there for 24 hours.
Aug 4, 2014, 7:02 pm
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SLC to get 8% capacity increase; AMS nonstop
http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=20295&item=124566
Did not see a thread on this yet. This announcement seems to be the first fruits of the recent construction start on the new SLC airport.
http://www.slcairport.com/TRP-Progress_Gallery.asp
Did not see a thread on this yet. This announcement seems to be the first fruits of the recent construction start on the new SLC airport.
http://www.slcairport.com/TRP-Progress_Gallery.asp
Last edited by RSSrsvp; Aug 5, 2014 at 6:10 am Reason: Merged into an existing thread on the topic
Aug 4, 2014, 7:12 pm
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Aug 4, 2014, 7:33 pm
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This announcement seems to be the first fruits of the recent construction start on the new SLC airport.
http://www.slcairport.com/TRP-Progress_Gallery.asp
http://www.slcairport.com/TRP-Progress_Gallery.asp
Aug 4, 2014, 11:47 pm
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Also, advertising an 8% increase in planned capacity, and then saying it is over 5 years is next to meaningless. It is like a boss saying we really want you to stick around, so we may give you a salary increase of 8% - over the next five years. It does not inspire confidence in the leader.