What (nonstop) route do you wish Delta would really have?
#452
Join Date: Jun 2018
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I think I see where you're going with it. If I look at gcmap though, SLC gets the job done pretty well. DEN might be better. Great Circle Mapper
AUS is really far south, if we wanted to put it in Texas DAL looks like a much better choice geographically.
AUS is really far south, if we wanted to put it in Texas DAL looks like a much better choice geographically.
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Worth remembering the scope of increase possible at least given what we know;
27 peak departures daily at present, going to 50 if the rumors are correct. Gives them 23 additional turns per day, if they were to do 2x daily, then we're looking at something like 11 destinations. I would get 0 utility out of 1x daily, especially if they were at random middle of day times like the CVG service.
I want added service to:
a. key markets, which is definitely the top priority to possible cities mentioned in earlier posts, but also
b. to big-enough markets that would require serious backtracking from a DL hub;
BHM might be tough, but stuff like MSY, STL, and MCI, maybe even IND.
Having had to fly these routes, I found I could not fly DL and had to choose WN because of the timing offered as a result of the routings. MCI was particularly egregious in that I flew directly over it an hour in the wrong direction to MSP. If only I had a parachute...
c. international service. BA upgauged their 787 to a 747 to LHR. Lufthansa is taking over from Condor to FRA year-round. DL has done one off for SXSW using a 764 to AMS. Would love to see it become permanent to establish parity with the other alliance offerings.
AUS is no PDX so not a snowball's chance in a Texas summer of seeing TPAC service, but that would be fun.
#454
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In favoer of all of the proposals that have to do with FLL. OTOH, I do not think that starting a war in that HP-US-nowAA fortress hub of PHX would be found very appealing to the DL route planners. At least in FLL they will, in a few years if they can keep the County out of the reconstruction of their terminal, have the capacity to expand what is already a rather successful focus city operation.
#455
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#458
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: LGA
Programs: DL,US
Posts: 155
Ski Flights from NYC!
NYC based ski flights. BZE, EGE, RNO, HDN, MTJ, ABQ, YYC, JAC more than Saturdays....given the incomes of NYC area Delta loyalists, it’s highly likely many ski, and it’s a mystery to me why DL lets UA and AA sweep up all the high yield traffic on EGE and doesn’t try to compete with UA on many of the others. The JAC flight is an interesting use of a transatlantic airplane in the winter, and I’m sure other such flights could make money too. SLC connections aren’t really that great either, as they drive more backtracking than UA through DEN for smaller places like ASE, SUN, Kelwona/Revelstoke and Gunnison.
As long as I’m dreaming, once ASE widens the runway, I would bet the A220 could get there from NYC. What an idea for a LGA Saturday flight. Investment bankers on vacation would hit that hard.
Lack of RNO is particularly awful as the only alternative is Jetblue....which diverts often, is uncomfortable, and expensive.....
As long as I’m dreaming, once ASE widens the runway, I would bet the A220 could get there from NYC. What an idea for a LGA Saturday flight. Investment bankers on vacation would hit that hard.
Lack of RNO is particularly awful as the only alternative is Jetblue....which diverts often, is uncomfortable, and expensive.....
#459
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#461
Join Date: Feb 2004
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this is 100% from a place of selfishness and has no reflection of any actual viability. I would love to see LAS-PHL since my parents live closest to PHL which is otherwise a real pain to get to (not in availability, but in actual flight performance and cost)
#462
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Small town near RNO
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It might be nice to have RNO to LAX/SEA/PDX to connect to the TransPAC/LANT flights. It's always a PITA to always having to go through SLC for everything and then make another connection to head across the pond. Some flights to either DTW or MSP wouldn't hurt either. DL should be able to steal some business from AA and UA with the growth up here in the distribution and tech manufacturing (think Switch and Tesla(we've got the battery mega factory which will survive even if (when) the car business tanks)) sectors..
#463
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DL does ATL-ZRH currently, albeit seasonally.