Hubs Pre-Merger
Mar 3, 2019, 8:37 pm
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Hubs Pre-Merger
Does anyone have a comprehensive list of the Delta hubs (and NWA for that matter) pre-merger? Possibly including years they were "de-hubbed" (DFW in 2005, for instance...if memory serves right?)
Mar 3, 2019, 8:56 pm
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Mar 3, 2019, 8:57 pm
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Mar 3, 2019, 9:00 pm
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Mar 3, 2019, 9:09 pm
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Mar 3, 2019, 9:30 pm
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I have a CRAA newsletter where DL uses the term from ~2004. At its peak, they served the hubs and focus cities above, plus DFW, BDL, DCA, TPA, RSW.
Mar 3, 2019, 9:49 pm
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I know the ERJ-145XR has that range (having flown OKC-EWR on CO in 2003), but I didn’t think DL or its regional affiliates operated the CRJ on legs like that (my longest being DFW-TUS, 815 miles)
Mar 3, 2019, 9:58 pm
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It wouldn't be the first time. Delta briefly operated LAS-TUL on a CRJ in the early 2000's. It was routed LAS-TUL-CVG.
Mar 3, 2019, 9:58 pm
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DL branded & marketed its DFW terminal 4E as Easy Street with all operations in the same terminal, for ease in getting to your car presumably after the trip, in comparison to AA spread out across 2E & 3E. As part of this strategy, it expanded gates in 4E with its unique satellite concourse.
Mar 3, 2019, 10:32 pm
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DL branded & marketed its DFW terminal 4E as Easy Street with all operations in the same terminal, for ease in getting to your car presumably after the trip, in comparison to AA spread out across 2E & 3E. As part of this strategy, it expanded gates in 4E with its unique satellite concourse.
Mar 3, 2019, 10:40 pm
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NRT was certainly a hub for Northwest Orient!
Also SEA was a gateway to Asia as well, with lots of ups and downs in terms of importance. HNL as a focus city too?? I was a frequent spot for connections for me as well.
Also SEA was a gateway to Asia as well, with lots of ups and downs in terms of importance. HNL as a focus city too?? I was a frequent spot for connections for me as well.
Mar 3, 2019, 11:02 pm
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I was always curious how NWA staffed their 757 interport flights at NRT. They had a flight attendant base but no pilot base. So did they just have to deadhead 757 pilots in and out of NRT constantly? Obviously this wasn't an issue after the merger. Pilots can fly both the 757 and 767 at the same time. Delta was able to schedule 767 flights from the US to NRT and then the pilots who brought the 767 in could do a 757 interport turn before operating another 767 flight back to the US.
Mar 4, 2019, 12:35 am
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lol
iirc it’s called a “common type rating” and it means that they’re qualified to fly either the 757 or the 767 ... from a crew scheduling standpoint it’s great for DL ... purely speculating here, but a 3-day trip for a common-type-rated crew could be something like ATL-MCO (757), MCO-JFK (757); JFK-LAX/SFO (763); LAX/SFO-ATL (757)
iirc it’s called a “common type rating” and it means that they’re qualified to fly either the 757 or the 767 ... from a crew scheduling standpoint it’s great for DL ... purely speculating here, but a 3-day trip for a common-type-rated crew could be something like ATL-MCO (757), MCO-JFK (757); JFK-LAX/SFO (763); LAX/SFO-ATL (757)