DL expanding service to Europe (again)
Sep 24, 2019, 9:14 am
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KLM launching AMS-AUS
In addition to the new DL services being mentioned in this thread, KLM will be launching AMS-AUS service beginning in May 2020. 
https://www.businesstraveller.com/bu...-austin-route/
https://www.businesstraveller.com/bu...-austin-route/
Sep 24, 2019, 9:17 am
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Is this the first nonstop SkyTeam and friends TATL service or does AUS already have AF to CDG or VS to LHR?
Sep 24, 2019, 9:24 am
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AUS has a really nice, new SkyClub too. I’ll seriously be looking at using AUS for a possible TATL trip next year. Hopefully I can find some award mileage space.
Sep 24, 2019, 9:24 am
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Sep 24, 2019, 9:45 am
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I think it’s the first for SkyTeam at AMS. No AF or VS. The TATL service at AUS is currently BA to LHR, Norwegian to LGW, LH to FRA, and now KLM to AMS.
AUS has a really nice, new SkyClub too. I’ll seriously be looking at using AUS for a possible TATL trip next year. Hopefully I can find some award mileage space.
AUS has a really nice, new SkyClub too. I’ll seriously be looking at using AUS for a possible TATL trip next year. Hopefully I can find some award mileage space.
Sep 24, 2019, 10:55 am
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Terminal A for DL is impressive at BOS, but there are gate restrictions in some cases that cause bigger planes such as A330s and 767s to 'block' adjacent gates. But I believe the 757s can free roam at any of the gates they've got. That, and distance, may be a reason why 757s dominate at Logan.
Sep 24, 2019, 10:57 am
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Sep 24, 2019, 10:59 am
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Terminal A for DL is impressive at BOS, but there are gate restrictions in some cases that cause bigger planes such as A330s and 767s to 'block' adjacent gates. But I believe the 757s can free roam at any of the gates they've got. That, and distance, may be a reason why 757s dominate at Logan.
Sep 24, 2019, 11:45 am
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Sep 24, 2019, 12:31 pm
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When MSP FCO was first announced in Oct15 it was supposed to operate 26MAY-01SEP in S16, daily 763.
Then about 2 months before its launch DL decided both to upgrade the route from 763 to 764 and to extended it by 1 more month (last flight was actually on 01OCT).
Maybe they could give it a try again one day in case they get closer to AZ.
Sep 25, 2019, 12:26 am
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I took advantage of the BOS-LGW route in December, 2001, when I was able to get a RT PHL-BOS-LGW and return for $318.00. The eastbound trip was less than 1/2 full, so I got a row of 3 to myself; Delta served some kind of German Sekt in the back; I think I downed a bottle by myself. On the return (which was 6 days before Christmas), DL oversold Y, and I got my first ever op-up to J (in those days, Delta used 767s that had two J cabins). I think there were 5 of us in the aft J cabin, and our own FA, so the trip back was great. This, of course, was 3 months after 9/11, and the authorities at Logan Airport had their security checkpoint workers dress up like SWAT team members (in those days, Delta used Terminal C for its domestic operations).
Sep 25, 2019, 9:30 am
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Not that, but people with Italian heritages are more likely to be interested in Italy's cultural, historical, culinary, and religious treasures as a tourist destination.
DL tried a FCO nonstop from MSP one summer and it didn't even last to the end of its initially announced very short season.
DL tried a FCO nonstop from MSP one summer and it didn't even last to the end of its initially announced very short season.
Sep 25, 2019, 9:52 am
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That doesn't imply that Italy is the # 3 destination of tourists from every large metro area, nor that tourists from Italy are equally likely to visit any destination in the USA.