Delta / LATAM Partnership (Consolidated Thread)
Sep 29, 2019, 5:18 pm
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Except what is SkyTeam without DL and the partners it has stakes in? The answer is an irrelevant alliance of nobodies outside of a couple of regional players.
The incentive for the 2nd tier is that if they don't play ball they are left with nothing and OW and *A are pretty much tapped out (apart from of course this newly created hole in SA)
The incentive for the 2nd tier is that if they don't play ball they are left with nothing and OW and *A are pretty much tapped out (apart from of course this newly created hole in SA)
Essentially, Delta is currently playing hardball in an attempt to remake the alliance as a more lightweight entity that's more aligned with their strategy, and because they hold all the cards I think it will be successful.
Sep 30, 2019, 7:46 am
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Sep 30, 2019, 8:18 am
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looks like aa is taking the gloves off! increased frequencies to s america and restarting bos-lhr. seems this is evolving into the fight that dl has with as.
https://onemileatatime.com/wow-ameri...m=BoardingArea
https://onemileatatime.com/wow-ameri...m=BoardingArea
Sep 30, 2019, 9:27 am
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looks like aa is taking the gloves off! increased frequencies to s america and restarting bos-lhr. seems this is evolving into the fight that dl has with as.
https://onemileatatime.com/wow-ameri...m=BoardingArea
https://onemileatatime.com/wow-ameri...m=BoardingArea
It's a great idea, but until AA starts to improve its reliability, product, and consistency, they just are not going to keep pace with Delta.
Sep 30, 2019, 9:42 am
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I agree with respect to AA's poor reliability compared to DL, but adding flights in MIA seems like a pretty smart decision on their part to me. BOS-LHR, kind of pointless though since they have that silly immunized JV with BA.
Sep 30, 2019, 4:05 pm
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For a company that used to have nothing but second hand planes (practically speaking) DL is going to have a very modern fleet in the very near future. A220's and A321's pushing out the old MD's, A330 pushing out a lot of the old 767's, A350 pushing out the old 747's. And if Boeing ever makes the 797 gone are the 757's too.
Sep 30, 2019, 4:44 pm
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I’d be more shocked if AA had said that they were restarting BOS-CDG
Oct 2, 2019, 12:23 am
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Oct 2, 2019, 2:55 pm
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More likely they'll accelerate the retirement of some of the 767's. Or perhaps push back some of the 330's they have on order. There will be some adds and up-gauges to South America as well I suppose.
For a company that used to have nothing but second hand planes (practically speaking) DL is going to have a very modern fleet in the very near future. A220's and A321's pushing out the old MD's, A330 pushing out a lot of the old 767's, A350 pushing out the old 747's. And if Boeing ever makes the 797 gone are the 757's too.
For a company that used to have nothing but second hand planes (practically speaking) DL is going to have a very modern fleet in the very near future. A220's and A321's pushing out the old MD's, A330 pushing out a lot of the old 767's, A350 pushing out the old 747's. And if Boeing ever makes the 797 gone are the 757's too.
Perhaps they will also update the A330 with more slack in the system? Those have quickly gone from being their best product to not so great anymore.
Oct 2, 2019, 3:14 pm
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Oct 12, 2019, 4:42 pm
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When will we be able to start using Skymiles to book flights on LATAM? I tried today searching for award availability on a 2 leg flight (one leg which would presumably be a LATAM flight, as Delta doesn't offer domestic flights in Latin America), and received an error message. So clearly its not possible to do so yet.
Oct 12, 2019, 5:00 pm
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When will we be able to start using Skymiles to book flights on LATAM? I tried today searching for award availability on a 2 leg flight (one leg which would presumably be a LATAM flight, as Delta doesn't offer domestic flights in Latin America), and received an error message. So clearly its not possible to do so yet.