DL Repatriation and Cargo flights during COVID19 - Consolidated Thread
Apr 8, 2020, 3:53 am
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Just wondering.. how full flights are?
my wife and I were in India..(me for work.. wife to have fun).. once , we became to hear about countries closing etc.. told my clients.. will come back later..
and we left shortly after.. I have been in touch with friends etc in India.. everything is shut.. dont know where all these people were staying
my wife and I were in India..(me for work.. wife to have fun).. once , we became to hear about countries closing etc.. told my clients.. will come back later..
and we left shortly after.. I have been in touch with friends etc in India.. everything is shut.. dont know where all these people were staying
Apr 8, 2020, 9:28 am
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Correct. I was referring to when DL flew it the first time, originally on the 772 routing ATL-JFK-BOM-JFK-ATL. When DL received its 77Ls they switched it to ATL-BOM nonstop and it lasted maybe one season after that.
Apr 9, 2020, 3:56 pm
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This isn't as many flights as it could be given the volume of people. LH is running 2x daily 747/A380 to New Zealand for many days to get all the Europeans home...
Apr 10, 2020, 2:11 pm
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Anyone hearing reports from actually being on a these types of flights? Is it the normal DL main cabin and DL One service or probably the new streamlined COVID version?
Apr 10, 2020, 4:42 pm
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Apr 10, 2020, 4:57 pm
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Really don’t understand DL’s reasoning these days other than to cut costs on their domestic routes.
Apr 14, 2020, 11:41 pm
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PPT-HNL and other DL flight anomalies
Last edited by Oakshadow; Apr 15, 2020 at 10:10 am
Apr 15, 2020, 2:54 am
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There have been other repatriation flights for US citizens organized by the US government including PPT-HNL and BOM-ATL. This week also saw some military repatriation flights UTP-HNL.
There are some cargo-only flights now such as ORD-FRA and DTW-ICN-PVG. These are usually DL33XX flight numbers.
Apr 15, 2020, 7:39 am
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