Delta to retire its entire Boeing 777 fleet by the end of the year
Aug 22, 2020, 11:37 am
#332
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With other airlines, I've flown on the 772, 77E, 773, and 77W, but never the 77L.
Aug 22, 2020, 12:40 pm
#334
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Currently, the only active Delta 77L routes that are pax flights, is the LAX-SYD, and (of course) not daily - but around 3 times a week. And, only one (1) currently Delta 772 pax route flying is LAX-HND - and again not daily, but around 3 times a week.
Aug 22, 2020, 1:15 pm
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They need to put it on MCO-ATL for the remaining time. That's how it started its career at DL and so only appropriate to end it that way. But my guess is it will receive the same celebration the MD-88 did.... And that was the equivalent of sitting it out on the curb on trash day.
Aug 22, 2020, 1:17 pm
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Aug 23, 2020, 1:54 am
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Aug 23, 2020, 9:57 am
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So, after a good bit of research, it looks to me like the last domestic 777 flight will be a 77L on LAX-ATL-LAX on September 5th:
DL460 - LAX-ATL 8:25a-3:40p
DL679 - ATL-LAX 5:10p-6:28p
Happy to be proven wrong if anyone can find anything after that.
DL460 - LAX-ATL 8:25a-3:40p
DL679 - ATL-LAX 5:10p-6:28p
Happy to be proven wrong if anyone can find anything after that.
Aug 23, 2020, 12:03 pm
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We haven't agreed on much lately but I agree here. While I certainly understand why, I too am disappointed at the mostly unceremonious retirement of the MD-88s & MD-90s from the fleet and sadly the 777s may receive the same quiet sendoff. Wish I could've participated in one of the final flights MD-88/90 flights though for me it wasn't an option (if the retirements still went ahead for late 2020/early 2021 it wasn't going to be an option for me to participate either but at least the sendoff would have been more fun and memorable for those who would've gotten to participate). Same is likely true for the 777 sendoff. I was fortunate to be able to participate in AA's "Super 80" sendoff last year, though on CVG-DFW that day, not on the final DFW-ORD flight.
Aug 23, 2020, 8:59 pm
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Aug 23, 2020, 9:03 pm
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Luckily, I’m not bound by any quarantine though.
Aug 23, 2020, 10:00 pm
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Aug 24, 2020, 7:14 pm
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Just in case, I grabbed a seat on DL679. It may not be the *last* 777 flight, but it's the last I think I'll have the chance to fly.