dtwtransport

Are the 777 birds really being retired (never to fly again) or is Delta doing something else, like selling to Amazon’s Prime Air for cargo flights? I imagine if anyone could use a plane or two right now it would be Amazon for cargo movement.

cmd320

My guess is the older ERs probably won’t fly again. The LRs will likely find another operator would be my guess.

KLMatSJC

That's doubtful. Etihad retired their 777-200LRs a few years ago and no one picked them up. And that was when aviation was thriving.

TuxTom

I'm not able to make any of the final flights so I'll just consider myself fortunate that I was able to take a couple of trips on the newly reconfigured 777s earlier this year before the world came to a halt.

Flying to Sydney back in February in premium economy, I chose to fly VA on the outbound and DL on the return so I could compare the two. While VA had the better product of the two, I still enjoyed my DL flight and I'm sad to see that neither airline will be operating that route with 777's any more. Shortly after I returned from SYD, my wife and I flew LAX-CDG in D1 for our honeymoon, which ultimately we had to abandon as Europe went into lockdown, but I will always remember our flight over. The crew was excellent and the purser even recognized my name and asked if I had recently flown on a flight she had worked from SYD.

All in all, I was a fan of the 777s, and enjoyed every flight I had the chance to ride in one. Even in Y, with DL keeping the more generous 9-abreast seating, I would look forward to those trips and I can only hope going forward I enjoy the A350s as much. I think the A350s are one of the most beautiful modern airliners, but I'll reserve judgement on DLs product until I actually get a chance to fly in one.

Paul510

Today was the last flight? What route was it?

Thanks,

Paul

ATOBTTR

DL 8777 on JFK-LAX. DL also operated a 777 on ATL-LAX yesterday.

ChamplinAl

All of the 18 DL trip 7's have gone to the desert to their final resting places (VCV OR MZJ), with the exception of 2 B777-200ER's - they currently are at BHM. I am sure Delta will eventually have them sent to the desert. Just wondering if these 2 are still possibly going to be used for military(or freighter) charters. The 2 frames are: N861DA and N865DA. So, technically - these are the last 2 that have not been WFU (withdrawn from use) - just no longer have scheduled flights. Their last revenue flight (LRF) happened 3-16 (N861DA) with the CDG-LAX leg and 3-12 (N865DA) with the CDG-MSP leg. These 2 frames being "stored" at BHM for this length of time makes very little since - these 2 should have been one of the first to be sent to their final resting places. Just sayin'.

KLMatSJC

DL has scrapped some MD-90s there as well, so it's likely that BHM might be their final resting place.