Summer schedule a350 and A330-900
Jan 29, 2021, 8:44 am
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A359 are primarily intended for TPAC travel and very long-haul. You will not likely see many on TATL routes unless TPAC demand remains very low. I believe DL only has 7 A330-900s and has deferred future deliveries on them, so you will likely not find many this summer on TATL routes. They are currently flying SEA-AMS/ICN and JFK-AMS/TLV. It looks like they will mostly be doing TPAC flying out of SEA for the summer.
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Jan 29, 2021, 1:31 pm
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They are up to 8 A339s now (N408DX is the latest one and in service now).
So far they have scheduled the A339 on one of the JFK-TLV flights this summer (the late night departure DL234) - I guess to compete against the new AA flight. It remains to be seen how the plane will get to JFK to do the TLV rotation. My guess is that China flying will not be back to anywhere near what has been scheduled (e.g., nonstop SEA-PVG and SEA-PKX daily, LAX-PVG daily, etc). Right now they can't even get PVG to operate nonstop out of SEA or DTW due to China's regulations about crew quarantine and testing. So I am sure we will see some A339s switched over to the Atlantic.
So far they have scheduled the A339 on one of the JFK-TLV flights this summer (the late night departure DL234) - I guess to compete against the new AA flight. It remains to be seen how the plane will get to JFK to do the TLV rotation. My guess is that China flying will not be back to anywhere near what has been scheduled (e.g., nonstop SEA-PVG and SEA-PKX daily, LAX-PVG daily, etc). Right now they can't even get PVG to operate nonstop out of SEA or DTW due to China's regulations about crew quarantine and testing. So I am sure we will see some A339s switched over to the Atlantic.
Jan 29, 2021, 2:05 pm
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So far they have scheduled the A339 on one of the JFK-TLV flights this summer (the late night departure DL234) - I guess to compete against the new AA flight. It remains to be seen how the plane will get to JFK to do the TLV rotation. My guess is that China flying will not be back to anywhere near what has been scheduled (e.g., nonstop SEA-PVG and SEA-PKX daily, LAX-PVG daily, etc). Right now they can't even get PVG to operate nonstop out of SEA or DTW due to China's regulations about crew quarantine and testing. So I am sure we will see some A339s switched over to the Atlantic.
Jan 29, 2021, 3:30 pm
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Early summer I doubt there will be much change. Maybe by late July or Aug we may see some demand pick up as countries start to open. Hard to say though. I am just glad my late Aug trip isn't on an old 763 (yet)
Jan 29, 2021, 3:42 pm
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Of course all that will be moot if the border doesn't reopen by then
Jan 30, 2021, 3:42 pm
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Jan 30, 2021, 5:05 pm
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Feb 7, 2021, 1:22 am
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HND to LAX just changed on me for July!
My Plane was changed from A350 to A339-neo this past week from Haneda to LAX for a flight in mid July. Was kind of bummed as we had a D1 Suite. Still will be nice though. We already have the A339 from Sea to ICN.
Feb 7, 2021, 6:14 am
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Feb 7, 2021, 10:00 am
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What do you mean snag? LX charges for seat assignments in Business Class, but if you are willing to pay for it, throne seats are usually widely available far in advance.
Feb 7, 2021, 12:51 pm
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Haha, ok, I was able to snag 4A which looks more like F with a huge footwell, 3 windows and located in an 2-row mini cabin