DL to decrease the July/early August schedule by 100 flights/day
May 26, 2022, 9:17 am
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Delta Internal Memo: Flights Cancellations increasing starting this weekend
Posted on twitter by DL reporters. This cancellations starting this weekend will continue through end of August.
May 26, 2022, 9:44 am
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Also mentioned yesterday in the weekend weather waiver thread: WX Waiver posted for Northeast to Southeast
Now on news.delta.com: https://news.delta.com/flying-delta-...w-and-how-prep
Now on news.delta.com: https://news.delta.com/flying-delta-...w-and-how-prep
May 26, 2022, 11:43 am
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DL to decrease the July/early August schedule by 100 flights/day
https://news.delta.com/flying-delta-...w-and-how-prep
DL is reducing their schedule by 100 flights per day from July 1 to August 7 in order to "build additional resilience in our system and improve operational reliability for our customers and employees." No details about which flights will be cut except that they'll be "primarily in markets in the U.S. and Latin America that Delta frequently serves."
Get ready for full flights and maybe even bumping opportunities!
DL is reducing their schedule by 100 flights per day from July 1 to August 7 in order to "build additional resilience in our system and improve operational reliability for our customers and employees." No details about which flights will be cut except that they'll be "primarily in markets in the U.S. and Latin America that Delta frequently serves."
Get ready for full flights and maybe even bumping opportunities!
May 26, 2022, 11:50 am
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This weekend's Schedule Change Saturday could be a bloodbath, plus there won't be (m)any experienced agents available through Monday.
May 26, 2022, 11:51 am
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May 26, 2022, 12:05 pm
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They loaded a number of schedule cuts for July/August this past weekend. I count about 50 routes with reductions. So possibly another 50 routes this weekend. There's a number of RJ routes out of DTW that will be down to a single daily flight for July/August.
May 26, 2022, 12:20 pm
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and the flights remain way expensive. Do not purchase the high price tickets as you're adding to this mess.
May 26, 2022, 12:25 pm
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Any cancellations as of this writing for a Friday departure (tomorrow) are most certainly not a "proactive way to minimize close-in rebooking pressure."
"We've never rebuilt an airline before..." And you're not rebuilding one now. Stop with the pompousness, Delta.
"We've never rebuilt an airline before..." And you're not rebuilding one now. Stop with the pompousness, Delta.
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May 26, 2022, 12:40 pm
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I don't think it's appropriate to victim blame in this situation. If travelers have the need, desire, and means to travel this summer, they should be able to have the confidence that the airlines are actually able to fly the schedule the publish.
May 26, 2022, 12:45 pm
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Oh yea, I definitely noticed that this past weekend... I'm hoping it's not 100 *additional* cuts, because then flying into smaller Midwest airports from the West coast may get painful if I want to avoid redeyes.
May 26, 2022, 12:45 pm
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So...Delta's not ready when we are? 
May 26, 2022, 12:47 pm
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Strange. RJs aren't crewed by DL pilots or FAs and DTW surely doesn't have slot restrictions currently, although I assume that DL would do all of the ground handling for DeltaConnection flights at DTW. Is DL short of GAs too this summer?
May 26, 2022, 12:48 pm
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Typical afternoon storms will start tomorrow for majority of the state of Florida. JAX ATC center still has staffing shortages but are supposedly working on it. Load factor to majority of Florida cities has to be close 90% or higher at times.
May 26, 2022, 12:55 pm
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Not entirely clear if the 100 flights/day refers only to mainline flights. The July/August reductions last weekend were a combination of mainline and Connection Carrier flights.