N830MH

http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/060321/95995.html

Delta to Offer Customers Most Extensive Summer Schedule Ever from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Tuesday March 21, 1:00 pm ET

Peak day departures to top 1,000 with additional flights to 22 U.S. destinations this summer


ATLANTA, March 21, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Delta Air Lines this summer will offer customers the most extensive schedule ever from its flagship hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with more than 1,000 peak-day departures to nearly 230 worldwide destinations. This June, Delta will offer customers service to 30 more destinations than compared to June 2005.
The most recent additions, scheduled to begin in May and June 2006, include expanded service to 22 high-demand non-stop destinations from Atlanta, including:



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Additional Total
Round-Trip Round-Trip
flights Flights Effective
Market from Atlanta from Atlanta Date
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Baltimore 1 11 June 8, 2006
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Bloomington, Ill. 1 4 May 1, 2006
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Buffalo, N.Y. 1 7 May 1, 2006
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Dayton, Ohio 1 8 June 8, 2006
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Dallas-Ft. Worth 2 11 June 8, 2006
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Denver 1 9 June 8, 2006
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Flint, Mich. 1 5 May 1, 2006
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Fort Myers 1 7 June 8, 2006
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Gulfport/Biloxi, Miss. 2 8 May 1, 2006
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Indianapolis 1 8 June 8, 2006
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Jacksonville, Fla. 1 9 June 8, 2006
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Kansas City, Mo. 1 9 June 8, 2006
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Los Angeles 2 13 June 8, 2006
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Milwaukee 1 7 June 8, 2006
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Myrtle Beach, S.C. 1 6 June 8, 2006
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Newport News, Va. 1 7 May 1, 2006
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Pensacola, Fla. 1 8 May 1, 2006
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Philadelphia 1 10 May 1, 2006
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Raleigh-Durham 1 11 June 8, 2006
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Sarasota, Fla. 1 7 June 8, 2006
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Seattle 1 7 May 25, 2006
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Tampa 1 10 June 8, 2006
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N808DE

I'd love to know when these will show up. Flight schedules after 6/8/06 show a total of 11 per day, not 13. Anyone know when these will show up?

Traveling Salesman

Just what atl needs. It is bad enough that we have atf holds now and it is not even summer. I cnt wait to see how bad it gets with the additional flights start.

jjglaze77

From the article:

Additional service to Bloomington, Buffalo, Flint, Gulfport/Biloxi, Newport News, Pensacola, Philadelphia and Seattle is available for sale today on delta.com. Additional service to Baltimore, Dayton, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Fort Myers, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Myrtle Beach, Raleigh-Durham, Sarasota and Tampa will be available for sale April 1, 2006 on delta.com.

g50

New fifth runway should cut delays by 50% is set to open in May.

N830MH

Actually, you're right about fifth runway should be open in few more months later. They will able cut delays reduce wait times in ATL.

JoeFlyer

THIS IS SAD. EVERY DESTINATION IS AN AIRTRAN DESTINATION. IT'S LIKE IN BANKRUCY THAT IF DELTA IS GOING TO LOSE MONEY OUT THE WAZOO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO HURT AIRTRAN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THE PROCESS.

I LIKE DELTA, I LIKE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ROUTES, BUT THIS IS A PURPOSEFUL MONEY LOSER FOR THEM.

Justin026

...definitely a move against AirTran, which is their right, I guess, even as a bankrupt...hard to see any other grand strategy at work with the increases to places like Dayton, Bloomington, and Flint happening when there are no similar moves to Columbus or Nashville or Hartford.

I have been flying quite a bit between the Dayton-Columbus-Cincinnati market and Atlanta. Some interesting patterns:

- The Dayton flights are full on AirTran and on Delta. Lots of people I meet on the planes tell me they wouldn't normally fly from Dayton but the low fares cause them to drive there.

- Delta pinpoints AirTran's fares. Delta will match AirTran dollar for dollar UNTIL AirTran's competing flight on a given date is full. Then Delta ratchets up their fares to what they and the pilots' union wishes would be the "normal" level to fly in the eastern US--about $500-600 OW.

The next important piece of information will be how many of these new flights are RJ vs. mainline aircraft. This is where Delta's nose-to-nose competition goes sour in many of these cities, as the RJ "fill-in" flights cannot match AirTran's Business Class cabin (and price).

All of this was why the city fathers in Wichita kept subsidizing AirTran even AFTER Delta upgraded its RJ frequencies--the Rodney Dangerfield effect.

indufan

So, which markets are priced at $1,200 roundtrip from Dayton? And what does the pilots union have to do with it?

ConnFlyer

Actually, most of these capacity additions are much ado about nothing. Most of these markets had the same, if not more, capacity last summer. During the winter, DL made hefty cuts in these markets and is now restoring them back to where they were. This press release is really pointless.

Overall, DL will have almost 100 fewer flights through ATL this summer versus last summer.

N830MH

It is worth for lot of the money $1,200 roundtrip from DAY. You even need take on FL to DAY. It is nothing best we can do for DL. It would able losing the money on DL to DAY. No matter what happen with DL to keep them their money.

DAL767-400ER

Not pointless, it's positive PR (Joe Schmoe: Hey, they are expanding, so they must be doing good), vs all the recent negative PR (Online wannabe airline CEO: OMFG, their pilots will strike, their SOL!!!111!!)

Make that "almost 50 fewer flights". Last year, the maximum number was 1057 flights during May, and basically hovered around 1045 flights for most of the summer. And as given PR shows, this summer DL will have "over 1,000 daily flights" from ATL again. Nowhere near 100 less.

MachOne

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ConnFlyer

PR that no one reads. These types of PR releases are seen by hardly anyone. Except on websites like this which don't represent the majority of the flying public.

DL's PR from last year was 1,092 flights during the summer peak.

N830MH

Yes, it is DL has been more than nearly 1,100 flights during in the summer peaks. Does DL this mean more than more new flights in/out from ATL hubs?