Delta President Glen Hauenstein to retire after storied career | Delta News Hub

Surprised nobody has already started a thread on this news. His name is regularly mentioned in posts on here.

With a new head network planner what are the odds we will see more A350s at jfk irrespective of whether jfk-icn launches?

unless A350 and A330 flight crews have a common type rating, that would likely mean standing up an A350 crew base

Isn't that likely anyway to enable JFK-ICN?

Do you think the leadership change will continue the LAX-East Asia expansion?

Hopefully with Joe Esposito replacing him, he will be the best around (no one�s ever gonna keep him down!)

Interesting that Glen is bailing out prior to the rumored Delta One unbundling rollout.

Basically none. More Asia is a long way off due to lack of slots (HND) lack of frequency (PVG) and Russian airspace being closed. In 10 years, very well could be a A350 base but even then, I doubt it without China, India and Japan flying.

I'm of the opinion more HND slots will happen at some point and Delta will give JFK-HND a go. I'd be shocked if that happens in the near term though.

All that said I believe JFK will be 787 city. Mostly -10s replacing the 767/330 and some -9s in there for the longhual flying I am talking about above. I think the A350 stays around DTW, LAX and SEA with SLC, MSP and ATL seeing a mix of all the above.
330/350 are separate at Delta and 350 flights at JFK don't automatically equal a base. Doubtful a 350 base at NYC is in the cards any time soon.
more of the same. (so yes)
Joe will do a great job IMO and it will be a lot of the same. Will be interesting to see who replaces Ed soonish.
He has been wanting to leave for a long time. I am personally shocked Ed and Co were able to keep him around this long. I was personally hoping he would stick it out to 70 but I also understand wanting to step away. He has been doing a lot of what he does since before bankruptcy. Thats a very long time in this industry at one place with a lot of the same rolls.

And more recently, all rolls and no salads.

Appears to be the status quo, as Glen considered Delta customers ham sandwiches back in 2014 "We've been starving, and sitting on a ham sandwich the whole time." Going to miss Glen's dry humor from the earning calls and public conferences.

if delta decides to order 787-9s for long haul flying wouldn�t be surprised if jfk-icn launches with an a350 then goes to 787-9 in the long run. 787-9s might be more suited for jfk-hnd if slots open given delta�s lack of Japan partner. Eva and China airlines fly jfk-tpe without overflying Russia on 777-300ers so pvg is possible without overflying Russia. Small possibility delta could launch jfk-hkg with a350-1000s if lax-hkg does well given extra range of the a350-1000s compared to 777-300ers Eva and China airlines use on jfk-tpe.

Some significant leadership changes announced today:
https://news.delta.com/delta-announc...30-year-career

• Delta announces leadership updates, including Peter Carter promoted to President and Dan Janki named Chief Operating Officer following the retirement of longtime operations leader John Laughter.
• Erik Snell appointed Chief Financial Officer and Ranjan Goswami named Chief Marketing and Product Officer, as the company strengthens its executive team to support long‑term growth.
• Alain Bellemare adds role of Chairman of Delta TechOps, with Carter, Janki, Snell and Goswami all reporting directly to CEO Ed Bastian.

Closing this thread as the additional news is being discussed in another thread.