Originally Posted by
Fly4hire
It's called belly freight. Ask some questions of informed contacts on revenue (vs. pax) generated from above, and capability of same for 744 vs. 777.
There are some 744 routes where the pax are just gravy.
No doubt about that. But is that revenue enough to justify a tiny fleet of aging −400 whales when we could just give that flying to our JV "partners" in their −800's and 380's, that's my concern.
Even though there's no money in cargo, there's enough money in cargo to fly 727's, DC-8's and −200 whales. But will DL mainline pilots continue to be at the controls of the 4 engine jets that fly in the service of Delta the SkyTeam connection? That's the question here.