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Old 12-18-2011 | 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Delta Air Lines Newsroom - Press Kit

sure glad I didn't hold my breath on much more mainline flying in the second phase of lga expansion...

Originally Posted by FlyZ
WOW! I didn't take the time to add up DAL vs DCI, but that looks like 90% RJs. If you read the release most pilots will read on the DeltaNet homepage, there is no indication this is DCI flying. Do you guys think the average DAL pilot even knows or cares that nearly all of our long-touted LGA expansion will not be flown by us?
I don't know if I counted right but I see this:

220 Flight Segments

202 or 92% Regional
18 or 8% Mainline

By type:
14 MD88 (MIA, NAS, RSW)
4 B737 (DEN)

E145 110 (ALB, BGR, BTV, CAE, CHO, CLE, GSO, GSP, IAD, ILM, MHT, ORF, PHL, RIC, ROA, SDF, SYR, YHZ, YOW, YUL)
CRJ700 38 (BNA, BTV, CLT, MYR, PIT, RDU, ROC, STL, SYR)
E170/175 30 (DFW, IAH, IND, JAX, MCI, MKE, PIT)
CRJ900 22 (BUF, MKE, PIT)
CPJ 2 (RIC)


A couple of observations.

1. If I'm not mistaken, when SWA acquired AirTran and announced new service it was all on a 717 or 737. I didn't see the words CRJ, ERJ, E170, E175, CRJ700 or CRJ900 anywhere. Could that be because of their scope clause?

2. Remember as you read the LGA expansion to say: "Delta wants out of the RJ business" and "The LGA slot swap will increase mainline flying".

3. And remember to say- "shut up scope chickens."

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