Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Carl, he stated that we would be pulling flights off the Atlantic and those flights would be replaced with joint venture flights. It does not say that in any way shape or form. It states the planned INCREASE IN FLYING is being reduced to 3% growth overall for the joint venture. It does not state what the breakdown will be between the partner airlines. We could be doing all of it or none of it but they are not reducing capacity and replacing it with AF/KLM. In fact we just announced another Atlantic flight SLC-AMS.
Since I can't paste the exact words here, I'll paraphrase from page 2 of the Q & A, emphasis mine: '...notwithstanding reductions in trans-Atlantic growth plans,
the combined JV trans-Atlantic network will grow this winter by 3 percent, though not as much originally planned.'
If it was Delta Air Lines that would be growing by 3% in the Atlantic, they would have said Delta Air Lines. Instead, they said "the JV Trans-Atlantic network." Further, they said the reductions in the Atlantic
at Delta will free up those
Delta aircraft to fly Pacific routes abandoned by the 744.
They couldn't have been more clear. Delta will be flying less Delta aircraft in the Atlantic. The JV network will grow by 3% in the Atlantic. This will widen our imbalance in the JV and it will occur during the "cure period" of our scope section.
Carl