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It's on the news page. But it doesn't say Delta will grow by 3%. It says the "combined JV trans-Atlantic network" will grow by 3%.
But Hauenstein's memo says we are reducing capacity:
"In the next few months, reductions to capacity in the Atlantic will free up B777-200ERs and 767-300s, allowing us to deploy these aircraft to the Pacific. As a result of the availability of these smaller-gauged aircraft, we will retire four less-efficient B747-400 aircraft sooner than planned."
Here is the part you're leaving out:
After careful evaluation,
we made the decision to reduce trans-Atlantic growth plans for the fall and winter after seeing some weakness in the trans-Atlantic revenue environment due to too much industry capacity in the region. This change has resulted in a cascading effect for aircraft. A330 aircraft that would have been used for this growth on the trans-Atlantic will now be used for other trans-Atlantic routes being served by 777-200 and 767-300 aircraft.