Originally Posted by
iaflyer
3-5 years is an eternity in this business these days. He could easily be saying we'll serve Mars in 3-5 years.
Here's the actual quote: "My hope is working with (Metropolitan Airports Commission Executive Director) Jeff (Hamiel), we're going to be able to have another long-haul, nonstop into Asia in the next three to five years."
Lots of hope in that sentence.
And just after that quote was some comment on 787's and 350's. Not sure the reporter got it right.
“My hope is that we are going to be able to have another nonstop into Asia in the next three to five years,” Anderson said, speaking to the MSP Foundation’s State of the Airport luncheon.
Delta is replacing its fleet of Boeing 747s with Boeing’s new, fuel efficient 787 aircraft and Airbus A350 planes. “That fleet is going to unlock longer haul markets,” Anderson said.