Originally Posted by
freightguy
All 747 freight flying out of Anchorage. We do put cargo on AF jets today. Many interport destinations out of Narita. Incheon went to Korean, Ho Ci Minh went to Vietnam. Mumbai went to Jet Airways. Lost many European destinations to Air France and KLM. We fly more people into Africa through code-sharing on AF/KLM that on our own metal. We fly a lot of people into Asia via Korean codeshares. Just some examples.
And it's a huge reason why we have a mini widebody fleet. If we add our premium widebody fleet (I am not including 7ERs as it pays narrwbody rates), we sit at 90 airframes (777+330+764+747). United sits at 140 (747+787+777+764). We are not taking a lot of long haul opportunities because of the code-sharing we are doing.
So is Delta a dead end career? I don't think so. But will a new hire have better widebody opportunities at United or American? Absolutely.
I asked because I am often surprised at what people's perceptions are verses reality. The actual answer would be our European flying is flat since 2008 and the pacific is up over 10%. Air France freighters keep getting mentioned here often. They parked their last 747 freighter in 2014. They are going to belly freight only.