Originally Posted by
Nantonaku
Even Trip has given up on the huge wide body order. It isn’t coming. We are in the business of selling international tickets more so than the business of flying international. First we had to wait until after the contract to get our big order and international growth. Then it was waiting until we repair our domestic market. Now as United operates the largest international route structure ever we still pullback because it was never in the plans. We don’t have the planes coming and will never make a big international move. Every major player in the US is making an international push except Delta. Why fly your own planes when you can pay AeroMexico and Korean Air and Air France to fly them?
Maybe because of Global Scope and have to replace the 763.
Im usually a half empty glass kind of a person. But Delta doesn’t do “big airplane announcements”, like United. So, the airplanes will come, eventually. We already have the MRO for the 350 engines, which I think is what they really wanted a couple of years ago. Underpromise (no NH until Q3 2026), over deliver (hiring ramping back after summer for whatever 2026 plans).
Delta is currently tightening our pilot group, I think they believe they can make us fly more with Gs than growing the airline as they should. I also believe next contract negotiations is going to be interesting, as I also think they didn’t knew what they were signing in this PWA.
Also remember RG 2019 summer…they will definitely try again and maybe 2026 will be the year of money.