Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
I totally agree.
DAL is making a ton of money on cargo with this bird.
I assume the question of whether we get the 748i or more 744's is really up to Skyteam and their decision to have us fly more point to point and the other to let the international carriers fly the big metal on hub to hub, or to let us have some of the hub to hub too.
The rumored price of the JAL 744 pax birds is right around 250K per month. If anyone know a/c leases, they will realize that if there is any truth to that price, it is really too good of a deal to pass up.
I heard that during bankruptcy, NWA re-negotiated the lease payments on the 744's down to 450k per month, so, 250k is a steal! We need a high capacity aircraft at DAL to compete with the increasing amount of A380's across the Atlantic and Pacific.