Fleet and bases
05-18-2023 | 05:03 PM
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05-19-2023 | 01:42 AM
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05-19-2023 | 04:32 AM
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05-19-2023 | 04:42 AM
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From Aviation Week... an EB quote
“The story of Delta is one of cash, one of free cash,” he added. So far in 2023, the airline has recorded the 20 highest cash sale days in company history, with nearly 60% of Delta’s revenues being non ticket-driven. Business travel levels are only about 80% recovered when compared to 2019—by traditional measure.
Maybe they are more concerned about the bigger revenue generator......which it appears does not come from fling airplanes..... So they don't need to leave their cubicle?
“The story of Delta is one of cash, one of free cash,” he added. So far in 2023, the airline has recorded the 20 highest cash sale days in company history, with nearly 60% of Delta’s revenues being non ticket-driven. Business travel levels are only about 80% recovered when compared to 2019—by traditional measure.
Maybe they are more concerned about the bigger revenue generator......which it appears does not come from fling airplanes..... So they don't need to leave their cubicle?
05-19-2023 | 04:53 AM
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From another thread but an interesting short read....https://redirect.viglink.com/?format...lqTrack%3Dtrue
05-19-2023 | 05:26 AM
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What was the date on that article?? Zero plans to phase out the fleet that early. They're in the middle of bringing back the last ~15 or so more out of storage so soon we'll be flying every single one we've got that isn't being parted out. Last I heard was possibly retiring the fleet around 2030, and that will probably slip further back barring another black swan event. We're so desperate to get seats into the system that we're flying the Lion Air 737-900s without wifi, IFE, or the full cabin retrofit.
05-19-2023 | 05:30 AM
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What was the date on that article?? Zero plans to phase out the fleet that early. They're in the middle of bringing back the last ~15 or so more out of storage so soon we'll be flying every single one we've got that isn't being parted out. Last I heard was possibly retiring the fleet around 2030, and that will probably slip further back barring another black swan event. We're so desperate to get seats into the system that we're flying the Lion Air 737-900s without wifi, IFE, or the full cabin retrofit.
The 717s will be around for the foreseeable future.
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