Is Kiev really going to the -400 in the spring? (I must have missed that memo...)
I sure hope not!

Don't know, but the secretary in DTW Flt Ops is telling the 330 guys to get a second passport since it takes so long to get a Russian Visa. Hmmmmm!

Easiest way to check is to go to the travel net and put a April or May fly date in. (That is if the new skeds are uploaded, which I think they are.....)

FWIW, I thought it was too.

It was buried in one of the letters outlining the schedule changes for next summer. Of course, in this category we stand by to stand by on what marketing wants to do with us. :rolleyes:

Yes, it is. It was hard to find, but here is the press release from Delta showing the routes that are resuming next summer:

Delta Air Lines Newsroom - Delta Air Lines New and Returning Seasonal International Service

New York-JFK to Kiev, Ukraine
May 2, 2010
Boeing 767-400
Five times weekly

Some lucky guys and girls will get a 4 day layover in Kiev. (I heard it's nice and cheap there).

What we do when getting the Russian visa is do it all at once. We send in the paperwork for a second passport and for the Russian visa together. The company that gets our visas sends in for the passport first, then when it comes back, they send it for the Russian visa. For me, a month after I submitted it, the second passport with my Russian visa showed up at my house.

It took 7 weeks to get mine and I am already getting a pop-up about it expiring in April. Sending it off at the first of the year to make sure.

Well I am going on six weeks, but yes go to the Flt Ops web page and look for the Visa and Passport Line on the left side of the start screen. The company is CBIT. If you are getting the second passport you will need two photos for the visa (each) and two for the passport as well as all of the required documentation.
I could be wrong but all that is required visa wise these days is Russia and China. ER guys need the Russia. If I am wrong all of the passport requirements for your category should be listed in this subsection of the DALNet.

Kiev is not Russia. You would need it for UUEE (SVO) or ULLI (LED) or any other city we would serve inside the Russian boarders.

Random but here is a cool website for world identifiers.FlyerGuide.Net - Airport Information & Reviews