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04-11-2012, 08:10 PM

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Well I guess it isn't all bad news for the Shuttle downgrade; here's something posted from airliners.net:

-The LGA-BOS route averages a 37% load factor and loses about $1 million per month
-DL is still the market share leader on the LGA-BOS sector.

The A319s will shift back to the domestic hub and spoke system and appear on the following:

-JFK-BOS: 4x daily and cancel the 6x daily OH CRJ-900 flights
-LGA-JAX: Equipment upgrade
-LGA-PWM: Replace an OH CRJ-900
-DTW-DFW: Upgrade a CRJ-900 flight
-DTW-MCI: Upgrade a CRJ-900 flight
-ATL-ORD/LIT/HOU: Upgrade one flight each

04-11-2012, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

It must have never posted.... I can see when posts are deleted and there are none.

Too many White Russians....it happens.

04-11-2012, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by contrails

Zero sum gain in terms of flying. More RJs in LGA, fewer in other places...
Obviously Delta decides where to put the jets.
The company will make more money, so that's a plus...

It just makes the "we'll upgauge as the market develops" line a little questionable...LGA ORD is the biggest market and it's 100% RJs...

And as we become more "vertically integrated" as a company by buying an oil refinery (a good thing IMHO) we continue to outsource our core competency to third party vendors because it's all the same...

Cheers
George

04-12-2012, 02:32 AM

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It must have never posted.... I can see when posts are deleted and there are none.

There is always a mod's mod

73M - IT guy.

04-12-2012, 02:57 AM

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One slight improvment; the Mainline A320's from BOS-JFK will make it easier for my Boston Homies to commute to the ER in JFK.

04-12-2012, 02:58 AM

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There aren't many people that live out as far as we do. Sometimes you've got to polish the tractor to go into town, though.

Or, in my case:

Yeahbut...where you gonna find a parking spot for that thing on Cleveland Ave??

04-12-2012, 04:09 AM

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Could someone please explain to me again why there's a necessity to have a NYC A320 base. I thought the initial intent was to cover the shuttle flying and now it's going away.

04-12-2012, 04:11 AM

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Could someone please explain to me again why there's a necessity to have a NYC A320 base. I thought the initial intent was to cover the shuttle flying and now it's going away.

Um, because Network said the 319/320 was going to be flying the shuttle? And uh, the 319/320 overnights sometimes. Did you know hotels are expensive for the company? And uh.. seemed like a good idea, kinda like the 777 base?

04-12-2012, 04:38 AM

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Thoughts, ftb?

it is a popular misconception. There are things the 88 cares about, like it's gate still occupied by someone else with no other gates around.

04-12-2012, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by cni187

Yeah don't move to the north side. My neighborhood has no Delta employees which is really nice(Can't really convey sarcasm in print). I'm the only person with a beard walking around pulling weeds in my yard in a bathrobe and jelly sandals while drinking a white Russian. I live on the north side of Marietta off 575 and it only takes me 35 min no traffic to get to the parking lot. Whenever there is traffic I avoid 75. Only takes an hour to the parking lot via surface streets and 285.

Marietta is not bad, close to Smyrna, actually I didn't mention Marietta because I think of it and Smyrna as so similar. Sometimes heavy traffic, but I actually meant north as in north of 285, where you would have to take 85 all the way or 85 to 285. Because then you have to go either through downtown or allll the way around. Marietta is nice because it is close to 285 on the west side so you don't have to take 85 through downtown or deal with that connector area up there.