80th 787 arrives today

Reply Subscribe

Page 4 of 7

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

10-13-2025 | 07:36 PM

#31

FriendlyPilot

Line Holder

Joined: Sep 2020

Posts: 1,576

Likes: 357

Quote:

Originally Posted by C11DCA

just to slow your roll a bit. The new gates coming at IAD next year are not all WB gates. It is 14 gates total for Terminal E (or 7 WB gates) and there will not be any FIS within the terminal until Tier 2 is completed (as of now sometime in 2030) so either connections will ride the people movers to C or to the main terminal to clear customs.

so yes more gates coming which is a good thing, just not as good as you hoped.

The crew update just said 14 gates and IAD would have double the International capacity. So assumed those were all WB gates. Bottom line is we have plenty of places to pard planes, especially since the planes are probably in the air more than they are on the ground and can be towed on and off gate.

10-14-2025 | 07:36 AM

#32

hamsandwich

On Reserve

Joined: Nov 2019

Posts: 180

Likes: 4

Hopefully Denver will see some 787 growth.

01-13-2026 | 06:01 PM

#33

ATISInformation

On Reserve

Joined: Jul 2022

Posts: 71

Likes: 1

https://www.businessinsider.com/delt...y-fleet-2026-1

Delta jumping into the 787 game... in the 2030s.

01-14-2026 | 01:28 AM

#34

JoePatroni

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: May 2009

Posts: 2,034

Likes: 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATISInformation

https://www.businessinsider.com/delt...y-fleet-2026-1

Delta jumping into the 787 game... in the 2030s.

Whoever wrote that article classifies that as “competing aggressively.” Comical.

01-14-2026 | 05:29 AM

#35

C17man

On Reserve

Joined: Dec 2019

Posts: 112

Likes: 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATISInformation

https://www.businessinsider.com/delt...y-fleet-2026-1

Delta jumping into the 787 game... in the 2030s.

2030?! talk about being behind the WB timeline. The Rev from pax and Cargo is astronomical right now. They should have made this move YEARS ago.

01-14-2026 | 05:35 AM

#36

Clearedtocross

Line Holder

Joined: Dec 2023

Posts: 527

Likes: 126

Yep, Delta has a “big” order for 30 in 2031.
We’ll be getting that many in the next year and 1/2!

01-14-2026 | 06:44 AM

#37

crewdawg

Moderator

Joined: Jul 2006

Posts: 7,436

Likes: 438

Quote:

Originally Posted by C17man

2030?! talk about being behind the WB timeline. The Rev from pax and Cargo is astronomical right now. They should have made this move YEARS ago.

Ya, I think it stems from our stubbornness over the MRO deal. From what I've heard, that was a make or break item for these 787s.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clearedtocross

Yep, Delta has a “big” order for 30 in 2031.
We’ll be getting that many in the next year and 1/2!

"Big," in relation to a Delta WB order is very relative lol.

01-14-2026 | 06:48 AM

#38

AF OneWire

Line Holder

Joined: Feb 2024

Posts: 445

Likes: 91

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clearedtocross

Yep, Delta has a “big” order for 30 in 2031.
We’ll be getting that many in the next year and 1/2!

They’ve been taking deliveries of A350s and A330NEOs for a while now, so it’s not like they they haven’t been getting new wide bodies.

01-14-2026 | 07:46 AM

#39

FriendlyPilot

Line Holder

Joined: Sep 2020

Posts: 1,576

Likes: 357

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clearedtocross

Yep, Delta has a “big” order for 30 in 2031.
We’ll be getting that many in the next year and 1/2!

We have have over 200 787s before they get their first, but still its great for them because its upgauging their current 767s and means they will have WB planes well into the future, even though most of my peers will have retired before the first plane arrives.