Originally Posted by shlittlenellie
Very authoritative stuff, although more than a fair dollop of tosh.
DSA will only have 4 737s in the summer and that includes an -800. There is no expansion of the scheduled side, in fact it will be reduced compared to year 1.
DSA sales through the roof: erm not quite.
787's confirmed for 2011: no.
Rumours yes, facts or close to the truth - no.
787's are for the new long haul and have been widely accepted as starting delivery in 2011 unless tfly takes up unused options if one of the american or other airlines fold(i hear united is in chapter 66 or whatever it's called at the moment). sales for dsa flights are exceeding predictions and for the first few months the long haul is nearly sold out, some of the 737's seen at other bases are more than likely now to be dsa based and operating w patterns, scheduled flights are reduced from previous year however there are currently between 7 and 10 charter flights operating per day from dsa this summer compared to last years 2 this may expand with sales as new systems allow better a/c distribution. dsa is tfly's fastest expanding base and because of available offices there is some discussion of doors etc being installed and a facility being purchased at dsa for conferences, training and the like, it is already in the pipeline to base 737 engineering at dsa on a permanent basis. dsa is a huge focus over the coming years.