DL Retiring its 777 Fleet
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DL Retiring its 777 Fleet
Ed Bastian this morning: “With international travel expected to return slowly, we’ve also made the difficult decision to permanently retire our Boeing 777 fleet — 18 aircraft — by the end of the year,” Bastian told staff. He said more “fuel-efficient and cost-effective” A330s and A350-900 planes, made by Europe’s Airbus will be used instead. “Retiring a fleet as iconic as the 777 is not an easy decision — I know it has a direct impact on many of you who fly, crew and service these jets.”
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Interesting, they keep the 767s with are on average over 22 years old and get rid of the 777 which are only 15 years old. .But of course the number of aircraft are not the same ...
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Today isn't a good day for Delta. This announcement is actually the "good" news. According to this
https://news.delta.com/deltas-777-ai...-amid-covid-19
My bold. If the 777 is that much less efficient than the A350, how is Boeing still selling them? What am I missing here?
https://news.delta.com/deltas-777-ai...-amid-covid-19
Delta will continue flying its fleet of long-haul next generation Airbus A350-900s, which burn 21% less fuel per seat than the 777s they will replace.
If the 777 is that much less efficient than the A350, how is Boeing still selling them? What am i missing here?
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Today isn't a good day for Delta. This announcement is actually the "good" news. According to this
https://news.delta.com/deltas-777-ai...-amid-covid-19
My bold. If the 777 is that much less efficient than the A350, how is Boeing still selling them? What am I missing here?
https://news.delta.com/deltas-777-ai...-amid-covid-19
My bold. If the 777 is that much less efficient than the A350, how is Boeing still selling them? What am I missing here?
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Delta has projected lower passenger volume for a long time after the pandemic is over. Emirates has even stated the days of the A380 have been shattered, so it makes economic sense to get rid of the larger platforms. The 767 fits in with an A350 - A330 - B767 size structure by passenger volume per plane if Delta's projections say they can no longer fill a 777. I'm not current on Delta's plan for retiring the 767. I remember them stating they would be interested in being a launch customer of a Boeing NMA, but that was a few years ago and their current plan appears to get rid of anything without a side stick. Will they become an A321-XLR customer using that to fill the gap when they eliminate the 767 and 737-900ERs?
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In a related development, emphasis mine.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN22Q2B4
May 14, 2020 / 10:09 AM / Updated 3 hours ago
After announcing that it would no longer fly its 18 wide-body 777s, Delta told its 14,500 pilots that it expects to have 7,000 more than it needs in the fall, according to a memo to flight operations employees first reported by Reuters.
“I recognize that is an alarming number so it’s important to know that our intent is to align staffing for what we need over the long term,” John Laughter [sic], S.V.P. of flight operations, said in the May 14 memo seen by Reuters.
Delta, others wrestle with too many planes, too many pilots
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) moved to retire its Boeing Co (BA.N) 777 fleet and reduce its pilot ranks on Thursday as it joins other airlines wrestling with the need to shrink their operations to match reduced air travel due to the coronavirus crisis.After announcing that it would no longer fly its 18 wide-body 777s, Delta told its 14,500 pilots that it expects to have 7,000 more than it needs in the fall, according to a memo to flight operations employees first reported by Reuters.
“I recognize that is an alarming number so it’s important to know that our intent is to align staffing for what we need over the long term,” John Laughter [sic], S.V.P. of flight operations, said in the May 14 memo seen by Reuters.
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