Delta adds two more cities, both NOT in West Texas

[Freight Dog]

They don't have one of these in KOA or LIH:

http://www.bigtexan.com/

 

[Scrapdog]

There is enough water in West Texas to sail a boat? What you need to do is fly to Venice, Italy (on us no less) or Nice, France and see some really big boats--the ones airline CEOs have. Have fun in ELP.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Dude, you are by far the biggest joke on this board. Most on here (besides buffoons like instructorclown) realize no one is impressed by how many 767's you have domiciled in ATL. Flying an airliner is not impressive ok????? I know that is extremely hard for you to digest so please do your best. The things that flying an airliner DO provide (on varying scales) are QOL, compensation, and customer/employee service. SWA is absolutely head and shoulders above DAL in all 3 of those categories - and many more for that matter. Flying an ILS into ELP or flying an ILS into Venice is still flying an ILS - it's absolute brain dead work. However, what is nice is the fact SWA compensates you 50 dollars more an hour for doing it and treats the customer and its employees 10 fold better as well.

Catch a clue dude. No one cares nor is impressed with you or DAL.

 

[10nCLR]

Delta Offers Customers More of Hawaii With Two New
Nonstop Flights From Los Angeles to Lihue and Kona


Tuesday October 23, 9:56 am ET
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines' (NYSE:DAL - News) customers worldwide will enjoy new connections to two of Hawaii's major islands as the airline adds nonstop flights between its Los Angeles gateway and Lihue on the island of Kauai and Kona on the ``Big Island'' of Hawaii, effective June 5, 2008. With the additional flights, Los Angeles will continue to serve as Delta's largest gateway to Hawaii with five daily round-trip flights from southern California to four of Hawaii's major destinations.
``The addition of flights to Lihue and Kona marks another step in Delta's efforts to establish the world's broadest network of destinations for our customers,'' said Glen Hauenstein, Delta's executive vice president - Network Planning and Revenue Management. ``These newest destinations will allow customers to explore the beaches of the Coconut Coast while enjoying the beauty of the Garden Island or snorkeling off the sandy shores off the Kohala coast, all with convenient flight connections through our growing Los Angeles gateway.''
Flights will be available for sale to customers today at delta.com and via other ticketing channels, based on the following flight schedules: Delta's new service between Los Angeles and Kona, effective June 5, 2008 Flight Departs Arrives Frequency 1767 Los Angeles at 12:15 p.m. Kona at 2:50 p.m. Daily 1768 Kona at 8:50 p.m. Los Angeles at 5:10 a.m.* Daily Delta's new service between Los Angeles and Lihue, effective June 5, 2008 Flight Departs Arrives Frequency 1735 Los Angeles at 12:00 p.m. Lihue at 2:50 p.m. Daily 1736 Lihue at 8:50 p.m. Los Angeles at 5:20 a.m.* Daily * Flight arrives the following day


Bye Bye--General Lee

I am very excited, I love Hawaii, I hate Texas.

 

[LandGreen]

Dude, you are by far the biggest joke on this board. Most on here (besides buffoons like instructorclown) realize no one is impressed by how many 767's you have domiciled in ATL. Flying an airliner is not impressive ok????? I know that is extremely hard for you to digest so please do your best. The things that flying an airliner DO provide (on varying scales) are QOL, compensation, and customer/employee service. SWA is absolutely head and shoulders above DAL in all 3 of those categories - and many more for that matter. Flying an ILS into ELP or flying an ILS into Venice is still flying an ILS - it's absolute brain dead work. However, what is nice is the fact SWA compensates you 50 dollars more an hour for doing it and treats the customer and its employees 10 fold better as well.

Catch a clue dude. No one cares nor is impressed with you or DAL.

Anybody know how much a 737 pilot at Delta made BEFORE the BK? How did this rate compare to SWA? I keep hearing from the experts here on the board how Delta needs to do this and that, but I don't remember them thanking Delta back in 2000 for RAISING the bar.

I think it should be imperative amongst "profitable" carriers to continue to raise the bar. Therefore when financially troubled carriers re-emerge...there is a target to shoot for. Hopefully, SWA payrates (industry highest today) will become the benchmark average when re-emerging carriers re-negotiate their heavily concessionary contracts. Hope the economy doesn't tank, and fare hikes continue!

 

[LvnDaDream]

Dude, you are by far the biggest joke on this board. Most on here (besides buffoons like instructorclown) realize no one is impressed by how many 767's you have domiciled in ATL. Flying an airliner is not impressive ok????? I know that is extremely hard for you to digest so please do your best. The things that flying an airliner DO provide (on varying scales) are QOL, compensation, and customer/employee service. SWA is absolutely head and shoulders above DAL in all 3 of those categories - and many more for that matter. Flying an ILS into ELP or flying an ILS into Venice is still flying an ILS - it's absolute brain dead work. However, what is nice is the fact SWA compensates you 50 dollars more an hour for doing it and treats the customer and its employees 10 fold better as well.

Catch a clue dude. No one cares nor is impressed with you or DAL.

Before you start throwing stones to the DAL house...for what it matters, does anyone company "get 'er done" right for their customers all the time? (SWA, CAL, UAL, etc....)

 

[Whataburger]

Dude, you are by far the biggest joke on this board. Most on here (besides buffoons like instructorclown) realize no one is impressed by how many 767's you have domiciled in ATL. Flying an airliner is not impressive ok????? I know that is extremely hard for you to digest so please do your best. The things that flying an airliner DO provide (on varying scales) are QOL, compensation, and customer/employee service. SWA is absolutely head and shoulders above DAL in all 3 of those categories - and many more for that matter. Flying an ILS into ELP or flying an ILS into Venice is still flying an ILS - it's absolute brain dead work. However, what is nice is the fact SWA compensates you 50 dollars more an hour for doing it and treats the customer and its employees 10 fold better as well.

Catch a clue dude. No one cares nor is impressed with you or DAL.

Well said. Bravo.

Looking forward to my 18.5 hr layover in LBB this weekend. College football, going hunting, then comes smoked dove, huge steaks, and Cu'rs Light. Try that in Venice. Oh yea, and Texas Women!

PS. Venice smells like $hit when it's not underwater, Murano glass can be bought at Target, and the women have more hair on their body than a sheepdog.

 

[Tanker Clown]

I bet after the paycuts Delta took the General spends his Venice overnights in his hotel room looking for free porn, posting on FI, and eating Top Raman and instant oatmeal. When he gets back to the money he was making during the Clinton administration, he might stop eating meals that are made with the hotel room coffee maker or iron.

 

[737 Pylt]

I bet after the paycuts Delta took the General spends his Venice overnights in his hotel room looking for free porn, posting on FI, and eating Top Raman and instant oatmeal. When he gets back to the money he was making during the Clinton administration, he might stop eating meals that are made with the hotel room coffee maker or iron.

Who needs free porn when there's always the tanker clown trailer home to, "git r done!":laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

737

 

[Tanker Clown]

Who needs free porn when there's always the tanker clown trailer home to, "git r done!":laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

737

I call it a "manufactured home." I haven't had the wheels on it in a long time. Maybe if I get hired at Delta I can afford to get the underpinning on it to keep out the varmits.

737 Pylt, how's your interest only arm on your ATL duplex? Are you going to be able to keep up with the payments when you don't get your scheduled raises or take take another round of pay cuts?

 

[General Lee]

I bet after the paycuts Delta took the General spends his Venice overnights in his hotel room looking for free porn, posting on FI, and eating Top Raman and instant oatmeal. When he gets back to the money he was making during the Clinton administration, he might stop eating meals that are made with the hotel room coffee maker or iron.

Actually, you are wrong. I have flown to Vencie once now from ATL and I really enjoyed it. We stay at a really nice hotel that treats us well. The food was very good in town, and I look forward to doing it again, but I have a few more cities I want to fly to first. It is great to have choices and actually look forward to going places on someone else's dime, and not in a green jumpsuit. Go get um Iceman, in that, um, heavy tanker.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[737 Pylt]

I call it a "manufactured home." I haven't had the wheels on it in a long time. Maybe if I get hired at Delta I can afford to get the underpinning on it to keep out the varmits.

737 Pylt, how's your interest only arm on your ATL duplex?

The money I get pimping out your old lady I spent yesterday on a pay toilet, but we're making progress!:laugh:

Are you going to be able to keep up with the payments when you don't get your scheduled raises or take take another round of pay cuts?

How's that SWA career coming?

737

 

[Benhuntn]

General, I have been to more cities and countries than you will ever see. I know you are impressed with yourself, but it doesn't mean a thing to me. I find my happiness here in the good ole USA speaking to english speaking controlers. Italy and France are over rated but enjoy.

 

[SWAdude]

but your actual fixed costs are going up, and without those hedges, it would be tougher for you to post that profit.

General,

You say you understand, but you don't talk the walk.

Do you understand that without changing anything, including fares, that SWA would have made roughly the same amount of a profit if oil had been at $50 a barrel for the quarter?

And to say without those hedges is moot. SWA would have initiated a different business plan.

 

[737 Pylt]

I find my happiness here in the good ole USA speaking to english speaking controlers. Italy and France are over rated but enjoy.

Roger that!
Pluce France is full of..............Well, French people!:laugh:

737

 

[doh]

Thanks to both of you for replying. You guys will never learn. And, Lihue and Kona are NOT in West Texas. Am I wrong here?

Bye Bye--General Lee

No General, you are not wrong there. My concern is that your airline does such a lousy job of serving it's current route structure. Maybe you should fix the current mess before you extend bad service to a new destination.

 

[General Lee]

General, I have been to more cities and countries than you will ever see. I know you are impressed with yourself, but it doesn't mean a thing to me. I find my happiness here in the good ole USA speaking to english speaking controlers. Italy and France are over rated but enjoy.

That's great. How many commies did you shoot down at Top Gun too? (who cares?) So far I have been impressed with the German Controllers. FRA is very well run. I also really like Ireland, but the trips aren't worth as much, so I have only done a couple. Copenhagen airport is a mess, but the city is nice. I have done a few flights to South America, Rio and Buenos Aires so far, and I enjoyed the layovers very much (36 hours each). The flights to and from were allnighters, but I sleep well during crew rest so that hasn't been too bad. I hope your 6 legs today from HOU to SJC are a lot fun.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[doh]

We don't have enough planes to do that, yet. If we bought Hawaiian Air, then maybe.

Bye Bye--General Lee

God forbid you should ruin that wonderful airline!

 

[General Lee]

No General, you are not wrong there. My concern is that your airline does such a lousy job of serving it's current route structure. Maybe you should fix the current mess before you extend bad service to a new destination.

Excuse me? Where do you come up with that? We have the largest hub in the WORLD, in ATL. It is the best run and most profitable single airport hub in the world. The connections are endless. Our JFK hub is well connected, but the airport itself is a mess, mainly because of the busy NYC airspace above and 3 major airports in one area. Our CVG hub is a great reliever hub for ATL, and rarely has problems, and also just opened an extra runway to help what little congestion there is. SLC is a great jump off point for anything in the NW, especially to Montana and even onto ANC. LAX is a good hub that now has plenty of feed from Expressjet ERJ-XRs (that can actually take all 50 pax, with no weight restrictions). They have added many new Mexican cities and added flights to DEN, LAS, PHX, TUS, PDX, EUG, SEA, YVR, RNO, SMF, OAK, SJC, SAN, BOI, and GEG. Why couldn't we add those cities ourselves? We don't have the planes, YET. (hint--MD90s)

You see DOH, we have really realigned our planes to meet demand since BK. Our guys running the show now are really good at what they do. Was Song a failure? No, not at that time because we had to do something against Jetblue and Delta Express 737-200s weren't doing it. But now our new guys have pulled those Song 757s off of inefficient routes and moved everything around to fit better, and create profits. Our guys also see many opportunities in the INTL sector, which with the lower dollar now is giving us good results, with mostly foreign passengers filling our planes. They may think it is cheap, but we know how much we need to make a profit, and we are doing well at the moment. Southwest has been raising fares in the States to keep it's momentum going, and that also is helping us on our domestic front. Our domestic system is doing fine, and our INTL side is growing and helping the bottom line even more. Have a great one.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[doh]

That's great. How many commies did you shoot down at Top Gun too? (who cares?) So far I have been impressed with the German Controllers. FRA is very well run. I also really like Ireland, but the trips aren't worth as much, so I have only done a couple. Copenhagen airport is a mess, but the city is nice. I have done a few flights to South America, Rio and Buenos Aires so far, and I enjoyed the layovers very much (36 hours each). The flights to and from were allnighters, but I sleep well during crew rest so that hasn't been too bad. I hope your 6 legs today from HOU to SJC are a lot fun.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Do yourself a favor and rent a car in FRA. Get the he!! out of the city. You will not be disappointed. And the city of Copenhagen rocks! I don't care if it is a little spendy, it is worth every penny! How long are your layovers? I had 2-4 day layovers when I used to fly those routes. You can really do some damage if you have the time!

 

[General Lee]

Look DOH, we just added more connections to ATL--2 RJs a day to Lawton, OK!!!

Delta Connects Lawton/Ft. Sill, Okla. Customers to Destinations Around the Globe with New Nonstop Service to Atlanta
Wednesday October 24, 10:04 am ET
ATLANTA, Oct. 24, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued earlier today under the same headline, note that in the first paragraph, the date the global network is available to customers is March 3, 2008, and not March 30, 2008, as previously stated. The corrected release follows:
Beginning March 3, 2008, Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL - News) will offer customers in Lawton/Ft. Sill, Okla. access to its global network of destinations with nonstop service to the world's largest airline hub in Atlanta. Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) will operate the only jet service to and from Lawton/Ft. Sill using the 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft.

Delta is pleased to be providing customers in the Lawton/Ft. Sill area nonstop service to Atlanta and connecting service to the world,'' said Joe Esposito, Delta's managing director, Schedule Planning. ``Our aggressive international expansion efforts will allow travelers to and from Lawton/Ft. Sill the ability to reap the benefits of an expansive route network via our Atlanta hub.''
With the new daily nonstop flights to and from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Delta will provide customers with superior connection opportunities to 52 countries. Delta's Atlanta hub is the fastest growing international gateway in the United States, with the addition of 29 new international routes since 2005. As part of its summer 2008 schedule, Delta plans to serve more than 80 nonstop international destinations from Atlanta.
Flights will be available for sale to customers today at delta.com and via other ticketing channels, based on the following flight schedules: Delta's new service between Atlanta and Lawton, effective March 3, 2008 Flight Departs Arrives Frequency ------ ------------------- ------------------ --------- 4371 Atlanta at 11 a.m. Lawton at 1:35 p.m. Daily 9765 Atlanta at 7:45 p.m. Lawton at 9:20 p.m. Daily Delta's new service between Lawton and Atlanta, effective March 3, 2008 Flight Departs Arrives Frequency ------ ------------------- ------------------ --------- 4460* Lawton at 6 a.m. Atlanta at 9 a.m. Daily 4371 Lawton at 1 p.m. Atlanta at 4:05 p.m. Daily * service begins March 4, 2008
Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than any airline with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 310 destinations in 54 countries. Since 2005, Delta has added more international capacity than all other major U.S. airlines combined and is the leader across the Atlantic with flights to 36 trans-Atlantic markets. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 400 weekly flights to 53 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on nearly 15,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 475 worldwide destinations in 104 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.



Contact: Delta Air Lines Corporate Communications 404-715-2554Source: Delta Air Lines, Inc.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[doh]

Excuse me? Where do you come up with that? We have the largest hub in the WORLD, in ATL. It is the best run and most profitable single airport hub in the world. The connections are endless. Our JFK hub is well connected, but the airport itself is a mess, mainly because of the busy NYC airspace above and 3 major airports in one area. Our CVG hub is a great reliever hub for ATL, and rarely has problems, and also just opened an extra runway to help what little congestion there is. SLC is a great jump off point for anything in the NW, especially to Montana and even onto ANC. LAX is a good hub that now has plenty of feed from Expressjet ERJ-XRs (that can actually take all 50 pax, with no weight restrictions). They have added many new Mexican cities and added flights to DEN, LAS, PHX, TUS, PDX, EUG, SEA, YVR, RNO, SMF, OAK, SJC, SAN, BOI, and GEG. Why couldn't we add those cities ourselves? We don't have the planes, YET. (hint--MD90s)

You see DOH, we have really realigned our planes to meet demand since BK. Our guys running the show now are really good at what they do. Was Song a failure? No, not at that time because we had to do something against Jetblue and Delta Express 737-200s weren't doing it. But now our new guys have pulled those Song 757s off of inefficient routes and moved everything around to fit better, and create profits. Our guys also see many opportunities in the INTL sector, which with the lower dollar now is giving us good results, with mostly foreign passengers filling our planes. They may think it is cheap, but we know how much we need to make a profit, and we are doing well at the moment. Southwest has been raising fares in the States to keep it's momentum going, and that also is helping us on our domestic front. Our domestic system is doing fine, and our INTL side is growing and helping the bottom line even more. Have a great one.

Bye Bye--General Lee

You miss my point. I realise that you are profitable. My point is that your customer service sucks. I fly as a revenue passenger now. I fly pretty much every airline, and Delta is by far the worst customer service out there. I tried to tell you this before, and I got a personal attack. Let's see how it goes with the second try.

 

[General Lee]

Do yourself a favor and rent a car in FRA. Get the he!! out of the city. You will not be disappointed. And the city of Copenhagen rocks! I don't care if it is a little spendy, it is worth every penny! How long are your layovers? I had 2-4 day layovers when I used to fly those routes. You can really do some damage if you have the time!

We used to stay in Mainz, but now we stay in Weisbaden. I thought it was very nice, and I look forward to around XMAS time for the festivals. I hear it is really fun. Most layovers are 24, with an occasional 48 hour layover if the flight isn't daily.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

You miss my point. I realise that you are profitable. My point is that your customer service sucks. I fly as a revenue passenger now. I fly pretty much every airline, and Delta is by far the worst customer service out there. I tried to tell you this before, and I got a personal attack. Let's see how it goes with the second try.

Well, what can I say, I think that MOST of our passengers enjoy their experience, but you can't just fire every old stew. We are starting to hire younger stews as we are growing again, and especially on INTL flights we are hiring more "speakers" that tend to be younger and more appealing to the eyes. I think our management is trying to give more emphasis towards customer satisfaction during their recurrent training events, but I don't know for sure. We have won a lot of awards lately for service, but maybe they weren't on any of your flights. All I can say is that we probably will never have the "Singapore girls" on all of our flights, but I think they are trying to improve. No personal jabs now.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[10nCLR]

The NEW DELTA, got to love those ever increasing international routes. Keep them coming.

 

[KCPilot]

You miss my point. I realise that you are profitable. My point is that your customer service sucks. I fly as a revenue passenger now. I fly pretty much every airline, and Delta is by far the worst customer service out there. I tried to tell you this before, and I got a personal attack. Let's see how it goes with the second try.

No, United and US Air have the worst customer service!

 

[Tanker Clown]

Actually, you are wrong. I have flown to Vencie once now from ATL and I really enjoyed it. We stay at a really nice hotel that treats us well. The food was very good in town, and I look forward to doing it again, but I have a few more cities I want to fly to first. It is great to have choices and actually look forward to going places on someone else's dime, and not in a green jumpsuit. Go get um Iceman, in that, um, heavy tanker.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Hey General, I heard that you and 737 Pylt offer to share rooms to help DAL cut costs? You guys figured it was the least you could do until you could give up more concessions. Just kidding.

You are right about me having to wear a green jumpsuit...it's as fasionable as the double breasted jacket.

I'm sure Delta is a much better fit for you than the military. Perhaps Delta recognized you "union" with 737 Pylt. Even with don't ask don't tell, I'm not sure they'd turn a blind eye to you "lifestyle."

Bye Bye -- Tanker Clown

 

[General Lee]

Hey General, I heard that you and 737 Pylt offer to share rooms to help DAL cut costs? You guys figured it was the least you could do until you could give up more concessions. Just kidding.

You are right about me having to wear a green jumpsuit...it's as fasionable as the double breasted jacket.

I'm sure Delta is a much better fit for you than the military. Perhaps Delta recognized you "union" with 737 Pylt. Even with don't ask don't tell, I'm not sure they'd turn a blind eye to you "lifestyle."

Bye Bye -- Tanker Clown

Wow, you sure have a "fascination" with different "lifestyles". I thought you were under the rule "don't ask, don't tell?" How did you feel not doing well enough in T37s to go to fighters? I saw you went the route of the Beechjet---T1? Ah, somebody has to deliver the gas. That KC10 is really cool, though. How does it feel watching those fighters zoom by after they suck gas out of you? Do you wince, a bit? Ah, instead of the airlines maybe you can be a guard bum somewhere on some fighter. Someone is BOUND to give you a fighter and you can live out your dream to be ICEMAN. Were you a football player at the Academy? I heard a lot of them got tankers? Probably because they are so big they can't fit into a fighter. Are you a big man? Probably not. It appears to most of us you have a small brain. Keep trying, someone will accept you.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[DDpaysoff]

You should be, CAL doesn't go to either. But, you do go to Guam and Yap, which I hope we eventually fly to also. You never know.....Have a great day in EWR.

Bye Bye--General Lee

yah delta, hip hip horay. Where you a cheerleader in high school, or just a cross dresser?

 

[General Lee]

yah delta, hip hip horay. Where you a cheerleader in high school, or just a cross dresser?

You wish! I was the quarterback and you were the mascot. Quit dreaming about me.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[snow-back]

No, United and US Air have the worst customer service!

I've flown 1st class and coach on UAL, DAL and AMR lately and the customer service and quality of product sucks on all of them. One thing I've really noticed is that I rarely see a smiling airline employee. At least they're consistent and you don't have to worry about what your going to get. It does seem that ATL and JFK are more prone to total meltdown when the weather goes south though.