West Texas is boring, let's go to Columbia!!?? Right? Anyone?

[General Lee]

Press ReleaseSource: Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Delta Air Lines Seeks DOT Approval for Three New Routes to Colombia
Thursday December 6, 11:25 am ET
Proposed additional service would increase number of nonstop flights to 21
ATLANTA, Dec. 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL - News) continues to move forward with plans to expand service to Colombia with new service to Cali and Medellin from the world's largest passenger hub in Atlanta, and also between Bogota and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The airline today amended its application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for the increased service to Colombia which, if approved, would supplement Delta's existing daily nonstop service between Atlanta and Bogota, which began in December 2000.

Delta's proposed new flights to Colombia will offer daily nonstop service to Bogota from JFK, and nonstop service to Cali and Medellin from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The Medellin service would operate four times per week, and the service to Cali would operate three times per week under Delta's proposal.

``With these new flights, Delta will be one of few airlines to offer direct access to Bogota from New York, and the only U.S. airline to offer nonstop flights to Medellin and Cali from Atlanta,'' said Glen Hauenstein, executive vice president and chief of Network and Revenue Management. ``Not only will Colombian travelers have easy access to two thriving U.S. cities, but also will benefit from the connectivity these two airports offer, to more than 300 destinations worldwide.''

If approved, the new flights to Colombia will complement Delta's 14 new routes to Latin America and the Caribbean slated to begin between December 2007 and April 2008, five of which will operate from New York-JFK: Panama City, Panama (effective Dec.13); Guatemala City, Guatemala (effective Dec. 14); Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (effective Dec. 20); Liberia, Costa Rica (effective Feb. 16) and San Jose, Costa Rica (effective Feb 16). Other new routes include Atlanta-Queretaro, Mexico (effective Jan. 14); Orlando-Cancun, Mexico (effective Feb. 2); Atlanta-Bonaire (effective Feb. 9); and New York-LaGuardia-Bermuda (effective April 5).


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Benjamin Dover]

Sounds like there is no money to be made in Texas anyway...

http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/delta/stories/2007/12/04/delta_1204.html

 

[D-Bo]

Press ReleaseSource: Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Delta Air Lines Seeks DOT Approval for Three New Routes to Colombia
Thursday December 6, 11:25 am ET
Proposed additional service would increase number of nonstop flights to 21
ATLANTA, Dec. 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL - News) continues to move forward with plans to expand service to Colombia with new service to Cali and Medellin from the world's largest passenger hub in Atlanta, and also between Bogota and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The airline today amended its application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for the increased service to Colombia which, if approved, would supplement Delta's existing daily nonstop service between Atlanta and Bogota, which began in December 2000.

Delta's proposed new flights to Colombia will offer daily nonstop service to Bogota from JFK, and nonstop service to Cali and Medellin from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The Medellin service would operate four times per week, and the service to Cali would operate three times per week under Delta's proposal.

``With these new flights, Delta will be one of few airlines to offer direct access to Bogota from New York, and the only U.S. airline to offer nonstop flights to Medellin and Cali from Atlanta,'' said Glen Hauenstein, executive vice president and chief of Network and Revenue Management. ``Not only will Colombian travelers have easy access to two thriving U.S. cities, but also will benefit from the connectivity these two airports offer, to more than 300 destinations worldwide.''

If approved, the new flights to Colombia will complement Delta's 14 new routes to Latin America and the Caribbean slated to begin between December 2007 and April 2008, five of which will operate from New York-JFK: Panama City, Panama (effective Dec.13); Guatemala City, Guatemala (effective Dec. 14); Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (effective Dec. 20); Liberia, Costa Rica (effective Feb. 16) and San Jose, Costa Rica (effective Feb 16). Other new routes include Atlanta-Queretaro, Mexico (effective Jan. 14); Orlando-Cancun, Mexico (effective Feb. 2); Atlanta-Bonaire (effective Feb. 9); and New York-LaGuardia-Bermuda (effective April 5).


Bye Bye--General Lee

Thx for working on securing these routes for a combined UAL-DAL. Seriously though, you guys have some pretty nice new routes.

 

[BLUE BAYOU]

Jetblue applied for MCO to Bogota a few weeks back. There are only a few slots that the Colombian government is opening up and Spirit is included in the short list-- so even though Delta has applied for the route from JFK, they still have to get it approved in the competition; they didn't get the JFK-CUN they applied for, we did. Delta currently has the rights to MCO-Bogota, but currently doesn't fly the route either. It's just a little bit of posturing, but the Carribean, Central/South America cities are going to be approached more and more by LCCs-- sorry Delta, it looks like from the recent number of approvals, those governments are favoring LCCs and their "lower" ticket prices to influence their travel demands... But good on you guys for exploring the region anyway, some of those destinations are pretty cool...

 

[erj-145mech]

Going to Columbia, cleared direct CAE!

Or are you going to Colombia?

 

[AA717driver]

Going to Columbia, cleared direct CAE!

Or are you going to Colombia?

Oh, THAT Columbia!

I was going to suggest that Jefferson City might be a better market than Columbia. ARG direct MAP direct. TC

 

[NERVOUS]

SKBO all the way, baby!

And that's Colombia with an O not a U!!!

 

[Baronman]

I'm sure there's lots of $$ to be made going to Colombia. Flights to Bogota are consistently full, and there's plenty of cargo to ship as well. I'm suprised all the US airlines are just waking up to this fact.

And I'll take Colombia over Texas any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

 

[clickclickboom]

Jetblue applied for MCO to Bogota a few weeks back. There are only a few slots that the Colombian government is opening up and Spirit is included in the short list-- so even though Delta has applied for the route from JFK, they still have to get it approved in the competition; they didn't get the JFK-CUN they applied for, we did. Delta currently has the rights to MCO-Bogota, but currently doesn't fly the route either. It's just a little bit of posturing, but the Carribean, Central/South America cities are going to be approached more and more by LCCs-- sorry Delta, it looks like from the recent number of approvals, those governments are favoring LCCs and their "lower" ticket prices to influence their travel demands... But good on you guys for exploring the region anyway, some of those destinations are pretty cool...

Bayou how dare you speak to a delta pilot that way shame on you we all know they are the absolute pinnacle of this profession and now that they are out of bk are a invinceable force that cannot be stopped.

The press release will brag of premium service to columbia but in reality they will throw a half dozen weight restricted rj's on the routes and just keep their 777's for jfk atl service..

Want to know where delta is flying next? Just wait for the next jetblue new bluecity press release

 

[bravodude]

Press ReleaseSource: Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Delta Air Lines Seeks DOT Approval for Three New Routes to Colombia
Thursday December 6, 11:25 am ET
Proposed additional service would increase number of nonstop flights to 21
ATLANTA, Dec. 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL - News) continues to move forward with plans to expand service to Colombia with new service to Cali and Medellin from the world's largest passenger hub in Atlanta, and also between Bogota and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The airline today amended its application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for the increased service to Colombia which, if approved, would supplement Delta's existing daily nonstop service between Atlanta and Bogota, which began in December 2000.

Delta's proposed new flights to Colombia will offer daily nonstop service to Bogota from JFK, and nonstop service to Cali and Medellin from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The Medellin service would operate four times per week, and the service to Cali would operate three times per week under Delta's proposal.

``With these new flights, Delta will be one of few airlines to offer direct access to Bogota from New York, and the only U.S. airline to offer nonstop flights to Medellin and Cali from Atlanta,'' said Glen Hauenstein, executive vice president and chief of Network and Revenue Management. ``Not only will Colombian travelers have easy access to two thriving U.S. cities, but also will benefit from the connectivity these two airports offer, to more than 300 destinations worldwide.''

If approved, the new flights to Colombia will complement Delta's 14 new routes to Latin America and the Caribbean slated to begin between December 2007 and April 2008, five of which will operate from New York-JFK: Panama City, Panama (effective Dec.13); Guatemala City, Guatemala (effective Dec. 14); Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (effective Dec. 20); Liberia, Costa Rica (effective Feb. 16) and San Jose, Costa Rica (effective Feb 16). Other new routes include Atlanta-Queretaro, Mexico (effective Jan. 14); Orlando-Cancun, Mexico (effective Feb. 2); Atlanta-Bonaire (effective Feb. 9); and New York-LaGuardia-Bermuda (effective April 5).


Bye Bye--General Lee

These routes will be good for you guys when you bend over and take even more paycuts.

 

[bravodude]

Press ReleaseSource: Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Delta Air Lines Seeks DOT Approval for Three New Routes to Colombia
Thursday December 6, 11:25 am ET
Proposed additional service would increase number of nonstop flights to 21
ATLANTA, Dec. 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL - News) continues to move forward with plans to expand service to Colombia with new service to Cali and Medellin from the world's largest passenger hub in Atlanta, and also between Bogota and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The airline today amended its application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for the increased service to Colombia which, if approved, would supplement Delta's existing daily nonstop service between Atlanta and Bogota, which began in December 2000.

Delta's proposed new flights to Colombia will offer daily nonstop service to Bogota from JFK, and nonstop service to Cali and Medellin from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The Medellin service would operate four times per week, and the service to Cali would operate three times per week under Delta's proposal.

``With these new flights, Delta will be one of few airlines to offer direct access to Bogota from New York, and the only U.S. airline to offer nonstop flights to Medellin and Cali from Atlanta,'' said Glen Hauenstein, executive vice president and chief of Network and Revenue Management. ``Not only will Colombian travelers have easy access to two thriving U.S. cities, but also will benefit from the connectivity these two airports offer, to more than 300 destinations worldwide.''

If approved, the new flights to Colombia will complement Delta's 14 new routes to Latin America and the Caribbean slated to begin between December 2007 and April 2008, five of which will operate from New York-JFK: Panama City, Panama (effective Dec.13); Guatemala City, Guatemala (effective Dec. 14); Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (effective Dec. 20); Liberia, Costa Rica (effective Feb. 16) and San Jose, Costa Rica (effective Feb 16). Other new routes include Atlanta-Queretaro, Mexico (effective Jan. 14); Orlando-Cancun, Mexico (effective Feb. 2); Atlanta-Bonaire (effective Feb. 9); and New York-LaGuardia-Bermuda (effective April 5).


Bye Bye--General Lee

These routes will be good for you guys when you bend over and take even more paycuts.

 

[General Lee]

These routes will be good for you guys when you bend over and take even more paycuts.

Great, well when that happens, and you are dumping our lavs, give me a nod from the ground and I will throw a small water from the cockpit if you are thristy. Take off your gloves and lift your face guard first, though. Take care.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[BLUE BAYOU]

Great, well when that happens, and you are dumping our lavs, give me a nod from the ground and I will throw a small water from the cockpit if you are thristy. Take off your gloves and lift your face guard first, though. Take care.

Bye Bye--General Lee

That General, he funny man!!! You won't see the UAUA pilots throw a water down 'cause then they won't be able to drink any on their flight without having to pay for it-- aren't they rationed a bottle or two??? and that's where the industry is headed, blame jetblue for that-- at least we still have unlimited water and blue chips!!!!

 

[General Lee]

That General, he funny man!!! You won't see the UAUA pilots throw a water down 'cause then they won't be able to drink any on their flight without having to pay for it-- aren't they rationed a bottle or two??? and that's where the industry is headed, blame jetblue for that-- at least we still have unlimited water and blue chips!!!!

Hey, times are tough, and I did say a SMALL water. I don't think we can give him any "pilot pellets" (chips or peanuts), because those are our crew meals on short flights (less than 5:30).

Bye Bye--General Lee