2 New DL routes from ATL that Airtran won't do

[General Lee]

Nonstop from ATL to Moscow and Rio. Yup. No LCC competition on these beauties.



Delta Gets US Approval For Atlanta-Moscow Direct Flight

Friday February 18, 10:26 AM EST


MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) said Friday it has received approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide daily direct service between Moscow and Atlanta.

A Delta spokesman Friday confirmed receiving the approval from the Department of Transportation last week, but said the airline is still waiting for a similar approval from Russia, where it applied in January this year.

Delta plans to start daily non-stop flights between Atlanta and Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport on June 1. The carrier is to operate seven flights a week between the two cities June to September and four flights a week from October to April.

Delta will use Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, capable of carrying up to 204 people.

Delta is the only U.S. carrier currently serving Russia, with a daily direct flight to Moscow from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport




The RIO authority was just granted again for June 6th (?), 2005. We used to do a Rio flight via Sao Paulo, and we may have had a nonstop in there too. These 7 weekly (or daily) nonstop flights were just granted, and 5 of the flights per week were taken from United. We will still have nonstops (2 currently) to Sao Paulo. The aircraft will likely be 767-300ERs.



Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Pilottodd2]

Used to take ATL-GIG (Rio) flight all the time to see wifes family. Now have to go through GRU (Sao Paulo), then fly Varig to Rio, then to Vitoria. This is definately good news for us. Cuts a whole leg and many hours off of our trip. By the way, every flight has been full. Just came back last week from GRU and left Buddy Pass people behind and our checked luggage was held off for weight restrictions. This is definately a money making trip for Delta.

 

[General Lee]

That's why we have 2 daily nonstops to Sao Paulo right now. We need to find places that can create revenue. Rio will do well I am sure. We just added Buenos Aires back, and we are looking for more opportunities in South America.



Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

Hate to see people get bumped off of any flight. Freight brings in a whole lot more dollars than people. If Delta is going to make any points with paying passengers, they need to put a 777 on some of these flights or leave some freight. Freight goes.

 

[General Lee]

We already have all of our 777s on lucrative routes---ATL--NRT, FRA, CDG (with a CVG-CDG turn in there too). We are getting two more in 2006, maybe in time for Beijing.....


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[ProLine4]

The RIO authority was just granted again for June 6th (?), 2005. We used to do a Rio flight via Sao Paulo, and we may have had a nonstop in there too. These 7 weekly (or daily) nonstop flights were just granted, and 5 of the flights per week were taken from United. We will still have nonstops (2 currently) to Sao Paulo. The aircraft will likely be 767-300ERs.
Bye Bye--General Lee

Gen Lee,

Up until 9/11, mainline had ATL-GIG nonstops with the M11. Glad to see it come back.

 

[General Lee]

Gen Lee,

Up until 9/11, mainline had ATL-GIG nonstops with the M11. Glad to see it come back.

I thought that stopped in GRU first. I thought we may have had some 767ER nonstops, maybe.

I knew we went there, we had a Captain called "Capt. Rio" who loved it down there. He supposedly loved the babes, and when he retired he moved down there.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Fly-By-Cable]

Last time I was jump-seating on Delta from Moscow to JFK, the station manager in Moscow told me that there is an ASA pilots that commutes from there once every couple of weeks. I guess he'll be happy to have a direct flight.

 

[Dave Siegel]

Last time I was jump-seating on Delta from Moscow to JFK, the station manager in Moscow told me that there is an ASA pilots that commutes from there once every couple of weeks. I guess he'll be happy to have a direct flight.

Probably some Communist Spy. Thanks for helping him out Delta.

 

[EMBATP]

Brazil

Used to take ATL-GIG (Rio) flight all the time to see wifes family. Now have to go through GRU (Sao Paulo), then fly Varig to Rio, then to Vitoria. This is definately good news for us. Cuts a whole leg and many hours off of our trip. By the way, every flight has been full. Just came back last week from GRU and left Buddy Pass people behind and our checked luggage was held off for weight restrictions. This is definately a money making trip for Delta.

so does she have a sister?

 

[General Lee]

Women from Rio are "really really nice....." Ummm, yeah.



Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Women from Rio are "really really nice....." Ummm, yeah.



Bye Bye--General Lee

It's true folks, the General really loves the GIG layovers. Here is a hidden video of him on his last layover there. CLICK HERE.

PS There are some adult ads so only go if you aren't offended easily.

 

[General Lee]

Nice! I liked that, reminded me of my first love in high school......



Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[328dude]

That poor mattress.

 

[BLUE BAYOU]

1. Women from Rio are really nice until they discover ice cream at 30 years old.

2. AirTran will job out to another carrier to compete against those new routes (like they did Ryan for ATL-West Coast heheh...)

3. In Russia, there soon will be an aircraft called the IL-72, it will look and fly like an ATR-72.

 

[General Lee]

1. Women from Rio are really nice until they discover ice cream at 30 years old.

2. AirTran will job out to another carrier to compete against those new routes (like they did Ryan for ATL-West Coast heheh...)

3. In Russia, there soon will be an aircraft called the IL-72, it will look and fly like an ATR-72.

1. True, that's why you go for the babes in their twenties...

2. Doubt it.

3. How about we just sell them the ASA ATR's?


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[av8tor4239]

My favorite part is that airtran cant touch it! Makes me so happy!

 

[Steeler Fan]

Good luck with the new route, General.

 

[CatfishVT9]

Actually it would be fun if AirTran just released a statement that we will start flying that route. Then Delta will throw on an additional 4 round trips a day just like when we announced SFO.

 

[mnboyev]

Yeh.... well those Delta birds flying to Rio wont have Jon pasted on the side...They might be green but they wont be sporting 'Benny on the jet' baby. Therefore it will never work...(Ugly mug eh..??)

I heard a rumor we were gonna use E-190 subleased from Jet Blue because their crew rates were soooo low. ...Long range tanks to South America. Menudo playing on every channel of XM...

LoL... HEE HEE... all in good fun.