New Delta INTL routes

[CALnTX]

Good news 767's vs 757's at Cal. Good move.

Just a little FYI ......CAL doesn't serve any of those markets with a 757 or 767........the markets that CAL serves are those that call for the most optimal use of the right aircraft .....be it a 757 or 767 or 777 or multiple frequencies using each

 

[TurboS7]

Great for Bucharest. The economy is hot, hot with a lot of business oppurtunities. Hopefully the increased activity will increase the wages which will make the QOL better for the mid-class status quo.Great place to visit, and a straight shot from JFK will make it easier to sell as a tourist attraction.

 

[coogebeachhotel]

Just a little FYI ......CAL doesn't serve any of those markets with a 757 or 767........the markets that CAL serves are those that call for the most optimal use of the right aircraft .....be it a 757 or 767 or 777 or multiple frequencies using each

OK CAL PR

 

[720persecond]

Great for Bucharest. The economy is hot, hot with a lot of business oppurtunities. Hopefully the increased activity will increase the wages which will make the QOL better for the mid-class status quo.Great place to visit, and a straight shot from JFK will make it easier to sell as a tourist attraction.

And Romanian girls are hot hot hot

 

[TurboS7]

No kidding.........way more than any American blood can imagine.

 

[metrodriver]

DL is also cutting it's flight from CDG to MAA (Chennai, India) per the end of october or november.
I really hope DL will improve the quality of it's service. Recently I flew business class from Chennai, a 10 1/2 hr flight to CDG: one little meal after t/o, another just before landing (both the size of an appitizer) and a one time (as opposed to continuous as advertised on the menu) snack service consisting of a bag of potato chips. Some of the food (chicken sandwich) had such a weird taste that few people ate it. Movies were turned off during the flight because almost everyone was sleeping, 4 out of the 12 audio channels worked. Pretty much domestic coach service on china plates with a steel fork and plastic knife.
Cute young Indian f/a's (Chennai based), who soon will be out of a job.

Last 2 domestic flights had parts of the audio system not working either. Is that where the bankruptcy is taking it's toll?

 

[Pat Fabin]

Sorry to hear about your bad Chennai flight. Hopefully the entertainment problems will be largely a thing of the past with the new digital systems they are installing on Boeings.

Can't comment on the food however, since I'm a lowly domestic pilot. I would imagine your meal from India was locally sourced...I can't imagine they brought meals all the way from CDG.

Hope you try us again in the future...

 

[Splinter]

Rumor has it that we will announce tomorrow new service starting next Spring for the following city pairs:

JFK--Pisa, Italy (5 weekly flights 76ER)
JFK--Bucharest, Romania (4 weekly flights 76ER)
ATL--Seoul (777, 4 days a week)
ATL--Dubai (777 4 days a week)
ATL--Prague (5 days a week 76ER)
ATL--Vienna (5 days a week 76ER)



We shall see.......


Bye Bye--General Lee

Yeah! Let's go to Prague without luggage! Maybe Atlanta will find it and get it out there before I leave! Nobody in Europe and Asia is excited to experience Delta's brand of bad service.

 

[General Lee]

DL is also cutting it's flight from CDG to MAA (Chennai, India) per the end of october or november.
I really hope DL will improve the quality of it's service. Recently I flew business class from Chennai, a 10 1/2 hr flight to CDG: one little meal after t/o, another just before landing (both the size of an appitizer) and a one time (as opposed to continuous as advertised on the menu) snack service consisting of a bag of potato chips. Some of the food (chicken sandwich) had such a weird taste that few people ate it. Movies were turned off during the flight because almost everyone was sleeping, 4 out of the 12 audio channels worked. Pretty much domestic coach service on china plates with a steel fork and plastic knife.
Cute young Indian f/a's (Chennai based), who soon will be out of a job.

Last 2 domestic flights had parts of the audio system not working either. Is that where the bankruptcy is taking it's toll?

No, actually most of our planes are getting new interiors and bathrooms, and a lot of our 757s are getting the Song arrangements taken out for first class seats in front with the live TVs (Dish Network). You were on a 767300ER, and it may have been worn out a bit, but the whole fleet will be getting a makeover. Air France will be putting an A340-300 on the route, and maybe you will like that better. We are using that 763ER to start more profitable service somewhere else, like Pisa or Vienna.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Yeah! Let's go to Prague without luggage! Maybe Atlanta will find it and get it out there before I leave! Nobody in Europe and Asia is excited to experience Delta's brand of bad service.

Again, what a wonderful response. I am glad you speak for EVERYONE in Asia and Europe. Our loads tend to disagree with you, and our revenue is way up for our INTL flights. Take care. Bye Bye now.


Bye Bye-General Lee

 

[bigboeings]

I had heard that Delta was going to Accra, Ghana, any word on that?

 

[General Lee]

I had heard that Delta was going to Accra, Ghana, any word on that?

Yes, I think we are starting JFK to Accra around Dec 1st I believe. I think it is 5 times a week, along with ATL--Dakar, Senegal and onto Joberg, South Africa.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[fogrunner]

Sorry to hear about your bad Chennai flight. Hopefully the entertainment problems will be largely a thing of the past with the new digital systems they are installing on Boeings.

Can't comment on the food however, since I'm a lowly domestic pilot. I would imagine your meal from India was locally sourced...I can't imagine they brought meals all the way from CDG.

Hope you try us again in the future...

I ended up in Chennai twice in September. Having to airline on BA and LH in business class.

The food, service and entertainment on the BA 777 was fantastic.

The LH 744 was not as good as BA, however the food, service and entertainment were still of very high quality.

I am sorry to say this but US carriers cannot compete with the likes of BA, Virgin, Emirates, Cathay etc.etc. especially in the premium classes.

Hey Metro why did you bypass on the 11?

 

[fogrunner]

Originally Posted by Muttley Crew
ahhhhhhh.... roger, okayyyy, unnerstand the delta is checkin' in with doo-bah, level three five OH, lookin' fer lower, seven seven zero zero comin' down.... yerrrrr.....so cool... runway thirty....yerrrrr
I can't wait. They'll soon have the rest of the halfwits from Air India and other easily-influenced RTers mimicking their non-standard, backwoods, North Virginia drivel on the radio. That's the ones who aren't already doing it, that is.
Speaking of which, I see the FOM is being whipped into some sort of respectability lately. One of the notices exhorts us all to use standard RT phraseology. A bit hard with all the seppos on the air....!!
Jokes, guys, just jokes is all..... really.
...gonna back this lil ol' puppy up with reverse thrust, yerrrrr....

This being discussed over on pprune....


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