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SkyWest losing gates to Delta in SLC

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Delta announced Thursday that it will create about 50 new full-time jobs at its Salt Lake City hub as a result of a plan to consolidate some operations and staff responsibilities as well as shift a portion of the regional operations to mainline gates.
Starting May 15, Delta will shift the ground handling of approximately 34 SkyWest flights at SLC to Delta’s Airport Customer Service team. Additionally, Delta will begin handling all baggage transfers for flights to and from all Delta and Delta Connection concourses.
In addition to creating the new jobs, the changes will achieve significant cost savings, deliver better baggage-handling performance and improve the customer experience. The openings will be posted on eBid on DeltaNet.
“We plan to assemble a superb team of people who will work hard to ensure aircraft handling and our baggage transfer process is among the best in the industry,” Gil West, s.v.p.-Airport Customer Service, said in a memo to ACS employees in Salt Lake City on Thursday. “Even before the merger was approved by the [U.S. Department of Justice], we identified opportunities to bring subcontracted work in-house. We have followed through on that commitment and are clearly well on our way toward combining station operations. Today’s announcement is just another example of our commitment to bring jobs in-house when it makes business sense to do so.”
 
Will that be to take over the handling of councourse B gates while leaving the E concourse to SkyWest?

Exactly Andy! All B gate departures will be serviced by Delta now while all E gate departures stay under SkyWest ground crews. I love how the press release boast adding 50 jobs at the airport. What they don't mention is that SkyWest will have to lay off near 300 in order for Delta to add those 50.
 
The thread title is a little misleading, should've posted Gate Service Handling vs. Gates. You guys got the gist of it anyways.

Trojan
 
Slowly, Delta is buying back and bringing in-house all of their contract outsourcing. Can't wait until they get around to us Barbie Jet drivers.
 
Slowly, Delta is buying back and bringing in-house all of their contract outsourcing. Can't wait until they get around to us Barbie Jet drivers.

Haven't your heard? They already have--Comair, Compass, and Mesaba. They just need to get rid of the contracts of Mesa, Skywest, ASA, and Republic!
 
Slowly, Delta is buying back and bringing in-house all of their contract outsourcing. Can't wait until they get around to us Barbie Jet drivers.


In ten years we may not have regionals. Perhaps oil and aircraft modernizing will influence the Majors to take on their wholly owned connection service again and us all together. Personally I think you'll see a few heavy aircraft on INTL routes and 80% of domestic flying done by regionals flying 100+ seat aircraft.
 

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