topDawg
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Force Majeure said:Where are those A-340's now?
Are they at the paint hangar?
they are at the never ever going to happen hangar. right next to the 73Gs that are going to Southwest for 717s and the JAL 744s that are coming here.
and that hangar is at the new hub in Dallas.
Only if Delta can't first find a way to outsource the flying to other airlines. Delta isn't finding airplanes to replace the 744s.......thats the crap paint job they are giving everyone. They are using winter pull downs to fund the parking and then will use the growth that isn't really growth A333s that are coming to replace them in the summer. It sounds like the next four 333s are going to replace four more 747s.WorldTraveler said:ask E.
He is the one that made that statement.
I said that the economics of low cost (I don't think I never said free would be getting them for free - nothing in life really is- but I'm sure someone will find it if I really did say "free") 346s could work if they were part of a package for DL to acquire other Airbus aircraft.
The RFP hasn't been decided. With order cancellations by airlines for products of both A and B products, DL is likely going to be positioned to get what it needs - and may well still have room for growth aircraft despite setting 4 744s down.
Other than the aircraft market as a whole, not sure what that has to do with the topic here.
DL believes reforming the ExIm Bank is an effort worthy of the highest levels of DL execs and their time.
They have found traction on the subject in a number of key places, including the halls of Congress.
and the A346 would never, ever work at Delta. Why do you think they are parking 744s? Delta wants out of the four engine market.