Delta exits LAX-LHR

[MAH4546]

Last flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles will be October 5th. 
 
This is in addition to Newark-Heathrow exit, which was previously known and removed from GDS last week, and I assume related to the proposed United slot swap. 

 

[commavia]

Interesting.
 
Hey - can anyone remind me who the largest U.S. international carrier at LAX will be in 2016?

 

[WorldTraveler]

We will have to wait til all of the changes are loaded including DL's additions and AA's Tokyo changes

 

[700UW]

How can that be?
 
DL is going to conquer all the airlines, two international routes announced going away.

 

[commavia]

I think we may now be able to say that June 5-23, 2015 (DOT finalizing LAX-MEX authority transfer, AA 77W LAX-SYD, Delta exiting SEA-HND and authority going to AA LAX-HND, and now Delta existing LAX-LHR) has officially overtaken February 9-13, 2015 (JAL picks AA over Delta, AA/BA ATI/JV gets approved without any route carveouts) as the worst 1-3-week period in anit-AA Delta fanboy history.

 

[WorldTraveler]

Perhaps but we don't have all the pieces yet

If AA really does become the number 1 carrier I will be sure and congratulate you and AA for getting number 1 in one of 3 including JFK and ORD

 

[LDVAviation]

How can that be?
 
DL is going to conquer all the airlines, two international routes announced going away.

 
How can that be?
 
Weren't we told that Delta would match every route that AA added out of LAX?

 

[FrugalFlyerv2.0]

I think we may now be able to say that June 5-23, 2015 (DOT finalizing LAX-MEX authority transfer, AA 77W LAX-SYD, Delta exiting SEA-HND and authority going to AA LAX-HND, and now Delta existing LAX-LHR) has officially overtaken February 9-13, 2015 (JAL picks AA over Delta, AA/BA ATI/JV gets approved without any route carveouts) as the worst 1-3-week period in anit-AA Delta fanboy history.

 
And the summer could get hotter for DL.  I do believe that the situation at DAL is not yet resolved in DLs favor (her DL is slipping into oblivion and eventual failure as the #3 in N.TX - WT's theory not mine). 
Combine that with yen troubles, Eurozone troubles, ATL invasion byULCCs and mid-east carriers ....
Ouch!
 
Any idea of how long before the plug is pulled on PHL-LHR?

 

[wings396]

Sorry, I forgot about that one starting up.

 

[FrugalFlyerv2.0]

DL 194/195

 

[WorldTraveler]

LHR and the UK uses the pound not the Euro. Given that VS also flies all these routes these announcements are part of a JV and we haven't heard both sides. AA is starting LAXHND because JL cannot. AA does not have a Mexico JV partner and will not in all likelihood

 

[jcw]

So lets get this straight - we had lets say 50 posts from someone about how DL was going to rule LAX to LHR and AA was dumping capacity - it's clear who won this skirmish

So DL will be down 2 intl flights while AA will be up 3 - looks like AA is winning in LA

Can we say tough one

 

[Lake Central]

Better hide the sharp objects so WT doesn't hurt himself
 

So lets get this straight - we had lets say 50 posts from someone about how DL was going to rule LAX to LHR and AA was dumping capacity - it's clear who won this skirmish

So DL will be down 2 intl flights while AA will be up 3 - looks like AA is winning in LA

Can we say tough one

 

[Lake Central]

At the rate the bad news is flowing for Delta, I wouldn't be surprised to wake up in morning in the very near future, reading about Alaska Airlines buying out Delta.
 

I think we may now be able to say that June 5-23, 2015 (DOT finalizing LAX-MEX authority transfer, AA 77W LAX-SYD, Delta exiting SEA-HND and authority going to AA LAX-HND, and now Delta existing LAX-LHR) has officially overtaken February 9-13, 2015 (JAL picks AA over Delta, AA/BA ATI/JV gets approved without any route carveouts) as the worst 1-3-week period in anit-AA Delta fanboy history.

 

[metopower]

I wonder where those two Lhr slots will go. Dtw ,sea, or slc ? For me lax never made much sense . It was already covered by virgin .