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We started talking about it in another thread but " Delta TechOps—Delta Air Lines’ (NYSE: DAL) maintenance division and its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider business—opened a line maintenance hangar at its Tokyo-Narita International Airport hub on Monday with Narita airport and Japanese government officials on-hand to mark the occasion."
They will just be able to go inside now.
I didn't say it was JUST that. Many different factors went into this hangar, one of those factors was to have a hangar that isn't 10-12 hours away for the Asia flying. NRT was the only line station large enough to justify it.WorldTraveler said:Neither DL or any other airline is going to lease a hangar based on potential diversions.
RON/RAD checksWorldTraveler said:and the structure of a NRT non-hub operation is generally that aircraft do not overnight there.
no it doesn't. Once again this is work already done at NRT. Nothing is changing. Same checks, same lubes, same amount of people.....WorldTraveler said:Perhaps DL intends to do more overnight maintenance at NRT as it cuts some intra-Asia flying but it also flies in the face of outsourcing more maintenance to China, HKG, and other locations where outsourced maintenance is cheaper.
They will just be able to go inside now.
And like I said, no matter what happens to the rest of the Asian flying you will always have NRT-MSP,DTW,SEA,LAX,ATL, JFK and HNL flights. plenty of flying when you figure a station like BKK has a line station for all of 1 flight.WorldTraveler said:your theory could be right that DL simply is taking advantage of the opportunity to pick up a cheap hangar but they still wouldn't do it if there weren't work that could be regularly done there.
Again, no it doesn't. No new work will be done here. Delta isn't insourcing work. All they are doing is taking existing work and moving it inside. No Heavys, no C-checks, no off wing engine work, no components etc. will be done at the hangar.WorldTraveler said:Dehubbing NRT defies that logic and even more so a hangar defies the logic of more outsourcing.
I don't know why I would need to. I have told you twice now that this means nothing for insourcing. Its work already done in-house. Nothing is changing from that.WorldTraveler said:plz restate your arguments within the framework of outsourcing vs. inhouse maintenance as well as the future of the NRT hub as well as DL's SCHEDULED flight operations in various cities in Asia.