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With respect to the 747, last week Delta’s Network and Finance teams completed a re-evaluation of options to improve our international performance.
This analysis resulted in a decision to retire three 747-400 aircraft by the end of September, and an additional 747 before the end of the year. When we see opportunities to make the right long-term decisions for our customers, employees and the Company’s profitability, we make them as quickly as possible — consistent with the principle that “speed wins” as described in Rules of the Road.
By taking this step, we have the opportunity to re-gauge some capacity, primarily to help improve the Pacific entity’s performance.**Because of the accelerated 747 retirements, we have not awarded any of the posted 747 vacancies on this AE.
We will not, however, displace any 747 pilots in 2014.
We are also actively assessing options to reduce the need for any 747 Captain displacements in 2015 due to the accelerated retirement of these four aircraft.
We have notified the Association of these developments, and look forward to engaging in a discussion on mitigating displacements. More detail about our overall Asia-Pacific strategy will be shared company-wide this week. Please stay tuned.
Doesn't look too severe. Someone posted this on Flyertalk:Kev3188 said:Active employees have just received an email from Glen Hauenstein outlining downgauges to certain routes currently flown by the Whale, and cancellations of a couple of others.
FWAAA said:ATL/LAX-NRT now 777
DTW-NGO now A330
NRT-HKG cancelled
NGO-MNL cancelled
Agreed.Doesn't look too severe.
Also agreed (though I hate to see any reduction in Whale flying)...Seem like smart moves.
FWAAA said:Doesn't look too severe.
careful you are taking the wind out of 700's sails (and sales).Kev3188 said:Agreed.
FWAAA said:Add it all up, and it has to be less expensive for ANA or JAL to do that intra-Asia flying and since UA and AA have immunized joint ventures with those Japanese partners, it makes more sense for UA and AA to leave those flights to those partners. Without a joint venture partner, DL will still have to fly some NRT-Asia routes or give them up entirely (SIN, BKK, MNL), but DL is helping itself with its new SEA hub, which overflies NRT and doesn't involve the inefficiencies of NRT-Asia flying described above.
FWAAA said:It's possible that DL could fly one or all of those far-flung routes nonstop from SEA, but those are really long, really expensive flights to operate, and I predict that nonstops to those cities will await much more fuel efficient airplanes and/or cheaper fuel prices (either by dropping or moderating while all other prices go up, making fuel a relative bargain to where it is today).