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Delta Air Lines to retire Boeing 777 fleet as coronavirus crushes demand
Delta Air Lines said Thursday that it will retire its fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft and remove them from service by the end of the year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The air carrier’s decision to retire the 18 Boeing jets comes shortly after it announced that it would retire its fleet of aging single-aisle MD-90 aircraft. (www.foxbusiness.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I think what we are seeing is Delta acknowledging a long term downsizing as the Coronavirus is going to affect travel demand for years to come. To support the 777 fleet, huge numbers of people have to be willing to travel together and able to afford to travel by air. The economy is going to be affected for years thanks to China and Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi? What does she have to with this? I think this administration could have avoided this by responding sooner.
don't think any administration would have been out ahead of this one
The Company is going to do whatever it has to do to survive.
There are a lot of things going on behind closed doors that we the people will never know.
We are trying to survive an economic and human disaster perpetrated by a hostile and aggressive Government that is serious enough to use Germ Warfare to achieve it's goals.
I will miss the T7's. They were not a large part of the fleet, however, they were good workhorses for The Company while things were good.
There are a lot of things going on behind closed doors that we the people will never know.
We are trying to survive an economic and human disaster perpetrated by a hostile and aggressive Government that is serious enough to use Germ Warfare to achieve it's goals.
I will miss the T7's. They were not a large part of the fleet, however, they were good workhorses for The Company while things were good.
does delta truly believe the 350-900 is an adequate substitute one for one with their 777 aircraft on any route and every route? They might think the customer levels will not support any triple-7 for many months, until which sufficient numbers of 350's will have arrived , with no loss to the company in capacity. The pilot's salaries ought to be comparable, since these planes require high seniority to bid and keep, and the fuel cost are lower, and they are newer, smell better and are Not-Boeing.
Wow, another beautiful aircraft condemned to an early demise. I thought the 777 would have much more time left at Delta. Thanks a million China.