Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - RW Delta adding Indianapolis-Paris nonstop starting May 24

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | RW Delta adding Indianapolis-Paris nonstop starting May 24

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Leonardtown, MD USA

589 legs, 897.3 hours
256 legs, 415.2 hours online
584 legs, 884.3 hours ACARS
16 legs, 32.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 06 2017 14:20 ET by Michael Payne

Another across-the-pond route coming....

INDIANAPOLIS , Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines , in cooperation with joint venture partner Air France KLM, will bring nonstop trans-Atlantic service from Indianapolis to its European hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle beginning May 24, 2018.

Michael Payne (DVA9707)

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Hampton, GA USA

1,909 legs, 2,878.8 hours
5 legs, 3.8 hours online
1,902 legs, 2,868.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 13 2017 15:41 ET by Jim Daigneau

This is some crazy stuff! RW FLTOPS is peddling hard to keep up with Network.

Jim Daigneau (DVA5643)

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Charlotte, NC

1,283 legs, 1,792.7 hours
837 legs, 1,044.3 hours online
1,265 legs, 1,770.7 hours ACARS
31 legs, 49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours

Posted onPost created on September 14 2017 14:16 ET by Andrew Vane

This is a puzzling flight to add with ORD and DTW fairly close.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

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Bloomingdale, IL

515 legs, 1,153.3 hours
473 legs, 1,063.5 hours online
514 legs, 1,150.2 hours ACARS
9 legs, 19.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 15 2017 11:52 ET by Tim Oleary

Did Air France get that route too? RW DAL hopefully will get the ORD-CDG run back in the winter when Air France reduces service to one flight a day. Delta has a lot of 'one-off' Atlantic routes from non-hub cities (IND/CVG/RDU(?)/PHL) etc. It looks like at times DAL will just fly open routes not currently taken up by other carriers. Remember that Int'l flights are still regulated.

Tim Oleary (DVA10902)

Posted onPost created on September 19 2017 09:49 ET by Michael Payne

Here's the schedule:

DL500
Departs Indianapolis (IND) at 6:20 p.m.
Arrives Paris (CDG) at 8:45 a.m. (next day)
DL501
Departs Paris (CDG) at 1:15 p.m.
Arrives Indianapolis (IND) at 4:35 p.m.

Michael Payne (DVA9707)

Posted onPost created on September 19 2017 10:46 ET by Andrew Vane

Added to our schedule:
DVH152 Legs 1 and 2
Set up as B763ER for now.

Enjoy!

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

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Greenville, SC

524 legs, 1,777.8 hours
490 legs, 1,650.8 hours online
144 legs, 373.3 hours ACARS
35 legs, 89.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 19 2017 19:23 ET by David Schaum

A little off subject but does Delta have plans to purchase the 787? This would be a great flight for the plane.

David Schaum

Senior Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on September 19 2017 19:56 ET by David Schaum

Disregard, I see they're purchasing the Airbus 350-900 instead.

David Schaum

Senior Captain, B777-200

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3,269 legs, 6,426.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 20 2017 17:01 ET by Brian Donaldson

Are there that many passengers between locations? Seems like an odd utilization of resources.

Brian Donaldson

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