DAL Widebody RFP....

Cptnchia said:
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Delta to Launch London – Philadelphia Route in 2015

code-sharing partnership started almost one year ago, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic will introduce non-stop service from London Heathrow (LHR) to Philadelphia (PHL). Starting on April 8, 2015, this daily service will be Delta’s eighth destination to the U.S. from Heathrow.

Delta and American Airlines are going head to head on the Philadelphia to London route.
The news of this Delta service to PHL (which has long been a US Airways hub) comes on the same day that rival American Airlines announces the addition of a second daily round-trip LHR-PHL flight beginning on March 29, 2015. These new LHR-PHL routes are both wise and strategic additions, as the bulk of Philadelphia’s international visitors have historically come from the U.K.
Delta’s London-Philadelphia service will fly from Heathrow Terminal 4, employing a 164-seat Boeing 757-200 aircraft that features 16 BusinessElite seats, Economy Comfort and Economy seating. BusinessElite passengers will have angle-flat bed seats with 160-degree recline and a range of dining options, and all passengers will have access to on-demand in-flight entertainment.


Read more: http://thepointsguy.com/2014/11/delta-to-launch-london-philadelphia-route-in-2015/#ixzz3K3L0lGqa
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I appreciate DL's creativity on this add, and I'm sure the opportunity cost is relatively low, but it will be interesting to see if they can make this work. You're competitors own the point-of-sale on each end, it's a relatively small market, and you've got the highest unit cost airplane in the market. We'll see!
 
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Cav said:
ATL is actually not a bad city but it's a place where you have to really scratch below the surface. Some of the in town neighborhoods are very cool. It's the suburbia sprawl that I really can't stand.
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So I got 'in town neighborhoods cool' and 'I love the suburbia.' Sounds like a great place!
 
I really liked the north ATL suburbia when I lived there. 20 minutes to downtown, 20 minutes to the outdoors, with plenty of stuff in between. The weather was pretty nice, four definite seasons but no real hot/cold extremes. Lots of forested area and parks and rec stuff. I would love to move back if I can find a way.
 
Beefy McGee said:
I really liked the north ATL suburbia when I lived there. 20 minutes to downtown, 20 minutes to the outdoors, with plenty of stuff in between. The weather was pretty nice, four definite seasons but no real hot/cold extremes. Lots of forested area and parks and rec stuff. I would love to move back if I can find a way.
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The only time it takes 20 minutes to get anywhere in ATL is after the zombie apocalypse, like in The Walking Dead.

Richman
 
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