Delta flying 757s in Europe?

ian

ian

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Yesterday we were heading west over Italy and a Delta 757 passed right by us 1,000 above heading east. Where would it have been going? Forgot the callsign but almost positive it was a 757 unless the 767s have winglets now...
 
ian said:
Yesterday we were heading west over Italy and a Delta 757 passed right by us 1,000 above heading east. Where would it have been going? Forgot the callsign but almost positive it was a 757 unless the 767s have winglets now...
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AA flies 757s to Brazil, they all leave from Miami, they also have flights to Europe out of Boston with the 757.
 
Plenty of 75's flying transatlantic to Europe. I flew on a couple with AA - seats were tiny and uncomfortable. I avoid them now unless there is a huge price advantage to flying with them.
 
the winglets on the 767 explains it.

I know they fly the 757 out of JFK to western europe, but this was over Italy heading East so it definitely wasn't one of those flights.
 
Yea, you guys think a 757 to Europe is crazy? My friend was positive he saw a Delta 757 in Incheon airport in Seoul, South Korea. That's a minimum 9 hour flight from anywhere in the U.S.
 
hambone said:
Yea, you guys think a 757 to Europe is crazy? My friend was positive he saw a Delta 757 in Incheon airport in Seoul, South Korea. That's a minimum 9 hour flight from anywhere in the U.S.
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Lots of 757s flying oceanic all over the world. They have some pretty good legs. That Incheon aircraft would have had to stop somewhere along the way, though.
 
hambone said:
Yea, you guys think a 757 to Europe is crazy? My friend was positive he saw a Delta 757 in Incheon airport in Seoul, South Korea. That's a minimum 9 hour flight from anywhere in the U.S.
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Northwest ran a hub with 757's out of NRT. And AFAIK, Delta kept that going. Basically they fly all over Asia from Narita with the 757's. Occasionally, they route them back to the US, I think.
 
hambone said:
Yea, you guys think a 757 to Europe is crazy? My friend was positive he saw a Delta 757 in Incheon airport in Seoul, South Korea. That's a minimum 9 hour flight from anywhere in the U.S.
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There is a Delta (formerly Northwest) hub at Tokyo Narita. The 757 serves a bunch of destinations from there, including Saipan, Guam, Osaka, Nagoya, and occasionally Incheon, Bangkok, Hong Kong, etc. Palau starts next month.

The only time the 757 does a trans Pacific crossing is a repo. I saw one in the non-rev system a few months ago on NRT-SEA.
 
Delta flies a mix of 75's and 76's transoceanic, but only certain 75's that are ETOPS-capable.
 
Nick said:
There is a Delta (formerly Northwest) hub at Tokyo Narita. The 757 serves a bunch of destinations from there, including Saipan, Guam, Osaka, Nagoya, and occasionally Incheon, Bangkok, Hong Kong, etc. Palau starts next month.

The only time the 757 does a trans Pacific crossing is a repo. I saw one in the non-rev system a few months ago on NRT-SEA.
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Yeah, when I went to MNL on DL in February I flew DL all the way. ATL to NRT to MNL... DL 747s on both legs... on a side note definitely an amazing trip... my first introduction to jet lag!
 
mshunter said:
Can you give me a dumbed down version of ETOPS. I know what the acronym stands for, but thats about it.
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Super dumbed-down? :)

Can fly a really long time without stopping for fuel and a couple extra accouterment that serves as extra redundancy in a few of the systems.
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
Northwest ran a hub with 757's out of NRT. And AFAIK, Delta kept that going. Basically they fly all over Asia from Narita with the 757's. Occasionally, they route them back to the US, I think.
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And before the 757's, NWA was using A320's at the hub flying north and south.
 
Well, you're also not at work that much! :)

"Oh, he's on vacation!"
 
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