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Re-refresher once again:
The "mainline growth" of 39-46 airframes is ONLY to allow the number of 51-70 seat aircraft to be upped to a max of 76 seats.....ALL of the 51-70 seat and 71-76 seat airframes in TOTAL cannot exceed 255 NO MATTER HOW BIG THE MAINLINE FLEET GROWS.
Yes but.. that is a one way check valve, no? IOW.. once they get 255 Barbies, they can essentially reduce mainline aircraft to ZERO, and keep all the "regionals" they have... Years ago, the codesharing formula was written this way, and I complained about it then as being utterly stupid.. only to be met with... "well.. they have never reduced the floor of international flying below (that) number of hours" Ahem.... So what's to keep the company from accelerating the retirement of gas guzzling aircraft when oil hits $100... $105... $110.... ? How many will take a paycut when the whales are parked?
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Umm, better check your headlines. War Chicken had one go chicken right after the Espn show. Check out the rankings. Bama #1 in the Sec and #2 overall.
College Football Class Rankings 2011 - ESPN
College Football Class Rankings 2011 - ESPN
hehehehehe Hey do you know the over/under on when Charlie Weis bolts for the next bigger paycheck? It will be turmoil in Gainesburg once again... Like McDonalds.. I'm lovin' it!
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Delta to accelerate fleet size cuts
Delta Air Lines Inc. posted its first profit in years in 2010, and now it looks to reduce the size of its fleet, tackle its debt and fight fuel costs in 2011.
That will be the message from Delta President Ed Bastian, who is scheduled to make a presentation to the Raymond James Global Airline Conference on Feb. 3. The presentation was pre-filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bastian will say the Atlanta-based airline is set to reduce debt by $7 billion over a three-year period. It also plans to battle the spike in fuel costs through revenue, capacity and fleet efficiency. This will include cutting more than 250 small domestic aircraft such as turboprops, 50-seat jets and DC9s; adding 100 newer MD90s and two-class regionals.
Delta’s fleet in December 2007 totaled 1,482 : 693 regional aircraft, 169 international and 620 domestic mainline. As of December 2011, it projects a fleet of 1,318: 600 regional aircraft, 179 international and 539 domestic mainline.
With jet fuel prices jumping some 20 percent to $2.75 a gallon in just the last 100 days, Delta said it can fight those costs by accelerating the retirement of aircraft; raising domestic fare and tacking on international fuel surcharges; trimming capacity; and cutting capital spending to keep free cash flow at $1.8 billion.
Read more: Delta to accelerate fleet size cuts | Atlanta Business Chronicle
Delta Air Lines Inc. posted its first profit in years in 2010, and now it looks to reduce the size of its fleet, tackle its debt and fight fuel costs in 2011.
That will be the message from Delta President Ed Bastian, who is scheduled to make a presentation to the Raymond James Global Airline Conference on Feb. 3. The presentation was pre-filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bastian will say the Atlanta-based airline is set to reduce debt by $7 billion over a three-year period. It also plans to battle the spike in fuel costs through revenue, capacity and fleet efficiency. This will include cutting more than 250 small domestic aircraft such as turboprops, 50-seat jets and DC9s; adding 100 newer MD90s and two-class regionals.
Delta’s fleet in December 2007 totaled 1,482 : 693 regional aircraft, 169 international and 620 domestic mainline. As of December 2011, it projects a fleet of 1,318: 600 regional aircraft, 179 international and 539 domestic mainline.
With jet fuel prices jumping some 20 percent to $2.75 a gallon in just the last 100 days, Delta said it can fight those costs by accelerating the retirement of aircraft; raising domestic fare and tacking on international fuel surcharges; trimming capacity; and cutting capital spending to keep free cash flow at $1.8 billion.
Read more: Delta to accelerate fleet size cuts | Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Delta to accelerate fleet size cuts
Delta Air Lines Inc. posted its first profit in years in 2010, and now it looks to reduce the size of its fleet, tackle its debt and fight fuel costs in 2011.
That will be the message from Delta President Ed Bastian, who is scheduled to make a presentation to the Raymond James Global Airline Conference on Feb. 3. The presentation was pre-filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bastian will say the Atlanta-based airline is set to reduce debt by $7 billion over a three-year period. It also plans to battle the spike in fuel costs through revenue, capacity and fleet efficiency. This will include cutting more than 250 small domestic aircraft such as turboprops, 50-seat jets and DC9s; adding 100 newer MD90s and two-class regionals.
Delta’s fleet in December 2007 totaled 1,482 : 693 regional aircraft, 169 international and 620 domestic mainline. As of December 2011, it projects a fleet of 1,318: 600 regional aircraft, 179 international and 539 domestic mainline.
With jet fuel prices jumping some 20 percent to $2.75 a gallon in just the last 100 days, Delta said it can fight those costs by accelerating the retirement of aircraft; raising domestic fare and tacking on international fuel surcharges; trimming capacity; and cutting capital spending to keep free cash flow at $1.8 billion.
Read more: Delta to accelerate fleet size cuts | Atlanta Business Chronicle
Delta Air Lines Inc. posted its first profit in years in 2010, and now it looks to reduce the size of its fleet, tackle its debt and fight fuel costs in 2011.
That will be the message from Delta President Ed Bastian, who is scheduled to make a presentation to the Raymond James Global Airline Conference on Feb. 3. The presentation was pre-filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bastian will say the Atlanta-based airline is set to reduce debt by $7 billion over a three-year period. It also plans to battle the spike in fuel costs through revenue, capacity and fleet efficiency. This will include cutting more than 250 small domestic aircraft such as turboprops, 50-seat jets and DC9s; adding 100 newer MD90s and two-class regionals.
Delta’s fleet in December 2007 totaled 1,482 : 693 regional aircraft, 169 international and 620 domestic mainline. As of December 2011, it projects a fleet of 1,318: 600 regional aircraft, 179 international and 539 domestic mainline.
With jet fuel prices jumping some 20 percent to $2.75 a gallon in just the last 100 days, Delta said it can fight those costs by accelerating the retirement of aircraft; raising domestic fare and tacking on international fuel surcharges; trimming capacity; and cutting capital spending to keep free cash flow at $1.8 billion.
Read more: Delta to accelerate fleet size cuts | Atlanta Business Chronicle
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