Why? Retire the older 757/767s first? Goodbye legend 😭
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You learn something new everyday. Never knew that, thanks for the information!
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This is truly devastating. A fantastic plane to bite to dust with Delta 😭
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The airline industry has been hit hard a lot because of travel restrictions and I guess that conserving money for any airline at this point would be the most important thing.
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Wait till Delta fans see this.
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Yeah so sad 😔😔😔😔
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Like I said, they have a huge fleet of 757s, which allows for fleet commonality with the 767, while the 777 is a subfleet.
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I hate it when ever airliners retire the legends. Like this, and maybe idk a380? I forgot.
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A380 must be kept alive
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Honestly no idea if the A350-900 can operate ATL-JNB without payload restrictions
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Highly unlikely, the A380 is quickly dying out as Emirates cancelled its major order. And 4 engine plane configuration is losing demand.
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well i hope the rework will still make the delta 777-200 still seem usable before its over
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@Ishrion do you think Delta Airlines will keep the New York - Mumbai Route on the A359
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If there’s still demand for the route, then yeah it’ll likely be replaced by the A350
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Fingers crossed that the route doesn’t close
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Delta’s official press release:
Delta will continue flying its fleet of long-haul next generation Airbus A350-900s, which burn 21% less fuel per seat than the 777s they will replace
https://news.delta.com/deltas-777-aircraft-retire-end-2020-simplifying-widebody-fleet-amid-covid-19
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:( that is my only reaction
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atleast Delta still gonna keep the 767’s
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Wow, poor DLVA.
Delta must be losing a lot of money if it came to this.
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Aww man. That’s a real shame. They should’ve got rid of their a330s or even a350s and kept the gorgeous 777s. Sad to see 777s leaving this early 😔
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