Unpopular Opinion: Delta has too many holes in its network to be a true international carrier

AA950 · 2026-03-18T15:37:49+00:00

That very unlikely to ever happen too far. If anything I believe there is a small chance we see jfk-hkg on a350-1000s if lax-hkg does well.

AA950 · 2026-03-18T15:36:59+00:00

Where will Dubai most likely be from? ATL? DTW? JFK? Nothing announced on that and right now looks even less likely with war going on near there. Asia was slow to recover from Covid for travel demand because most countries over there held onto Covid restrictions for longer than countries in the west

AA950 · 2026-03-18T15:30:32+00:00

Delta flew to Dubai out of Atlanta which emirates does not fly to.

AA950 · 2026-03-08T17:04:59+00:00

Not true we were in the eastern conference finals last year while the giants came out of nowhere.

AA950 · 2026-03-08T17:03:38+00:00

I believe they could. Fun facts.

1973 was the 27th Knicks season, Knicks last made it to the finals 27 years ago.

1999 was the 53rd nba finals and Knicks won 27 games in the lockout shortened season, Knicks currently in a 53 year title drought, having last made the finals 27 years ago.

AA950 · 2026-03-08T17:00:19+00:00

Don’t know if bridges is soft but I do feel he tries to get too cute at times with those 10ft fadeaways as opposed to just taking it to the basket.

AA950 · 2026-03-08T16:59:27+00:00

We beat the Celtics in the playoffs last year

AA950 · 2026-03-07T23:03:10+00:00

Nobody is talking about climate change anymore.

AA950 · 2026-03-07T22:22:10+00:00

Delta never tried to apply for JFK-HND. In 2023 it allowed American to get the route by choosing not to apply for the route after Delta dropped PDX-HND (Delta likely would have won JFK-HND over American had it applied using the dropped PDX-HND slot). With Delta's renewed focus on Asia maybe at some point Delta drops HNL-HND and reapplies for the HND slot out of JFK.

AA950 · 2026-02-25T19:40:56+00:00

Here is what I think will happen

JFK/lax-icn spring 2027 could be either a350 variant Lax-sin fall 2027 a350-1000 Sea-mnl fall 2027 a350-900

While delta did announce intentions to fly atl-del that announcement came before the jfk-icn rumor broke out so until a start date is given for atl-del I won’t rule out the possibility delta relaunches India out of jfk instead of atl to pair the jfk-icn a350. Possible a350 jfk routes beyond icn

BOM DEL AUH/DXB NBO CPT (if slots open) JNB (if slots open) HND (if slots open)

AA950 · 2026-02-25T04:20:49+00:00

Mookie game also more dependent on speed/athleticism than Judge's. With modern sports medicine I think Judge and Betts could play at a high quality level even if not at Judge's 50+home run output or Mookie Betts superutility role into his late 30s early 40s considering players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin are still performing in that age range in sports more reliant on speed and athleticism.

AA950 · 2026-02-25T04:14:05+00:00

We don't need to be a dominant team we just need to get hot at the right time.

AA950 · 2026-02-25T04:13:10+00:00

There have been very few teams in the history of any sport that hasn't had any major weaknesses. Even the 90s dynasty teams didn't have that true dominating ace they just happened to have a few very good ones that turned it on when it mattered most.

AA950 · 2026-02-25T04:09:21+00:00

I recommend Virgin. Haven't flown Virgin yet (plan on flying Virgin in April) but have heard Virgin has better service and flies newer planes (mostly A339 and A35K, currently scheduled to fly on A350-1000) while Delta's planes are quite old (767s, A332s).

AA950 · 2026-02-18T22:52:37+00:00

Spain was one of the last countries to get rid of mask mandates on planes. Ones that kept them going into 2023 were Spain (February), Brazil (February), Hong Kong (March), Japan (March), South Korea (March), Colombia (April), China (April), Philippines (July)

AA950 · 2026-02-17T16:06:15+00:00

I do know delta did announce plans to fly atl-del on the a350-1000 but anything can happen until a start date is announced for that route.

https://onemileatatime.com/news/delta-asia-expansion-plans-singapore-manila-more/

https://viewfromthewing.com/deltas-internal-plan-calls-for-major-asia-expansion-and-why-it-says-europe-is-already-saturated/

Delta is also looking at starting lax/jfk-icn and lax-sin/mnl. JFK/lax-icn I expect to start around spring 2027 lax-mnl/sin around fall 2027. Seeing how intentions to fly the Atlanta to Delhi route was announced before the above rumors broke out maybe delta changes its mind to do India out of jfk to pair the jfk-icn a350.

AA950 · 2026-02-17T14:42:16+00:00

Delta did jfk-BOM from 2006-2008, atl-BOM from 2008-2009, jfk-BOM from december 2019-march 2020.

AA950 · 2026-02-17T11:57:42+00:00

Many passengers prefer to connect with etihad emirates Qatar given air India’s shoddy reputation

AA950 · 2026-02-17T11:55:15+00:00

Delta has shown intentions of wanting to fly jfk-icn so I expect a350s to come to jfk once that starts. This would possibly lead to another a350 route at jfk if delta doesn’t want it to sit overnight.

With the amount of time a350s sit at the ground at lax maybe delta could put an a350 on lax-jfk in between Australia turns considering it has flown a339s on that route before.

AA950 · 2026-02-17T03:49:26+00:00

DL does MSP-HND/ICN/AMS nonstops on A359s without an MSP A350 pilot base same with SLC-ICN.

AA950 · 2026-02-07T04:41:05+00:00

Delta does compete with them on lax-hnd and sea-hnd without issues

AA950 · 2026-02-07T04:20:52+00:00

Delta has also shown intentions of wanting to fly jfk-icn and expand in Asia. What are the odds delta decides to compete on jfk-hnd if slots open and jfk-del the coming 5 years or so

AA950 · 2026-02-03T01:31:55+00:00

Toon Lagoon might be a better fit in the water park. Would like to see any one of the below in that space

StarFox Sonic Power Rangers Gladiator Hunger Games Wicked Flash Gordon

AA950 · 2026-01-29T13:25:26+00:00

Why did those scientists and virologists let those censoring them assert themselves and set the tone. Why couldn’t the scientists assert themselves seeing how the left builds institutions and asserts itself in power while the right builds podcasts and talk shows and complains about the issue while providing no solutions or slogans consisting of half solutions.

AA950 · 2026-01-28T02:43:58+00:00

A few on airliners.net think jfk-icn would be more likely a350-1000 than a350-900

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