Delta looks to LHR for slots

[T-Bird76]

Delta seeks slots at Heathrow

By Doug Cameron in Chicago
Monday Apr 23 2007 15:20
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) said on Monday it was seeking up to six daily pairs of slots at London's Heathrow airport as it became the first US carrier to commit to a launch date for services to the congested UK gateway.

The third-largest US carrier by revenues is among a pack of airlines on both sides of the Atlantic which are tapping alliance partners and a "grey market" in slots at Heathrow following the recent open-skies agreement between the US and the European Union.

http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage...d=yahoofinance

[stuart schechter]

Oh how I love Delta. They gonna use 767's or T7's on this?

[T-Bird76]

767s I'm sure or maybe one 777 for the more popular time slot. Delta doesn't have many 777s to spare for 6 daily slots into LHR. Their 777s are used for India and Japan.

[Nonstop2AUH]

From JFK the standard of cabin service on the LHR sector is quite high with AA, BA and VS so if DL wants to compete with a 76 they will need the ones with the new cabin fittings.

[Iberia A340-600]

Apparently these slots will be taken from Air France/KLM

[AirtrafficController]

Most likely they will use the 767s as Delta is the largest operator of them