Jim Dermitt says:

Delta has been losing money. Delta has plans to ramp up a new U.S.-China service as part of its global expansion. I guess there’s big money in flying people to China and back. This expansion is a part of the SkyTeam, an alliance whose members include Air France, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air. USAirways has big plans to start service to Guatemala City as part of its Ft. Lauderdale minihub focus city expansion. I guess the airlines figure labor cost are high at U.S. airports, so what the hell, why not follow the manufacturing sector and move resources offshore. Maybe the Chinese will have big repair facilities and Delta can send all their jet work to China in on the deal. For USAirways it’s Guatemala or bust. Delta may just be out of business in another year or the whole airline may move to China. The airlines are all trying to lower costs. It’s as if airline management believes operating a jet airliner carrying millions of people can be done right on shoestring budgets. It is very expensive to operate a jet and the airport costs are just tremendous. You can’t run a 737 Boeing on the cheap and stay in business for long. It just does not work that way. It is a high cost, low yield business and good management will make you or break you. China may look great today for Delta and in a year or two they may find it was more trouble than it was worth. They must figure DFW isn’t worth the investment, so they’ll take their chances in China. All I can say is goodbye Delta, nobody ever said Dallas needed you. Life goes on.

K B says:

Sorry, the above link didn’t need a password when I visited this morning.

Here’s one complements of bugmenot.com.
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Sorry, Charlie.