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Delta Air Traces
- IATA/ICAO Code:
- DL/DAL
- Airline Kind:
- Full Service Service
- Hub(s):
- Boston Logan Worldwide Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport, Los Angeles Worldwide Airport, Minneapolis-St. Paul Worldwide Airport, New York JFK Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport, Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport
- 12 months Based:
- 1929
- Alliance:
- SkyTeam
- CEO:
- Ed Bastian
- Nation:
- United States
Whereas the 737 first entered Delta’s fleet practically 39 years in the past in 1983, the 737-700 sequence was by no means a vital a part of the operation. Delta operated simply 10 B737-700s in whole, all delivered in 2008 and 2009. Like different plane, all have been retired as a part of the SkyTeam service’s fleet rationalization caused by COVID.
Nonetheless, the 737-700 is well-known for its good efficiency on shorter runways and at airports at excessive altitudes; Delta’s examples are maybe finest identified for getting used on flights to the infamous Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Moreover, Delta’s 737-700s had solely 124 seats to fill (not like its 737-800s), whereas newer engines and winglets helped cut back gas burn over the MD-80s that they sometimes changed.
Delta’s B737-700s: a abstract
Three of Delta’s 10 former 737-700s are with one other operator, albeit not one other airline, 4 have been partly or absolutely scrapped, and three are saved. The latter might but fly once more. The ex-fleet is summarized as follows:
- N301DQ: delivered in July 2008 and withdrawn in September 2020; scrapped in Marana
- N302DQ: August 2008-September 2020; now with the Colombian Air Power
- N303DQ: September 2008-September 2020; scrapped in Marana
- N304DQ: September 2008-September 2020; scrapped in Marana
- N305DQ: December 2008-March 2020; initially with AAR Corp, subsequent with Nationwide Nuclear Safety Administration
- N306DQ: January 2009-March 2020; now with the Colombian Air Power
- N307DQ: January 2009-September 2020; scrapped in Marana
- N308DE: September 2009-September 2020; saved in San Bernardino
- N309DE: September 2009-September 2020; saved in San Bernardino
- N310DE: October 2009-August 2020; saved in San Bernardino
Talking in 2008, Mel Fauscett, Delta’s Managing Director of Fleet Planning and Acquisition, commented on the 737-700. He mentioned that:
The B737-700 is a greater match for the present wants of our community, offering flexibility in our fleet to fly longer, thinner home routes whereas on the identical time supporting our worldwide growth to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Chris Lundberg through Flickr
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154,000 flights
Based on ch-aviation.com, Delta’s 737-700s had a mean sector period of between 2h 11m and 2h 17m, and common each day utilization of between 7h 39m and 8h 5m. It means that there have been sometimes round three and a half sectors per plane per day.
Certainly, Cirium exhibits that the sequence operated a complete of 154,426 flights, peaking in 2016 with 15,407, on a community averaging 989 miles (1,562km). Whereas 154,000 would possibly sound like loads in itself, it’s not. Between 2008-2020, Delta had simply 0.78% of the world’s 19.3 million 737-700 flights. Cirium signifies that it was the world’s sixteenth largest person by flights on this timeframe.
Though very onerous to learn, that is Delta’s B737-700 community between 2008 and 2020. All of those airports noticed the plane no less than as soon as. Picture: GCMap.
Delta used the 737-700 to 150 airports, most of which noticed it solely a handful of instances. With 96% of flights, it was, not surprisingly, nearly solely used from Atlanta. Predictably, the 646-mile (1,039km) route from Atlanta to Key West, an airport famed for its 5,076 foot (1,547m) runway, was its high route, as proven beneath. This airport pair was chargeable for one in seven of Delta’s 737-700 flights and noticed the mannequin from 2009 to 2020.
Did you fly Delta’s 737-700s? In that case, share your recollections within the feedback.
