MIAv8Diecast
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Crazy to me that IND, RDU and PIT all had CDG service with the 767-300 given the proximity to DTW and ATL. Delta also had domestic service with the 757-200 out of NRT before covid...
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Crazy to me that IND, RDU and PIT all had CDG service with the 767-300 given the proximity to DTW and ATL. Delta also had domestic service with the 757-200 out of NRT before covid...
bakejobb_23
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All historic routes kinda sound crazy after a while. Look at a lot of the things airlines were doing in the 2000s as well. Lots of routes that nowadays kinda make you scratch your head as to how they were either profitable, sustainable, and logistically made sense as to why they started. This route seems to be one of them. Condor, WOW and even BA make an ounce of sense from here but Delta exploring that from PIT just seemed a bit odd once I discovered it. Happy to have had them here for a good while though! I hope PIT gets another intl service soon, EI on their 321s or getting condor back or lufthansa/discover here would be nice. Time will tell!
Beautiful pics of your Heritage collection.
US Airways livery is the best in my opinion, but just a matter of taste (like United Airlines Tulip, for example). US Airways livery because for years i was delighted by A330-200 and A330-300 arriving at Rome FCO from Charlotte and Philadelphia, a pleasure for the eyes spotting at these beauties landing on runway 16R.
US Airways livery is the best in my opinion, but just a matter of taste (like United Airlines Tulip, for example). US Airways livery because for years i was delighted by A330-200 and A330-300 arriving at Rome FCO from Charlotte and Philadelphia, a pleasure for the eyes spotting at these beauties landing on runway 16R.
MIAv8Diecast
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Absolutely! Just strange from the perspective of working in the industry seeing such strange routes only a few years back.
bakejobb_23
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Thankfully I was able to ride one of those birds before they left the skies. I flew into Venice on N276AY (a -300 in AA colors at the time) and then took the same ride home a few days later from Rome. I enjoyed that airport a lot for as little time as I spent there. Lots to see around there coming from a normally American plane spotter!!
Well, Rome FCO is a kind of paradise for spotters that want to catch widebodies from USA:
- Delta Air Lines A350-900, B767-300WL, B767-400WL, B777-200ER, A330-900neo, A330-200, A330-300
- American Airlines B787-8, B787-9, B777-200ER, B777-300ER
- United Airlines B767-400, B767-300WL, B787-8, B787-9, B777-200ER, B777-300ER
Of course i am missing US Airways A330-200, A330-300 and B767-200, but i love Delta Air Lines (my favourite airline outside Europe) and, among the airliners, i love Delta and United B767-400...really impressive!
bakejobb_23
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Really. I must say that, maybe, the most elegant among all the airframes is Delta Air Lines A350-900.a little taste of everything
