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Originally posted by hulkrogan@Sep 29 2004, 05:11 PM
If you guys read the article you'd realize they planned on serving food.
And its 28 hours because even if you are flying from Moscow to Tokyo you stop over in Salt Lake City
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Precisely. They had planned on serving food but didn't as their food service company refused to provide food to them out of fears of not getting paid due to Delta being in dire straits.
Makes you wonder what else is getting cut from Delta to make ends meet.... Still want to fly with them right now?
However, there does seem to be some exaggeration in the article, a quick check of Delta's site comes up with this trip iteniary:
Delta 5732 * JFK 1:25pm 06 Oct 2004 to BOS 2:45pm 06 Oct 2004
Delta 8303 * BOS 5:35pm 06 Oct 2004 to CDG 6:20am 07 Oct 2004
Delta 118 CDG 11:20am 07 Oct 2004 BOM 11:55pm 07 Oct 2004
BOS = Logan International in Boston
CDG = Charles DeGaulle in Paris
BOM = Mumbai
So there's where the 28 some hours comes from, stopovers and and indirect flight path. In their dire cash straits, I'm sure Delta doesn't have any of the Boeing 777-ER models that can make a Singapore-JFK run DIRECT NON STOP. The article is likely further exaggerated as presumably people could grab a bite to eat in other airports or the plane itself might have been replenished by another food service provider like LSG SkyChefs.
Heck.... maybe their retiree pilots are flying at half speed to save fuel costs... in the left lane with the blinker on....
