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[goldeneye]

Delta to Orlando

Seasonal service from Orlando to London Heathrow starting Oct. 26 on Delta, 4 times per week on A330 neo

[BA318]

Originally Posted by goldeneye

Seasonal service from Orlando to London Heathrow starting Oct. 26 on Delta, 4 times per week on A330 neo

In addition to the VS flight or instead of?

[Sotonsean]

Originally Posted by BA318

In addition to the VS flight or instead of?

In addition to, VS remains daily.

I can't see VS withdrawing a long-standing and well performing route like LHR to Orlando. Or VS even handing over LHR to MCO to Delta on a permanent basis.

Although I must admit that this announcement has taken me by surprise.

Delta have been expanding Florida to Europe flights recently with MCO-AMS and the upcoming seasonal flight between TPA and AMS.

On aside note....Delta previously but very briefly operated LGW to MCO during the very early 1990s, with a L10-11 Tristar.

[PAXboy]

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[AirportPlanner1]

Originally Posted by Sotonsean

On aside note....Delta previously but very briefly operated LGW to MCO during the very early 1990s, with a L10-11 Tristar.

I flew on this! It was not non-stop, it went via Miami in both directions but MCO pax stayed on board. Immigration was cleared at MCO. It was memorable for how few of us got on/off in Orlando, no more than about 20 both directions. The bulk of people were for Miami but even then the flights were a third full at best. Delta were probably Orlando’s biggest airline but I don’t think it was a hub. I’m not sure they had much connectivity at MIA either.

[Skipness One Foxtrot]

Originally Posted by goldeneye

Seasonal service from Orlando to London Heathrow starting Oct. 26 on Delta, 4 times per week on A330 neo

Delta don't seem to know what to do at LHR, they're a distant third vs. American and United. LAX was dropped again and SEA isn't seeing high loads. JFK remains only 2x daily, one of which is a B764. The market prefers Virgin it seems, even on routes where they co-habit. 4 weekly to the House of Mouse is an interesting tangent given the route is mainly UK based POS (is that still the case?) and would likely bias towards VS bookings.

[danielson81]

Have Tarom sold their slots then?

This article (paywall) - https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/141...w-slots-report suggests they have.
or https://boardingpass.ro/tarom-renunt...ctombrie-2024/ (in Romanian)

Also no flights to/from Heathrow are available on Taroms website after 26th October.

Will they bother coming back to the UK, considering LTN,STN and LGW have several flights a day. Maybe LGW as its only 1 flight a day with Wizz?

Edit - I know this was dismissed in February this year, as per previous posts.

[pabely]

Tarom have used LTN in the past https://aviationweek.com/air-transpo...london-gateway as did Blue Air.
I'm sure they would be welcomed back. W24 slots should be available and figures crossed for S25 if LTN goes to 19m.

[pabely]

I was half joking about LTN but looking at the Tarom booking engine, Luton is listed!