The Airbus A350The airline's largest plane by seat capacity is the A350-900. These jets are the crown jewel of Delta's fleet.
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Delta Air Lines operates a fleet manufactured by Airbus and Boeing, and is the largest operator of the Airbus A220, Boeing 717, Boeing 757, and Boeing 767, and has the largest Airbus A330 and Airbus A350 fleet of any US airline.
With schedule and cost reductions during the COVID-19 global pandemic, Delta decided to retire the 777 by the end of 2020, in order to “accelerate the airline's strategy to simplify and modernize its fleet while continuing to operate newer, more cost-efficient aircraft.” See the news release.
In September 2020, amid some of the most challenging months of the coronavirus pandemic, the carrier announced that it would retire its 717-200 aircraft (along with its twin-aisle 767-300ER jets) by December 2025, citing a lack of recoverable carrying value compared to future cash flows.
On paper, the new Delta and United seats are both 21 inches wide and offer 37 inches of pitch, but United's feels more spacious due to the lack of larger privacy wings — more on that below.
Will Delta get A380? The Airbus A380 won't be flying for Delta Air Lines anytime soon. That's not a huge surprise, as industry observers have long regarded the superjumbo A380 as a bad fit for the fleet plans at most U.S. carriers.
A: The 757 is one of my favorite airplanes. The lines are beautiful, and the performance is unmatched by other airliners. It has a higher thrust-to-weight ratio, resulting in spectacular climb performance.
Boeing's bet that the larger size would be popular just didn't work out. Apart from a few niche areas, airlines were just not interested in the extra capacity, given the reduction in range (and higher operating cost).
While the 757 program had been financially successful, declining sales in the early 2000s threatened its continued viability. Airlines were again gravitating toward smaller aircraft, now mainly the 737 and A320, because of their reduced financial risk.