Ben's Air Blog

Flying on the Delta's Last 777-200LR Flights Over Labor Day weekend Saturday, I flew on Delta’s final scheduled Boeing 777 domestic flights (as of September).  In early 2020, Delta had just completed its 777 fleet cabin refurbishment .  As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, in May, Delta made a dramatic decision to retire its entire 777 fleet by the end of October 2020 in order to preserve capital and have fleet commonality. 

San Francisco (SFO) to Paris (CDG) on the B777-300ER In February, Airways was invited by Air France to cover Paris CDG Airport's 20th anniversary as a hub.  I covered the story for Airways .  Air France covered my flights to Paris and back in Business Class.  Here are my trip reports.  

See Part 2: British Airways A380 While pricing for my trip to Amsterdam for the last KLM MD-11 flight , I came across a fantastic deal in business class that I just could not pass up.  It was on a British Airways (BA) ticket from San Jose, California to Amsterdam for $2400.  The only catch - I had to make two connections to get there. The connection through LAX gave me an added bonus.  For the same price, I was able to choose to fly either on American (AA) or BA or a combination of both.  Of course, I went with the “enthusiast combo," flying outbound on the AA 777-300ER and returning on the BA A380 .  This also allowed for a BIS comparison between the new business class products from the two airlines.  How does the new American flying their newest airplane compare with the elegant old British queen flying their newest behemoth of the skies?

--> Flight :  UA595, San Francisco (SFO) to Los Angeles (LAX) (337 miles) Aircraft Type :  Boeing 777-222 (ER) Aircraft Registration :  N794UA (built in October 1997) Scheduled Departure - Arrival Time :  8:21 am - 9:47 am Actual Departure - Arrival Time : 8:20 am - 9:50 am Actual Flying Time :  53 minutes