Review of Delta Air Lines flight San Francisco Seattle in Economy

Airline Delta Air Lines
Flight DL2188
Class Economy
Seat --
Aircraft Boeing 717-200
Flight time 01:45
Take-off 07 Sep 17, 16:35
Arrival at 07 Sep 17, 18:20
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Published on 28th October 2017
Welcome back to my latest trip report.
This series would cover No.5 Delta ,San Francisco to Seattle,B717 flight.

Itinerary


No.1 AirAsia X A330-300 Sapporo(Japan) – Kuala lumper (Malaysia)
No.2 AirAsia A320 Kuala lumper (Malaysia) – Shenzhen(China)
No.3 Asiana Airlines A330-300 Hong Kong(Hong Kong) -- Incheon(Korea)
No.4 Asiana Airlines A350 Incheon (Korea) -- San Francisco (USA)  
No.5 Delta Airlines B717 San Fransico – Seattle ← You are here.
No.6 Alaska Airlines B737-700 Portland – Oakland
No.7 Boutique Air PC12 Oakland –Merced
No.8 Boutique Air PC12 Merced – Los Angels
No.9 Asiana Airlines A380 Los Angles – Incheon
No.10 Asiana Airlines B747-400 Incheon – Hong Kong
No.11 Hong Kong Express A321 Hong Kong -- Narita(Japan)
No.12 Spring Japan B737-800 Narita(Japan) – Sapporo(Japan)

Check-in


I arrived at SFO by BART, after photographing aircrafts from the park near the airport. DL is located in terminal 1, so I got on AirTrain from BART station.

The Delta check-in counter was next to the Southwest Airlines.
I printed out my boarding pass by a Kiosk.Then, I got a very thin boarding pass.
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I went to Gate, which was indicated on my boarding pass.However, It was empty, I realized my gate was changed to another place.
Gate42 is my Gate.
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An agent made an announcement to us about the delay of the boarding time, due to the late arrival of the previous flight.
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Engines were mounted directly on the fuselage.
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At 3:50, Boarding was started from Gropu1.
I was Group3, taking 5minutes to get into aircraft.
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We were boarding
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My seat was 26A, where I could see engine just behind me. It was an amazing view, However, a lot of Window scratches prevented taking good pictures.
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There was no IFE and little legroom was narrow.
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An outlet and a wifi were available, so I could charge my camera, which run out its battery during a spotting.
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The engines started, then I could felt a vibration and big sound of the engine.
It was not completely comfortable seat, however, It made me exciting.

SFO is the busiest airport, We waited to take off more than20 minutes.
We were a No.6 departure, after United E170.
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At 16:40, We took off and climbed steeply.

Eventually, Downtown was visible.
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Cabin crew started the drink service.I had Orange Juice, accompanied with a grain Snack.
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Most part of this flight, I killed time by reading an On-board Magazin, containing many interesting ADs.
Precious cargo…
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Most of the aircrafts have a galley at the end of the cabin.
However, B717 and MDs have an exit door.
At an emergency situation, Tail corn will drop out, and passengers will evacuate from here.
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The cabin consisted in the 2-3 layout.
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We started a descent for Seattle.
I could not see outside during a descending, due to the low cloud.
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On the final approach, We passed over Boeing Field(KBFI), where a lot of brand-new B737s were parked. Next day, I went to this airport to visit "The museum of flight".
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At 18:25 pm, We landed in Sea-Tac Airport.

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We arrived at the Gate. You can see another B717.
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I love visiting the cockpit, so I waited for all passenger disembarking and asked a cabin crew to show me a cockpit.
Cockpit design was modern.But some part of the cockpit was still remaining classic.
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It was a great souvenir of this flight.
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Verdict

Delta Air Lines

8.0/10
Cabin8.0
Cabin crew8.5
Entertainment/wifi7.5
Meal/catering8.0

San Francisco - SFO

8.6/10
Efficiency9.0
Access9.0
Services7.5
Cleanliness9.0

Seattle - SEA

8.9/10
Efficiency9.0
Access8.5
Services9.5
Cleanliness8.5

Conclusion

This is my first flight of a body-mounted engine aircraft. I noticed some disadvantages of this type, for example, Engine noise, Engine vibration.However, All of them reminded me of a past era of MDs.
Cabin crews were friendly.There were no-IFE, but a video streaming via wi-fi was available.

Information on the route San Francisco (SFO) Seattle (SEA)

Les contributeurs de Flight-Report ont posté 10 avis concernant 5 compagnies sur la ligne San Francisco (SFO) → Seattle (SEA).


Useful

La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est Virgin America avec 7.9/10.

La durée moyenne des vols est de 2 heures et 8 minutes.

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