Getting on the plane with Delta took over twice as long as Southwest.

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Delta already has both plane types in its fleet.

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Earlier this month, a Air France plane clipped a Delta Connection flight on a runway at New York's John F.

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There were 206 passengers on the plane, a Delta official said.

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"Frequent fliers would rather get on a mainline aircraft than a 50-seat plane, " said Delta's Mr. Cortelyou.

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No more than Delta can expect that their new plane from Boeing will work forever without their own internal resources keeping it maintained and operating the right way.

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Delta, for example, has 114 employees per plane while Southwest has only 62.

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Delta takes the time to organize us on the plane as we try and find a place for our carry-on.

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After passengers scrambled to use vouchers from Delta for food from a Dunkin Donuts shop, the plane took off at 1:33 a.m. with more than 200 aboard, including about 150 people headed to the same cruise ship in Venice as Mr. Glover.

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In some cases, Delta is reducing the number of flights per day but increasing the size of the plane, bucking conventional airline wisdom that held business travelers preferred schedules with very frequent flights.

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