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Taxing to and lining up rwy27 as DL3318 to Frankfurt (FRA) .
Delta Airlines announced in May 2020 the retirement of their Boeing 777 fleet . Putting a doubt on their 3 777 dominated ultra long haul routes Los Angeles – Sydney , Atlanta – Johannesburg and New York (JFK) – Mumbai . In March 2020, due to nationwide lockdown and ban on international flight in India , Delta started using their passenger 777 (they don’t have freighter 777s) on cargo only flights to Mumbai from Atlanta and New York (JFK) and on 31st October 2020 , Delta retired its final 777 when N701DN operated its last international assignment from Mumbai to New York(JFK) as DL3321 and last passenger service from New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) as DL8777 .
With the cargo business in huge demand , Delta now continues to operate cargo only flights to Mumbai from Frankfurt on daily basis with their Airbus A330-300 aircraft .
