Delta 767-300 first class: the good, the bad, & the ugly
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- Опубликовано: 26 янв 2022
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The 767-300/ER is an extremely versatile aircraft for Delta. It can fly long domestic routes just as easily as it can longer international ones, and most of the time, you'll find them pretty much everywhere in the Delta network.
These aircraft feature the old Delta One product, which isn't all that great of a premium business class seat anymore. However, since Delta uses these aircraft on a multitude of domestic routes (and sells these seats as "first class"), it's a fantastic upgrade over other narrowbody aircraft in the Delta fleet.
This a full review of Delta 767-300 first class from Atlanta to San Diego in late December 2021. I had seat number 5D for this 5-hour flight, and the aircraft registration was N196DN.
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I’m a Delta Loyalist but I like being real with them. Thank you for the video !
You’re very welcome! Thankfully these seats are an anomaly - The Delta One seats on newer aircraft are pretty sweet actually.
I think the next time I fly to Orlando I will consider going on Delta because Southwest direct flights are a mental nightmare for me.
Everyone should know that this was doing Covid. Services was cut for all airlines. Delta is very good now. I flew first class from LAX to ATL and the services and food was excellent. Also my flight from LAX to HNL was great too.
I've been impressed with Delta's notifications. They did baggage tracking on their app long before anyone else joined in.
They’ve got the best notifications of all the US airlines IMHO. It’s very nice, especially when there is a delay!
I've flown with the Delta One "enclosed" seat.....it's wonderful. I love flying Delta's 767 Delta One.
Compared to the Airbus 350?
Great and informative video, as usual!
Was there Jan. 16th and 18th. Love walking between the terminals. Love the Zimbabwe art between the T & A gates.
Walking between the terminals at ATL is the reason why prefer longer layovers there. It’s a nice walk from one end to the other!
This upload just made my day!
Glad to have been of assistance. 😄
Glad to have been of assistance. 😄
Absolutely fantastic trip report Scott! Here’s to a happy and healthy 2022, and also to no more crusty Delta 767s!😹
Thanks Ryan! Sooner or later we’ll be crying over loss of these birds. It always happens. 😆
@@sanspotter that is so true. Except for the CRJ-200, no one is gonna miss those 😹
Enjoyed another great video! Of the big-3, AA, DL and UA, which do you enjoy flying the most? Thanks for the video!
I just went to SAN for the first time last week and thought of you. Beautiful city and airport !
Hope you enjoyed San Diego! It’s a little cold this time of year, but as scenic as always.
Love the review here! My thoughts exactly when it came to the D1 cabin on the 767. It's a great cabin overall but the the inoperable IFE systems is definitely a bummer and it seems to occur on a decent amount of 767's in the fleet. I was able to fly on the retrofitted 767 recently in D1 and they still didn't update the IFE systems unfortunately.
Shocking how low the standards are in the USA for domestic premium cabins. The total opposite in Canada.
I hope to get up to Canada soon and try some of the premium products up there. Just gotta figure out the logistics of Covid testing…
@@sanspotter if you need any help or would like some insider tips, please let me know how to get in touch with you. I'd be more than happy to help you out if I can!
you should fly JetBlue first-class AA flagship, and their 787. And Hawaii, alaks, souwest, and soon brese. They are very good I tell you.
Some airlines have figured it out, others are stuck in the 90s.
No kidding. I had a 1 hr BOS-YUL flight on an ERJ-175 where I got a full hot meal on AC (in J) this November. Then flew YYZ-IAH for 4+ hours in a UA 175 in J and basically got packaged snacks.
Seats were about the same, but it's an ERJ.
DL did announce hot meals returning to 900+ mile flights yesterday starting in March. But I'll believe it when I see it! Or smell it because I only pay for main cabin and aim for free upgrades 😅
Those lunch boxes they serve would actually be a nice addition on flights between 600-900 miles where they only served snacks pre-COVID.
Keep dreaming. Any free food in the main cabin disappeared like 30 years ago!
Yeah, I saw that announcement about an hour after I finished editing this video. 😄 It’s really good news though!
The cold sandwiches in first are pretty decent right now.
@Diane Schroeder I'm mostly referring to the FC service, which only has snacks on sub-900 mile flights. One reason why I only pay for main cabin and then take the free upgrades as a medallion!
@@JuanWayTrips ah, I've been flying a lot longer legs these days, but yeah I've never paid for an upgrade and I don't intend to start!
Aaah. We just booked Delta One from Paris to Raleigh, this will be my first (and probably last time) traveling in business class, this looks rather sad.. any chance there might be an update on 767-300 by October 2022? 😀
Last time I stopped at Hartsfield-Jackson might’ve been in 2010. It was a loooong time ago.
Great Video! Gonna be on the DL 763 up front next week, wishing for hot food, only to definitely be disappointed
Thanks! At least Delta announced yesterday that real food is coming back soon(ish). Until then, enjoy that snack box!
Unfortunately these seats have been non-competitive since I first flew them over 5 years ago. Crazy that you can still find these on international routes.
They aren’t going to be around for very much longer though (thank goodness).
I fly a lot in that box you got is far better than I’ve gotten on most domestic first class Delta trips. That is a vast step up from what they’ve normally been doing over the last year or so. That’s one way they’ve stayed profitable, by cutting high-end food on flights. That saves them a bunch of money hence the reason they do it. I recently flew to Europe on Delta wine and got a full meal. They recently announced that on domestic first class flights over 900 miles, real food starts rolling out again beginning March 1. Thank heavens for that! I’ve flown a lot of first class flights over the last couple of years to get no more than a small bag of Goldfish crackers, one pack of Biscoff, and a small bottle of water. All in a Ziploc bag with a napkin. Your charcuterie box, compared to that, is a feast!
Yeah, I saw that announcement about real food returning to first class about an hour after I finished editing this. It’s almost as if Delta could sense that I was about to upload a video voicing my displeasure of the meal service. 😄
I flew on that particular aircraft on a JFK to LAX flight and i was really unimpressed. It was sold as a Delta One product and would have cost me $1200 had i paid cash. My experience wasnt too different. It really showed the disparity between the service on the AA A321T that i had just gotten off of that offered a full meal and bedding. I don't know what the pandemic did to delta but the so called best airline in the states needs to get it together. all that said the cabin crew have always been amazing
My thoughts exactly! I recently flew in business class on the AA A321T from JFK to SFO and it was very very good. It’s kind of sad to see Delta just giving up like this.
7 of the Delta 767-3 have a new Delta Interior with updated DL1 and also premium Select
7 already! That’s good to hear - I thought it was only one.
How do u know which ones?
Your reviews are excellent! Do you by chance know if any of the 767-300s have been upgraded since this video? I am flying Delta One from JFK to LAX in August (and then on the Sydney) and am hoping that we have the new Delta One product.
Thanks Robert! I’m not certain, but I do know that a lot of these aircraft have received updated interiors since I published this video. Not sure how many of the “old” birds are left…
@@sanspotter Thank you very much for both your quick reply and for the information! This would be my first time flying business - would you have any advice as to things you wish you would have done your first time?
@@robertl6442 how was the fly in August?
@@ishice3749 The flight to Australia was much better than the flight from New York to LAX. Overall it was fine. Wifi was not free even for Delta One customers (I believe it is free now). It was nice experience for sure, but not worth the cash price.
5:40 - When my flight taxied past that hangar last year or the year before one of the Air Force Two 757's was actually inside of it.
That’s pretty cool! I’ve seen some neat stuff in there myself over the years.
Hi, do these not have the doors? and now that covid is over, have they brought back more amenities
Those bagged olives are strangely delicious! I'm interested to see where delta goes service-wise this year, and like many are praying for the previous offerings to return.
I’m not sure if Delta could sense that I was about to post this video, but they did announce that plated meals will return to first class in March about an hour after I finished editing this. Progress!
@@sanspotter Now that's what I call progress!
I fly on Delta 767-300 quite often. D1 seats IFE sucks. I use the remote. Not very convenient, but it works.
I’m flying this seat today, they’ve returned the meal service and other amenities like blankets.
How were the TVs?
I really hope I get to fly in a Delta 767, while Delta does want to keep there 767s, that only applies to there -400 fleet as there -300 fleet could be completely retiring(I say could be, because Delta is refitting some of them so maybe they would stay for a bit longer) I know Delta is keeping the -400 model, there's something about the -300 that interests me...I know the -400 is the same thing but with a stretched fuselage but I really don't know why I seem to like the -300 so much.
Would love to hear that Covid Express cough mixed into all your background music in future vids 🤓😷
Don’t tempt me. 😅
I’ll probably get some heat for this but, even the first/premium cabins have the Covid cough. Another San Diegan here. Used to live in Atlanta. Been on this flight multiple times but unfortunately I was sitting a few rows back each time in Econ with the cough back there.
Use the cough…….love it 😷. Accurate depiction of the flight at its best.
Hopefully going to ATL in march 🤞
It’s an amazing airport - hopefully you can go!
Ok either I'm crazy, or the clip at 6:25 is playing backwards. Cause I have never seen clouds move the way they were during that clip. Otherwise great video!
I actually had to reverse that clip to fit what I was talking about in the voiceover. You weren’t supposed to notice! 😅
Use the remote and not the touch screen for the in flight entertainment. It works better. One question if you know... How do I plug in my computer?
I flew JFK-SEA on this and found the seats really claustrophobic. I don’t like being trapped by the meal table.
I'm sure you've seen the latest news:
Delta announced hot meals coming back on flights over 900 miles
Hi Scott
Love the view of sunset in the engine, pretty slack meal for a 5 your flight in first class. But yes, I think you pronounced "charcuterie" pretty well ! 😂
Haha thanks! I actually had to do a Google search on how to pronounce that properly. 😅
Try the underground walkway at DTW.
I kinda wish they pulled the Delta One suites from the 777s they retired and put them in those but it probably wouldn't have worked since the 767 is narrower I think? Those 777s cabins were gorgeous.
The overhead bins are much better than the original overhead bins that Boeing originally put on the Boeing 767’s.
Will delta be retiring their 763s in 2025 for sure cos I don’t know if it’s rumoured yet. And I wonder will the ones that are over 30 be retired soon?
It's an excellent video like always. Delta ones to replace their 767-300, all of them, but they don't find the solution since the 767 is like it's like a plant whose roots are wrapped around another tree, we just leave it damaged and not much can be done (I don't know if that's a good comparison) In the same way, the 767 is a machine to last and doesn't have much replacement, what closest is the 787-8 or the a330-800neo. On the other hand, Delta is getting more lower every day, I have even seen AA and UA doing better domestic fly with better seats including the food. And JetBlue is still the king. Hope they do something soon or they would end in problems like Boeing.
By the way, did you see what happens to Qatar and Delta?😂🤦♂
Thanks Sergio! Yeah, as a domestic aircraft it’s fine, but the 763 with these seats isn’t all that competitive anymore. There are so many better options these days (from a passenger’s perspective). The good news is that I heard they are bringing proper food back to first class in March - finally!
@@sanspotter that is good to hear, hopefully the food is very good
I fly this 767-300 in Delta One between ATL-BOG and yes, this product lacks big time.
Tell me you managed to see the 747 over there at the Delta aerospace museum? I hear that's a flight attendant training conference center now
I would have loved to see that. No time for it unfortunately since it was only a layover. ☹️
Small note. The cheese box was provided by Alp & Dell. I know the owner of the shop. They are from Monroe, Wisconsin and the owner is a Swiss fellow. When I am up there I have to stop. I hope it was ok.
Would much rather fly American's A321T Business or First.. @SANspotter have you tried it?
I’ve done both actually, and I have a video coming soon about AA A321T business class (JFK-SFO). It was nice!
Better jet, JetBlue mint studio.,
You where right im my city!!!!! No call no text no post I'm hurt Scott I would have gladly got the healthwhiches & redbull lol
I wish I had known you were hanging out here for a little while lol I definitely got to get you in the vlog one of these days
The Mountainbiker is here let's go another Sanspotter video!!!!!
It was only a layover, so no time for mountain biking and Red Bull. 😄 I actually didn’t know you’re in Atlanta - I thought you were outside of the city a bit. Anyway, now I know for next time! 🚵😆
@@sanspotter I was visiting when this video came out this is where the one love century is held every year out in Fulton county I was in the city doing a little riding and exploring when this episode came out and I happened to be riding my bike by the airport when I stopped and watched this episode
I thought they were getting rid of the 762s and retrofitting the 763s?
The 762s are already gone, and the 763s will be gone by 2025. No need to update them since they don’t have much life left.
Ack! I wished that I'd looked at the plane type when I booked my Delta One seat. Ah well, first world problems
Your snack box is similar to an International flight between Narita and Guam which I took years ago. It was probably the most disappointing "dinner" on an international flight I ever had.
I’m surprised they would do that on an international flight. Especially in Asia!
@@sanspotter United served proper meals on their flights Guam to Japan though. Delta no longer flies to Guam.
The Boeing 767-300s also have the dirty cabin and old seats
Whoa. Delta’s 767-300 interiors are looking rather tattered. A snack box on a 5 hour flight? Yikes 😳!
The good news is that Delta just announced that plated meals will be coming back to first class in March. That’s progress!
On my Ryanair flight for 4hr 20m from Dublin to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria i got nothing for free. Great flight though, Ryanairs meals are fairly cheap for an airline
Can confirm. Got a full meal in March. 5 hour domestic flight.
6:23 were you playing that in reverse? Cause I swear the plane was moving backwards lol
Haha, yeah, I had to do that to match what I was saying in the voiceover. 🤦🏼♂️😄
Hahaha. Thank you for sharing.
Love ATL Airport and Chickfila
9:41 Haha, I knew it was Phoenix!! Guess I’m a bit too familiar with it
You’re the first to get it right! 🏆😆
ATL, my hometown airport!
One of my most favorite airports in the world. 👍🏻
Anyone offer recommendations from Orlando to Honolulu any class, looking for best comfort and cleanliness and food, etc.
Excellent 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Geez, I thought AmericanAirlines was bad but at least they never served me boxed food in First Class. Shame on Delta for that box of stale food! At least with my home airport of Palm Springs I can choose between United and AA, both of whom have returned to pre-Covid standards❤️👍✈️
It was bad timing, but Delta announced that plated meals will be coming back to first class about an hour after I finished editing this video. 😅 But at least they will be stepping up their game soon - they’ve fallen so far behind the others as of late.
@@sanspotter yes, I think United is the new number one. They are really trying hard!
Chick Fil A is amazing! I'm going to send you some Charmin for your poopooing in this video LOL!
I've only flown Economy. But if I decided to splurge and pay for Delta's First Class I would have been happy with the seating/footroom, but I would have been decidedly pissed at the non-functioning IFE and outlet and hugely disappointed at the so-called catering. That would make me decide to never again pay all that extra for domestic First Class in the US. At least on Delta. First or Business Class gives you some bits of luxury elsewhere in the world but it's not all that meaningful here in the US. I'll settle for paying $30 more for an "extra legroom" seat in Economy, if available.
is that 76K?
Yoooo when I flew out of Atlanta in December I flew on a 737-900er at gate A23 with a 767 next to it. It would be funny if it was your aircraft
If it was December 30th, that was me. 👋🏻
@@sanspotter I wish, I flew out on December 16th. 2 weeks earlier
This is first class? Delta needs a serious cabin overhaul
Delta only serves you fancy meals on long haul International flights like to Europe and Asia these days
Very interesting to say that the power outlet didn’t work, but when he taps on his screen to turn it on, it shows that it’s charging his phone… Interesting.
It was extremely intermittent throughout most of the flight. It wasn’t working about 90% of the time.
why are you eating on the ground?
These seats are good for complementary upgrades, not for paid first.
btw sam chui has a smilar title in his newest vid as this one
Yeah definitely looks like it could use an upgrade interior
I’ve seen pics of one of the 767s with the new seat materials and it looks pretty good actually.
I would’ve been livid if I paid that much for the terrible everything.
Those seats diffidently show there age. and are really a fancy economy seat, But at least they will be gone in a few years.
Yeah, at least Delta isn’t planning on keeping these around for that much longer. The new Delta One seats are really nice!
I like Delta airlines but prefer B757 only, does it still exist?
Yeah, the 757 is still flying with Delta! It’s been a long time since I’ve been on one, and I’m thinking that I need to do it again soon.
LOL Still better than UA where first is the last to board!
First is still last on United? 😄
@@sanspotter They let almost every elite preboard or board with first!
Delta is starting to become like United, old and outdated
It’s amazing to see considering that they were the airline to beat up until recently.
OMG I GUESSED PHOENIX FIRST TRY
It is better than flying a narrow body first class seat.
Shame about the food situation and the IFE. Glad there were some high points. Still, a bit disappointing (in my book).
The good news is that not an hour after I finished editing this video, Delta announced that plated meal service is coming back to first class soon. Finally!
Well I guess now Delta has decided that they might not retire there 767-300s
06:36 Toilet Review ©™ 😁
I knew you would be proud. 😆
Wow, cheese, olives and soppressata.
As someone who has these on normal basis you better have a gallon of water to be drinking with you!
Haha, I did consume a lot of water during the second half of this flight. 🤣
At least Delta keeps up with delays unlike American Airlines unless its weather related
Woah, I'm the first one commenting. Great video.
Thanks! But you were beat by just a few seconds by @CleverIV. 🥈😆
Wow I thought my virgin Atlantic flight food was bad
It’ll get better soon though -plated meals in first class will be returning in March.
Scott, if you’d like a tour of MSPs TechOps facility, shoot me a DM
Looking at that engine would terrify me it looks orange 😂😂
it's the reflection of the sun you weirdo
Ugh what a shame Delta. Scott, any aviation video using the word crusty causes concern. 😀
Third comment. Great video as usual
Thanks Lucas! Appreciate you showing up early!
Ahh, mediocrity in the sky, Delta. I might be forced to fly them later this year...still working on my options.
As always, enjoyed the "sarcasm"...and other things....didn't know about the little forest area at ATL...fake as it is.
Given the choice, I'll choose JetBlue everytime, unless their cost is silly....which it rarely is.
There are days I miss my former road warrior life in the air....and then I wake up to the current reality of masks, pandemic and other restrictions...and makes me enjoy my commute is now 25 feet.
Until your next review....keep making it rain in SD!
Thanks for appreciating my gloomy SAN footage! 😄 And I don’t blame you about feeling not so excited about the current state of air travel. It’s definitely not like it was in the before times.
I really, really enjoyed delta pre-covid.
plated meal service is resuming in march
I will take B6 mint JFK-LAS over DL any time. It really is sad to see how far DL has slipped, when AA serves better food than you, you know you have an issue.
Not the coveted first comment?!?! I'll take it.
You win this one! 🥳🥇🏆
When you live in Cali you must get used to eating nuts and things,
Asks what has happened to the food service during a pandemic 😷
I know I know I know 😅
All the criticisms offered are accurate. Americans are poorly serviced by their domestic airlines in comparison to others in the developed world, who can expect to obtain excellence without compromise and probably at a better cost per km flown.
Our obsession with value over quality points to our overall demise as a country, but I digress.
@@ronachten2902 I agree wholeheartedly with your 'digression', especially when it come to an analysis of the current state of politics?
@@OVTraveller Thank for your response. I respect the atmosphere of dissent in our country, but where it has gone terribly wrong is this sports mentality that has been adopted by both major parties. Meaning that if one side "wins" that is an absolute triumph for their particular side. Sadly, no one wins with this attitude. Real problems are ignored while this spectacle of "we're right and you are always wrongs" is rotting our souls internally.
At least LI Flyer wont be here
Is there ANYTHING you DO like or is this simply a rant?
I'd throw that snack box right back at them. (Okay, not really.) Those snack boxes are insulting as are their outdated, crusty 30 year old aircraft. The only thing first class about that flight was that you were among the first to board and exit the aircraft.
Haha, yeah, I totally understand the temptation to throw it back at ‘em. 😄 At least Delta announced that proper food will be coming back to first class soon. So that’s a big step in the right direction…
It’s better than United at least
I actually enjoyed Polaris business class. I didn’t find it to be as bad as some people say…
I hate gate lice!
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Delta’s excuses are tired. First class does not include a box
It was kind of funny watching the cabin crew hand out these boxes to all the passengers in the rows in front of me. All I kept hearing was “I’m so sorry this is all we have” over and over again. I would venture to guess that most everyone was disappointed with the snack boxes on this flight.
7:07 Wth the charging is literally working lol. Green light on the outlet and clearly a charging icon on your 13promax. Are you just trying to shit on delta here? Keep that same energy with the 321neo when you review it
It was flickering on and off the entire time - I wasn’t able to charge my phone on this flight.