Delta 推定する／予想するs to 詳細（に述べる） large-jet 戦略 as international travel 生き返らせるs
By Rajesh Kumar Singh
CHICAGO, July 13 (Reuters) - Delta 空気／公表する Lines will likely 輪郭（を描く） its wide-団体／死体 (n)艦隊／(a)素早い 戦略 by the end of this year, CEO Ed Bastian said in an interview on Thursday, 追加するing that the 運送／保菌者 is talking with 供給者s though nothing is "切迫した."
"We're always in 会談 親族 to 航空機 with our main 供給者s," he told Reuters. "Maybe by the end of this year we will be in a position to 輪郭（を描く） our wide-団体／死体 戦略 a bit more," he told Reuters.
A company spokesperson later said Bastian's comments don't やむを得ず mean the company will place an order.
再開するing of 国境s after COVID-19 lockdowns has led to a 殺到する in 需要・要求する for long-運ぶ／漁獲高 flights. Delta 報告（する）／憶測d a 61% jump in international 乗客 歳入 in the second ４半期/4分の1 from a year ago, led by the 需要・要求する for transatlantic flights.
To 出資する on 需要・要求する, the 航空機による is 飛行機で行くing its largest schedule this summer on transatlantic 大勝するs.
産業 (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs say as many as 2,000 jet orders are up for 得る，とらえるs 世界的な in a resurgent 商業の jet market, on 最高の，を越す of those provisionally 発表するd already, as 航空機によるs return to growth after the COVID 危機.
At the end of March ４半期/4分の1, Delta had 28 Airbus A350s, with an 普通の／平均（する） age of over 4 years. Its long-運ぶ／漁獲高 (n)艦隊／(a)素早い also 含むd 63 A330s, but two-thirds of them are older-世代 jets with an 普通の／平均（する） age of about 16 years.
In 新規加入, it operates 45 Boeing 767-300ERs, with an 普通の／平均（する） age of 27 years, and 21 767-400ERs, with an 普通の／平均（する） age of over 22 years.
The older jets have higher operating costs and worse 燃料 economy. Delta is looking to 昇格 its (n)艦隊／(a)素早い with new and more 燃料-efficient aircraf t with 増加するd 賞与金 seating and higher 貨物 capacity.
There has been a lot of 憶測 that the Atlanta-based 運送／保菌者 is looking to place a large wide-団体／死体 航空機 order. Last month at an 投資家 会議／協議会, Bastian said the company has the 資本／首都 to 投資する in new jets.
分かれて on Thursday, Delta said it 演習d 選択s to buy 12 new Airbus 220-300 航空機, scheduled to be 配達するd in 2027 and 2028. With their 新規加入, Delta's (n)艦隊／(a)素早い of A220s will grow to 131 計画（する）s, the company said.
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Rajesh Kumar Singh Editing by Nick Zieminski)
