Clinging to the Present: Other big airlines are joining Delta in forsaking big next-gen jets for current models Share LinkedIn icon Twitter icon facebook icon Mail icon Clinging to the Present: Other big airlines are joining Delta in forsaking big next-gen jets for current models November 2014 2 min read Seth Kaplan Subscribe Issue Overview When it comes to airplanes, airlines of the world are still very much excited about the future. But some are getting just as excited about the present.