Tag: Delta Air Lines
American Airlines may invest more for JAL alliance
Dec/21/2009 | Under : Airline Industry, Airlines Companies, American Airline, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines
American Airlines is upping the ante for an alliance with Japan Airlines in an effort to outbid Delta and gain access to JAL’s trans-Pacific routes.
American Chief Executive Gerard Arpey told JAL Wednesday that his company will not compete with the financially struggling Japanese carrier for connecting passengers to other points in Asia if it remains American’s partner in the Oneworld alliance, according to The Associated Press. American’s exclusivity offer would involve American feeding traffic between the U.S. and Japan but not elsewhere in Asia.
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U.S. Airlines’ Cut in Seats to Be Deepest Since 1942
Sep/07/2009 | Under : Airline Industry, Airlines Companies
Delta Air Lines Inc. and the other big U.S. carriers are poised to make more cuts in available seats as the summer travel season ends this weekend, capping the industry’s deepest retrenchment since World War II.
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Delta Airlines Offers Cheap Flights to Europe from $309
Sep/02/2009 | Under : Airline Flight, Airline Service, Airlines Companies, Aviation, Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines is offering discounted flights to Europe when you depart from Atlanta this fall. The sale, which ends Sept. 7, includes flights to Paris, Amsterdam and Madrid.
The details: Travel must occur between Sept. 7 and Oct. 24. A Saturday night stay is required. Be sure to check the black-out dates in September for Barcelona and Frankfurt.
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Delta Airlines Adds Cabin Crew On Northwest Jets
Aug/24/2009 | Under : Airline Flight, Airline Service, Aviation, Northwest Airlines
Delta Air Lines Inc. will add flight attendants on some Northwest Airlines Corp. planes to create uniform service in its “business elite” class throughout the merged carrier.
The plans were disclosed last week in a recorded message to employees from Delta Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson. The airline will add one attendant per plane on Boeing Co. 747-400s and Airbus A330s that make international flights. (continue reading…)
Airline Industry Sees Pain Extending Beyond the Recession
Aug/20/2009 | Under : Airline Industry, Airlines Companies, Aviation
The recession may have bottomed out, but big U.S. airlines worry that things will never return to the way they were. They may be correct.
The industry has yet to recover from an across-the-board revenue drop that followed the 2001 terrorist attacks. If thrifty consumers and cost-cutting businesses are this recession’s legacies, airlines will be forced to shrink even more. (continue reading…)
Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines Delay or Cut Flight Service To China and Europe
Jan/04/2009 | Under : Air Travel, Airline Flight, Airline Service, Airlines Companies
Delta Air Lines and its Northwest Airlines subsidiary are delaying or cutting some flying to China and Europe because of poor market conditions, but the reductions haven’t touched Salt Lake City so far.
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