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Airport Ambush: Delta’s Stealthy Takeover of Austin’s Scarce Gates
Delta decided they needed to plant their flag in Austin, realized they needed a place to send planes in order to do so, and as an afterthought told Midland, Texas they’d be coming – only just before announcing it to the public.
CBS Sports Host Had All Her Lingerie Stolen From Delta Air Lines Checked Baggage
Katie Mox of CBS Sports landed in Fort Lauderdale and collected her checked bags off a Delta flight. When she arrived at her hotel she found that everything inside the bag was still inside – except for all of her underwear. They didn’t take her jewelry – just her bras and panties.
Delta’s Desperate Austin Strategy: SkyMiles Deals Expose Disaster [Roundup]
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Wide Open Business Class Awards To Europe On Delta, Book For Just 50,000 Points Each
It turns out there’s also amazing availability now through summer on a variety of Delta transatlantic routes as well, which can be booked for 50,000 Virgin Atlantic points each way without surcharges (and Virgin partners with most bank currencies).
Specifically, 9 or more seats available on some routes February through August.
Delta Air Lines Will Install Business Class Suites With Doors On Airbus A321neos
Airbus has submitted a request to the FAA. to allow it to put business class suites with doors on Airbus A321neo narrowbody aircraft.
More Top Customers Left Delta In 2023 Than Any Other Airline
Customers were quick to flee Delta after the airline announced major changes to earning status and accessing its airport clubs. Loyalty Status Company CEO Mark Ross-Smith says that “100,000+ high-value frequent flyers did a Status Match in 2023” and that this was “[m]ainly driven by the Delta SkyMiles changes.”
Why It Would Be A Huge Mistake For Delta Flight Attendants To Unionize
Delta Air Lines earned $5.2 billion in 2023 and will pay out $1.4 billion in profit sharing with employees getting about an extra month’s pay.
Delta flight attendants have it better than their peers. They have something real at risk. This isn’t crew at the bottom where a union organizer can point to a better life somewhere else and say ‘we can get you that’. Unionized crew at American and (AFA-represented) United look at what Delta flight attendants have with envy.
In-Flight Suspicion or Racial Bias? Delta’s Troubling Incident with Palestinian Passengers
Four Delta Air Lines passengers were removed from a flight in Minneapolis on January 8 because a flight attendant determined it was suspicious that they were Palestinian Americans. They were taken off of the plane on arrival and questioned for an hour before being released. Two of the passengers missed their connecting flights. Apparently they were guilty of “speaking in Arabic and English and wearing Palestine necklaces.”
Delta CEO Admits His Airline’s Reliability Advantage Over Competitors Has Eroded
During Friday’s Delta Air Lines earnings call, the Wall Street Journal‘s Aly Sider asked CEO Ed Bastian if he “think[s] Delta still has the same advantage over rivals just in terms of reliability in its operation?”
Bastian acknowledged that the rest of the industry has caught up.