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A Delta Air Lines Boeing 717, operating as Flight DL876 from Atlanta to Columbia, South Carolina was forced to make an emergency landing today after the cabin filled with smoke just after takeoff. The 25-year old ex-AirTran aircraft which was acquired from Southwest Airlines, had 94 passengers and 5 crew on board. Both the cockpit and passenger cabin became enveloped in thick grey haze.
A brawl broke out Friday near Spirit Airlines gates in Atlanta. This wasn’t just a fight, it was a collective terminal velocity of fists. Dozens of travelers engaged in a melee, throwing punches and kicks in the crowded gate area. Parents can be seen frantically pulling their children away from the violence as the terminal filled with screams and commotion.
Delta at ATL and American at DFW tower over everyone else. American is anchored heavily at a few fortress airports. United splits big capacity across several mid-continent hubs. Southwest is ubiquitous rather than reliant on just one or two big operations.
Both Los Angeles and New York JFK see strong competition among multiple airlines, which keeps the numbers for any single carrier below that of a fortress-style hub. JFK is slot-controlled, while LAX is gate-constrained.
Four passengers were injured evacuating Delta Air Lines flight 2668 in Atlanta this morning as the Boeing 757-300 to Minneapolis aborted takeoff shortly after 9 a.m. due to an engine issue. Passengers were instructed to exit via emergency slides.
Crowded lounges make airport lounges no longer enjoyable. If they aren’t an escape from the busy terminal, what’s the point? You can use the airline lounge for dedicated reservations agents when your flight delays, but otherwise give it a miss. And when there’s a long line to get in too, that’s even worse.
But the Delta Air Lines Sky Club in Atlanta on the T concourse took things to a new level with waits of up to 20 minutes to leave.
The A350’s right wingtip made contact with the CRJ-900’s T-tail while both aircraft were maneuvering on adjacent taxiways. The impact was severe enough to slice off the vertical and horizontal stabilizers of the CRJ-900. Photos and videos from the scene showed the regional jet’s tail hanging from the fuselage, while the A350 sustained damage to its wingtip.
When two Delta Air Lines employees were tragically killed on Tuesday at an airport maintenance hangar following a tire explosion, the airport took to Twitter to express condolences using Delta’s corporate slogan “keep climbing.”
If you’re a wanted man, it’s a good idea to avoid airports. There are more law enforcement on property – from myriad agencies – than just about anywhere else. There may be police, FBI, DEA, CBP, and virtually every other three-letter agency you can come up with. There are cameras everywhere. And you have to show I.D.
A passenger stormed Delta Air Lines gate D7 at the Atlanta airport, grabbed a fire extinguisher, and came out spraying. According to a witness, the woman dined and dashed from Buffalo Wild Wings. When she was asked to pay she unleashed herself on the rest of the terminal.
Delta Air Lines flight 2097 from Atlanta to Rochester was delayed an hour and one of the airline’s passengers wouldn’t have it. She melted down at gate B14, demanding to speak to a manager – while “calling employees names [and calling a] fellow traveler a weasel.” Delta’s gate agents remained calm throughout.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
