Mar
25
2025
Delta has come out with a new set of trading cards that you can get free from a pilot.
Delta’s New 2025 Trading Cards Are Free—And They’re Printing 5 Million To Keep Up With Demand
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Captain Declares Emergency After Passenger Keeps Flicking Lighter: ‘This Is Your Last Chance—I Will Divert The Aircraft”
Mar
23
2025
A flight from Kansas City to Phoenix diverted when a passenger kept flicking the lighter they’d brought on board – and wouldn’t give it up when a flight attendant tried to confiscate it.
Delta Finally Drops Fuel Surcharges On Award Tickets From Europe—Here’s What You’ll Save
Mar
19
2025
Delta SkyMiles is one of the least valuable frequent flyer programs for mileage earning and redemption. It’s that way intentionally. But it has been even worse for Europeans, and for members who want to book one-way tickets back from Europe.
Delta Air Lines Just Sounded The Alarm On The Economy—Profit Forecast Cut Up To 70% As Stock Plunges
Mar
10
2025
Delta Air Lines filed an 8-K this afternoon with updated financial guidance, in advance of presenting at J.P. Morgan 2025 Industrials Conference. And the news is not good. They’ve cut first quarter revenue growth in half – and earnings per share down 50% – 70%.
Delta Rarely Interacts With Customers Online – Yet Deltalina’s Return Sparks Social Media Storm
Mar
04
2025
The most famous Delta Air Lines flight attendant is Katherine Hinton, the former Katherine Lee, known as Deltalina. It was the finger wag in a safety video 17 years ago – “smoking is not allowed” – that did it.
Delta Abandons Austin Border Route As Policy Change Guts Demand For Money-Losing Flights
Mar
02
2025
Some of the routes Delta has been running have been ‘intra-Texas’ flights that seemingly make no sense, other than they are short flights using cheap outsourced planes. Cities include Harlingen, McAllen, and Midland, Texas. Harlingen and McAllen seemed like super-strange choices at first, since they’re just 45 minutes apart from each other by car.
Leaked: Delta’s Next Big Route—Atlanta To Marrakech Set To Launch
Feb
27
2025
Delta Air Lines will be announcing new service from Atlanta to Marrakech, Morocco. It’s not clear what aircraft they will use for the flight, or what frequency they’ll offer.
‘There’s Nobody More Important In My Life Than You’: Delta Captain Phil’s Message To Passengers Before Las Vegas-Atlanta Flight
Feb
25
2025
This captain is a hero. Some passengers are nervous. Some captains are on ego trip, or find passengers the most inconvenient part of their job. This pilot is a servant leader.
Delta Passengers Flee Smoke-Filled Cabin, Evacuate Via Slides—Some Still Grab Carry-Ons
Feb
24
2025
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.
Passengers Hold Out As Delta Bump Offers Soar On Overbooked Flight—”$2,800 Paid Off Our Car”
Feb
24
2025
Last week, Delta had more passengers than seats available on flight 1668 from Seattle to Palm Springs. A passenger reported that “there was chaos” at the gate, since not everyone could be accommodated – and the airline instituted a bidding process to get 5 people to give up their seats.
