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Despite the uncertain economic environment – airlines are rapidly pulling their earnings guidance – Delta Air Airlines is giving non-union employees pay raises effective June 1. 4% increases in hourly base pay will go to ground employees and flight attendants, while a 4% pool for merit raises is established for eligible employees (some will earn bigger increases and some smaller).
Here’s how Delta Air Lines is avoiding the Trump administration’s tariffs on new Airbus jets manufactured in Europe: they aren’t importing them.
Delta Air Lines has put improvements to its business class product on hold because of Trump’s tariff uncertainty.
About halfway through the trip the mom got up to change her toddler’s diaper. As she stepped into the aisle she felt a hand touch her backside. She glanced toward the man, assumed it was accidental, and continued to the restroom.
On returning she asked her husband to take her seat with the baby so she could use the lavatory herself. When she got back she found her husband pale and shaken. He asked, “How long has he been like that?”
Keeping people out of line until it’s their turn to board, and keeping passengers from slowing down the boarding process, benefits everyone.
On Monday morning Delta Air Lines was handing out $3,000 to passengers to take a later flight from Chicago to Seattle. It was the 7:50 a.m. departure the morning after Easter. And one passenger shares what happened after they had already boarded.
A Delta Air Lines passenger and his three year old went to the mid-cabin lavatory on flight 68 from Taipei to Seattle. As they finished up, the lavatory door jammed and they couldn’t get out. They tried unlocking and relocking it, and pushing on the door, but it stayed stuck.
A Delta Air Lines flight passenger spraying cleaning disinfectant all over her seat and the surrounding area as soon as she boarded. “She then pulled out a spray bottle of Lysol.”
Hundreds of passengers aboard two Delta Air Lines flights were trapped on board their aircraft overnight as their flights were diverted. They were both headed to Atlanta but wound up in Montgomery, Alabama instead during bad weather on Thursday night and into Friday morning.
Glen Hauenstein offered during the carrier’s first quarter earnings call that they plan to go after the loyal customers of airlines that are trying to convert themselves into premium – like Southwest Airlines as well as Spirit and Frontier. They’ve had an elevated status match offer for Southwest elites, and Hauenstein says it is working.
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 »
