Delta is finally adding Comfort+ to its Airbus A350 fleet, though unfortunately it seems to be a zero-sum game. The Airbus A350 is Delta's flagship aircraft. The airline started taking delivery of these planes a few years ago, and currently has 15 of…
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In late 2017, Delta and WestJet announced plans to form a joint venture for transborder flights. Well, almost three years later, the two airlines have withdrawn their application, just shortly after it was tentatively approved with some restrictions.…
Delta is very much countering the trend, and has announced that it will continue blocking seats through early spring of 2021. Delta Air Lines' seat blocking policy applies through March 30, 2021, and includes the following restrictions: Delta will block…
Bloomberg has a story about how Delta has been avoiding US tariffs on new Airbus planes for the past year, and I certainly can't blame the airline... In October 2019, President Trump introduced new tariffs on many European goods, including new Airbus…
Over the weekend Delta Air Lines operated its final Boeing 777 flight. Earlier this year we learned about Delta's sudden 777 retirement plans due to the pandemic, which is something that would have been unthinkable a year ago. On Saturday, October 31,…
This doesn’t come as much of a surprise (unfortunately), but Delta SkyMiles has just greatly devalued partner awards, for no apparent reason… Delta SkyMiles partner award costs increase Delta SkyMiles doesn’t publish an award chart,…
There's some video footage circulating of an interaction between a Delta captain and a passenger on a recent flight. There's not much context for what happened, so I'm doing my best to piece together the interaction. The video starts with the pilot approaching…
Understandably travel brands are now fiercely competing for business in ways they didn't need to before. The latest example of that is Delta's new status match promotion, which it calls one of its "most generous offers" yet. This was launched last week…
Delta Air Lines has put its new Seattle to London flight on sale, and I imagine something's gotta give... Delta will be launching daily nonstop flights between Seattle and London Heathrow as of April 1, 2021. The airline will operate the service with…
Delta Air Lines has just become the first major airline to report its third quarter results, and as you'd expect, they aren't pretty... Delta has reported: A GAAP pre-tax loss of $6.9 billion (or $8.47 per share) on a total of $3.1 billion in revenue…
It would appear that several politicians don't think that airline rules apply to them, and this goes beyond wearing masks. There are a variety of methods airlines are using to mitigate risk for passengers. In addition to enhanced cleaning, they also…
While the aviation industry is currently shrinking due to the pandemic, that's not stopping airlines from still taking delivery of some planes (presumably for contractual reasons, rather than an actual desire or need for new planes). Well, Delta will…
In a Form 8-K filing, Delta Air Lines has revealed some updated timelines for aircraft retirements. Interestingly these aren't immediate, but rather retirements we can expect in the next three to five years. Delta Air Lines has revealed specific plans…
We occasionally see Amex Offers for some of American Express' co-brand credit card partners, and we've just seen such an offer introduced.
Delta SkyMiles has made some positive announcements today. A few weeks ago we saw five major US airlines eliminate change fees on domestic tickets (at a minimum), including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, and United…
Airlines have taken a new approach to route planning across the board, and there's no market where that's more evident than New York to Los Cabos... Historically the legacy carriers have been all about going after business travelers and focusing on routing…
It's an exciting week for Delta flyers in Salt Lake City. Delta Air Lines has this week opened its new SkyClub at Salt Lake City International Airport, which is also the largest SkyClub in the system, at more than 28,000 square feet. The lounge is located…
Delta Air Lines is going to leverage its frequent flyer program to increase liquidity, after United Airlines did the same thing with its MileagePlus program a few months back. It has today been announced that Delta will be leveraging its frequent flyer…
There's some great news for Delta flight attendants... Delta Air Lines confirmed yesterday that it won't be furloughing any flight attendants next month. As a Delta spokesperson explains: "We’re grateful for the continued rallying spirit of Delta people…
A viral Facebook post shares what happened on a recent Delta flight, when a passenger was harassed over wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt. Demetria Poe shares what happened last week on a roundtrip journey from Minneapolis to Washington on Delta, flying…
Delta Air Lines has this week quietly updated its companion upgrade policy, and it's either good or bad news, depending on whether you usually travel with a companion. No matter how you feel about the policy, one thing is for sure -- the implementation…
Yesterday United Airlines announced that it's eliminating change fees on all domestic itineraries, and now Delta Air Lines is matching. Effective immediately, Delta is eliminating change fees for domestic itineraries: This is valid for travel within…
I'm a bit surprised it took this long, but Delta is becoming the first US airline to install hand sanitizer stations onboard aircraft. Delta will be installing hand sanitizer stations near the boarding door and bathrooms on every Delta aircraft. Up until…
Yesterday I posed the question of whether Delta would ban the man who killed Bin Laden back in 2011. Well, the answer is yes. Robert J. O'Neill has taken to Twitter to indicate that he "just got banned from Delta for posting a picture." For those of…
