Delta Air Lines is burnishing its “green” credentials by trialing reusable plastic cups in economy class. There are better ways to promote sustainability than using toddler cups. Delta Air Lines Toddler Cups: Good Effort, Bad Idea Each year, Delta...
Report: Delta Air Lines Loosens Strict Sky Club Access Rules
It appears Delta has loosened its draconian Sky Club access rules, despite lingering concern over long lines and overcrowded lounges. Delta Sky Club Agents Granted More Discretion In Allowing Guests In Early Last year, Delta instituted a number of...
So Odd: Woman Insulates Her Row With Plastic Wrap Before Flight Attendant Dismantles It
Perhaps one of you Gen Z folks can explain why someone would create a fake video of herself on a mock aircraft wrapping plastic wrap as if to stake out a row for herself. Is it simply because she...
United Airlines Denounces Delta Air Lines’ Haneda Slot Proposal As A “Self-Serving Scheme”
United Airlines is mounting an aggressive challenge to Delta Air Lines’ efforts to obtain more flexibility in the use of Tokyo Haneda slots assigned in 2019. Delta Air Lines Wants More Flexibility To Use Tokyo Haneda Slots – American...
Don’t Bee Stupid: Delta Flight Needlessly Delayed Over Bee Swarm
A bee swarm on the winglet of Delta Air Lines Airbus A320 was problematic, but the solution was rather simple: just turn on the engine. Instead, Delta delayed the flight for four hours as it sat wondering what to...
Delta Air Lines Passenger Freaks Out After Passenger Pushed Her Seat When She Reclined
A woman began yelling at her seatmates behind her, claiming that her seat was pushed the entire flight and that she had a right to recline. The incident occurred on a Delta Air Lines flight in economy class. Woman...
Delta Flight Attendant Tells First Class Passenger Not To Kiss Him, But He Kisses Him Anyway
A Delta Air Lines flight attendant was the uncomfortable recipient of unwanted affection from one of his first class passengers on a flight to Alaska. Report: Man Kisses Delta Flight Attendant After He Told Him No, Then Breaks Meal...
Starbucks Barista Agitated By Delta Air Lines Serving Starbucks Coffee
Is the brand of coffee an airline chooses to serve onboard a political choice? I’ll make it a true Daily Double and say no way. I would be very careful before drawing any sort of political inferences between Delta...
Delta Air Lines Resumes Flights To Havana
Delta Air Lines has resumed flights to Havana, Cuba, marking one of the final resumptions of pre-pandemic service to the beleaguered island nation. Even with tourism still technically impermissible, this marks a great time to visit one of the...
Incredible: FBI Raids Wrong Hotel Room, Handcuffs Delta Pilot
Nothing like a botched middle-of-the-night raid that resulted in a Delta Air Lines pilot being dragged into his hotel bathroom, handcuffed, and interrogated for an hour to inspire confidence in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). FBI Raids Hotel...
UPDATE: Delta Air Lines Strands Senior Citizens In Middle East After Absurd Schedule Change
UPDATE: Delta Air Lines did reach out after I published the story below about the senior citizens trapped in Bahrain due to a schedule change with a SkyMiles reservation on SkyTeam partner Saudia. A member of the “Delta Executive...
“Where’s Waldo?” Jumps Out Of Delta 737-800 At LAX, Scoots Down Exit Slide
You remember the search for Waldo (Wally outside the US and Canada) growing up in the Where’s Waldo? series of books by Martin Handford? Well, we’ve found him…jumping out of a Delta 737-800 at Los Angeles International Airport. “Where’s...
I Need To Fly With Steve Kirsch…
Dear Steve Kirsch, I will gladly take my mask off and even ingest hydroxychloroquine if you offer me $100,000. When can we fly together? Abuse? Steve Kirsch Offers Seatmate On Delta Air Lines $100,000 To Remove Mask One Mile...
Delta Promises Louis Vuitton Bag Won’t Get Damaged. It Does.
The downside to buying a fancy carry-on bag is that you may one day have to gate-check it. When you do, you can expect scratches and scruffs. Is that damage? How much can that word be stretched? A man...
Delta Air Lines Adds New Los Angeles – Auckland Service
Delta Air Lines is adding another longhaul flight from its Los Angeles hub with the addition of new service to Auckland, New Zealand. Delta Air Lines Will Launch New Los Angeles – Auckland Service, Its First New Zealand Route...
American Airlines 777 Nearly Collides With Delta Air Lines 737 – How Could This Happen?
Disaster was narrowly avoided when an American Airlines 777 crossed the wrong runway at New York (JFK) and nearly collided with a Delta Air Lines 737. With all the safeguards in place, it is a reminder that human error...
Delta Air Lines Enrages Employees By Limiting Sky Club Access
Employees and other pass riders at Delta Air Lines are enraged after a policy change effectively locks them out of Delta Sky Club lounges. Delta says the move is necessary to control crowding. Delta Air Lines Plans To Eliminate Sky...
Delta Air Lines Investigating Pilot Who Blamed Pete Buttigieg For Flight Delay
Delta Air Lines is investigating reports that a pilot blamed a flight delay on US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Pilot Who Allegedly Blamed Pete Buttigieg For Flight Delay Is Under Investigation By Delta Air Lines Air Traffic Control issues grounded many...
Kenyan President Asks Delta Air Lines To Save Kenya Airways
The President of Kenya has approached Delta Air Lines during a trip to Washington, DC hoping to entice the Atlanta-based carrier to invest in beleaguered Kenya Airways, which has not been profitable in over a decade. In Washington, President...
Cot In The Act: Delta Passenger Sets Up Huge Mattress In Gate Area, Goes To Sleep
I applaud a passenger who came prepared to face an extended Delta Air Lines flight delay in Orlando…he brought the mattress along. Delta Passenger Sets Up Mattress In Gate Area At Orlando A fellow passenger captured the picture above,...
