Reading between the lines of a recent interview, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is laying the groundwork for a second bailout to protect airline employees. Delta CEO Ties Government Funding To Job Preservation, Hints At Second Bailout Speaking...
Mexican President Flies Delta Economy Class To Trump Meeting
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump today. With nonstop flights cancelled and López Obrador refusing to fly on a private jet, he flew Delta instead…in economy class. Why Would The Mexican President...
Review: Delta Private Jets Citation X Los Angeles To Scottsdale, AZ
Delta Private Jets, now partnering with Wheels Up, provides membership and on-demand private jet travel. With a fleet of over 70 jets, a wide variety of seating options are available. I had the chance to fly a Citation X...
How A Woman Snuck Onboard Delta Flight With No ID Or Boarding Pass
It apparently doesn’t take much these days to slip past both TSA agents and airline employees onto an airplane. The story of one Delta stowaway in Orlando is a reminder that our many layers of security may still fall...
U.S. And China Reach 妥协 On Air Service…Delta Will Resume Flights Next Week
The United States and China reached a compromise (妥协) on air service, with each nation now permitted to operate four flights per week between the world’s two largest economies. But is the new US – China flight compromise just...
Was Feisty Delta Flight Attendant Forced Out For Conservative Tweets?
A feisty, conservative, union-busting, award-winning Delta flight attendant has left the company after mounting outrage over a series of incendiary tweets. Kevin Lee Jennings, who also goes by Lee Gross, was a long-time Delta flight attendant. Well-known from within, she...
Delta’s Bid To Become The Premium U.S. Airline
Delta’s decision to continue to block seats while other airlines squeeze passengers in represents an interesting new dynamic within the U.S. market. Will Delta become America’s new premium airline? Some may argue Delta already is the nation’s premium airline....
What Delta And United Are Saying About Death Of George Floyd
United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are talking about the death of George Floyd without mentioning him by name. Both carriers, one more publicly than the other, are stressing general principles of equality rather than addressing the incident directly....
Delta 777-200 Diverts After Pilot Becomes Incapacitated
Delta may not be running passenger flights on the Boeing 777, but continues to run cargo flights, including on some unusual routes. One flight, however, made a very unusual landing after a pilot became incapacitated. Last Thursday, Delta 3343,...
Delta’s New Triangle Route To Cape Town Puts Heat On United
When Delta Air Lines announced plans to retire its 777-200 fleet, one unanswered question was the status of its longest flight, Atlanta to Johannesburg. But Delta has come up with a creative “triangle route” solution that puts immediate pressure...
Delta Pilot Now Flies U-2 Spy Plane For U.S. Air Force
A Delta Air Lines pilot has pivoted from commercial to back to military and is now flying the U-2 spy plane, one of the most exclusive airplanes in the world. We love flying vintage aircraft at Live and Let’s...
Thank You Delta For Doing The Right Thing…
As we close out the week, I want to give props to Delta for doing such a great job of processing refunds. It’s something that we should take for granted, but unfortunately has not been the case for every...
Why Will Delta Retire 777 Fleet?
Delta Air Lines surprised us all yesterday by announcing it would retire its Boeing 777 fleet by the end of 2020. Why would Delta retire this iconic long-range aircraft that it only recently retrofitted with new seats? I’ve outlined...
Delta Suspends Service To 11 Airports For “Health” Reasons
Delta Air Lines is suspending service to several stations, citing health concerns as the primary reason. How convenient that all of the airports happen to be in metropolitan airports not too far from larger Delta stations… While Delta concedes...
American, Delta, United Make Masks Mandatory For All Passengers
The big three legacy airlines in the United States will all require passengers to wear masks starting next month. American Airlines Makes Masks Mandatory For Passengers Starting May 11, 2020, American will require facial masks onboard, with two exceptions:...
Delta’s Ludicrous Contradiction On Air Travel Safety
So Delta, is traveling with you safe or unsafe? Apparently, it depends upon the audience… Visit delta.com and you’ll see Delta taking about how it is delivering a “safe, healthy, clean” travel experience. Delta has rolled out “Delta Clean”,...
Delta Air Lines Ready To Make Flying Conditional On Immunity Passports
Delta Air Lines promises to be at the “forefront” of any changes in commercial air travel and has already expressed a willingness to require immunity passports to travel. Earlier this week Delta reported a first quarter loss of $534...
Delta’s New Snack Bag Is Practical And Smart
In an era in which in-flight service has essentially been eliminated, Delta is at least thinking creatively when it comes to offering passengers food and drink onboard. Delta has eliminated meals on all domestic flights in the COVID-19 era,...
Air France Downgrades Me From First Class To Business Class…
It goes without saying that there are far more important issues going on today than my Air France ticket. Still, consider this a diversion. As feared, Air France has re-issued my A380 and 777-300 tickets, knocking me out of...
Free Flights On Delta Air Lines…For Medical Volunteers
Delta has found one way to turn lemons into lemonade when it comes to dismal load factors: transport critical healthcare workers for free. As detailed on Delta’s website, medical volunteers can book round-trip travel on Delta for free to:...
