Before my Delta Air Lines flight to Amsterdam, I had time to visit all five Sky Club locations in Detroit’s beautiful McNamara Terminal. This review highlights the A38 Club. Delta Sky Club Detroit (DTW) A38 Review The last time...
Delta And United Jostle For South Africa Slots
Delta Air Lines recently announced plans to launch flights to Cape Town, South Africa. Not so fast, says United Airlines, which has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to award the slots to itself so it can launch new...
Remarkable Restraint From Police After Plastered Delta Air Lines Passenger Refuses To Disembark
Last July, I wrote about the sad story of 23-year-old Adelaide Schrowang, who created quite a disturbance before being removed by police officers from a Delta Air Lines flight. Police body cam footage has emerged, giving us further insight into...
Black Woman Says Delta Air Lines Forced Her To Move To Back Of Plane So White Women Could Have More Legroom
A black passenger shares of being moved several rows back on Delta Air Lines flight so that her two white seatmates could enjoy more legroom. The optics were bad in the hyperracialized world in which we live, but can...
Delta Air Lines CEO Wants Taxpayers To Finance His Legal Battles
What Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is proposing not simply banning naughty passengers from U.S. airlines, but asking U.S. taxpayers to finance litigation and collection costs that Delta has shown little penchant to pursue on its own. Yes...
Delta Air Lines Will Try Cape Town Route Once Again
After scheduling it, then scrapping it, then making it a triangle flight via Johannesburg, then scrapping it again, Delta Air Lines has once again announced its intention to serve Cape Town, South Africa. Delta Air Lines Plans Cape Town...
First Impressions: A350 Delta One Suites (Business Class)
I had a wonderful flight from Detroit to Amsterdam onboard Delta’s A350-900 in Delta One suites (business class). Delta does so many of the little things right and I appreciated warm service and truly delicious food onboard. Delta A350...
Drunken Party On Delta Air Lines Flight Ends After Racial Slur
The drunkenness was bad enough. Refusing to wear a mask was even worse. But when a group of business travelers traveling on Delta decided to direct their ire toward a black flight attendant, with one uttering a vulgar and...
Delta’s Misguided Effort to Create New No-Fly List
While Delta CEO Ed Bastian means well in trying to prevent disruptive passengers from simply going from one airline to the next to wreak havoc, the dragnet approach is not the right one, as the current no-fly list clearly...
Spirit Airlines Challenges Delta Air Lines In Salt Lake City
Budget carrier Spirit Airlines will challenge Delta Air Lines in Delta’s fortress Salt Lake City hub. Spirit Airlines Adds Salt Lake City Flights Later this spring, Spirit Airlines will launch new service from Salt Lake City (SLC), an airport...
Olivia Culpo Taunts American Airlines With Risqué Outfit On Delta Air Lines
After being told to cover up on American Airlines, former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo flew home from Mexico to Los Angeles on Delta, donning an outfit even more risqué than on her outbound journey. Delta did not question her...
Irish Lad Faces Paddywagon After Mooning Flight Attendants On Delta Flight From Dublin
A young man faces not only the paddywagon but up to 20 years behind bars after refusing to wear a mask, throwing a beverage can at another passenger, and mooning flight attendants when confronted on a Delta flight from...
Delta Air Lines Cries Foul Over Sara Nelson Tweet
Delta Air Lines has accused the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) of a defamatory campaign of misinformation on Twitter concerning Delta’s COVID-19 sick leave policy. Delta is demanding the AFA cease and desist such deception. But the AFA is...
Woman Finds Her Luggage Ransacked, Filled With Dog Food After Air France Flight
A woman checked in for her flight home from Europe on Air France with a suitcase full of Christmas gifts. But when she arrived in Boston, she found her luggage ransacked and filled with dog food and other items...
“Sit Down Karen…You’re Going To Jail!” (Hijinks On Delta Flight From Florida)
Somehow I missed this over the Christmas holiday, but a boisterous passenger really made a scene on a Delta flight only to be schooled by another passenger. That led to assault and the police meeting the aircraft. All ostensibly...
Why Did A Delta Air Lines A330 Fly Halfway To China Only To Turn Back To Seattle?
A Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Shanghai mysteriously turned around halfway to China, citing new aircraft regulations that Chinese authorities deny. The culprit appears to be new aircraft cleaning requirements specific to Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport. Delta...
Christmas Meltdown Continues At Delta And United
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have already cancelled hundreds of flights this morning, as staffing shortages impact flight operations over the Christmas holiday. Christmas Meltdown Plagues Delta Air Lines And United Airlines As of noon ET, Delta Air...
Delta Flight Diverts After Tirade On Slavery Turns Ugly
Well, this story has taken an odd twist. The Delta Air Lines flight that diverted to Oklahoma involved a black passenger who went on a tirade about being enslaved by white men according to witnesses onboard. His refusal to...
Delta Air Lines Reasonably Impairs Basic Economy Fares
While I’m certainly not celebrating the move by Delta Air Lines to make basic economy fares far less attractive, I do not blame it for eliminating a benefit that made these fares more attractive than necessary to compete with...
Woman Breastfeeds Her Cat On Delta Flight (Lurid Details From Flight Attendant)
A woman was observed breastfeeding her cat on a Delta Air Lines flight to Atlanta and refused to stop when confronted, according to the hilarious account of a flight attendant onboard. Woman Breastfeeds Her Cat Onboard Delta Flight, Refused...
