First-of-its-kind service will launch for Main Cabin customers on international flights in November Customers can expect to be impressed on board Delta’s international routes* starting this November when the airline debuts its industry-leading Main Cabin experience. Free “Welcome Aboard” cocktails featuring Bellinis to start, hot towel service and mix-and-match options for premium appetizers and larger […]
Delta Air Lines has ordered five additional A220-100 aircraft, bringing to 95 the total number of orders placed, including both the A220-100s and A220-300s. The airline is the first to select the new increased maximum takeoff weight option for its entire fleet from 2020. Airbus announced in May that it would increase the maximum takeoff […]
Delta will have a new home in the Big Easy come May 15, when all its operations will begin from Concourse C at the newly built North Terminal, aptly located on the north side of the airfield at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). Delta’s last arrivals and departures at its current home on […]
Delta becomes the first airline in North America to receive the Airbus A220. Airbus welcomed Delta Air Lines as the first U.S. carrier to take delivery of the Airbus A220 aircraft on 26th October, 2018. On hand for the delivery ceremony at the aircraft’s assembly line in Mirabel were members of the A220 team as […]
Delta Air Lines first Airbus A220-100 was introduced this week after rolling out of the painting hangar at the A220 final assembly line in Mirabel, Québec. Delta will be the first U.S. airline to take delivery of the A220, featuring a state-of-the art interior and delivering best-in-class fuel performance. Now that the aircraft is decked […]
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian reaffirmed the ambition of the airline of becoming the launch company for Boeing future New Middle of the Market plane (NMA), also called “B797” by the media, in front of the National Press Club in Washington, US, on June 27, 2018. Bastian had already expressed an interest for Boeing […]
A software company that provides online services for Delta Air Lines has been involved in a cyber incident potentially exposing the U.S. carrier’s customers’ payment information, the airline stated on April 4, 2018. Delta says it was notified on March 28, 2018, by [24]7.ai, a California, San Jose-based company which provides online chat services for the […]
Delta Air Lines and Korean Air have reached an agreement to create a trans-Pacific joint venture, which would be offering an expanded network, same industry-leading products and service and a customer experience between the U.S. and Asia. The joint venture will create a combined network serving more than 290 destinations in the Americas and more […]
Delta Airlines has been named Business Airline of the Year 2017 at the U.K.’s Business Travel Awards, beating competition from airlines including EasyJet, Etihad Airways, Norwegian and Qatar Airways. The award is a first for Delta at the annual event, and the first time in over a decade that a U.S. airline has scooped the […]
Delta begins flying the Airbus A330-300 between Buenos Aires and Atlanta – a 20 percent capacity increase – as of yesterday. “The expanded capacity allows us to better serve our customers flying to and from Argentina as well as our partner Aerolineas Argentinas’ customers flying with us through our codeshare agreement,” said Rodrigo Bértola, Delta’s Director […]