All Delta Air Lines articles – Page 13
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NewsBlock on UK airline travel shows need for Covid-19 testing regime: IATA
IATA believes the sudden blocking of flights from the UK by dozens of countries proves the importance of introducing universal Covid-19 testing regimes to keep international travel open.
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NewsDelta, Virgin join British Airways in testing passengers from UK
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways will join British Airways in implementing pre-departure Covid-19 testing for passengers booked on flights from the United Kingdom to the United States.
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NewsUS airlines hike Q4 cash burn estimates
US airlines are warning that exploding coronavirus case counts across the country have sparked a new wave of cancellations which will negatively affect their business in the current quarter, including expectations of higher-than-previously-forecasted cash burn.
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NewsDelta introduces contact tracing for international travellers
Delta Air Lines is the first major US carrier to introduce contact tracing for passengers arriving from overseas.
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NewsDelta wins Decade of Airline Excellence Award for North America region
Recipient of the Decade of Airline Excellence Award for the North America region, sponsored by Pratt & Whitney, and the overall winner.
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NewsDelta pilots agree to pay cuts to avoid furloughs through 2021
Pilots at Delta Air Lines have agreed to cost-cutting measures that will prevent involuntary furloughs of cockpit crew through the end of 2021.
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NewsDelta and WestJet withdraw joint venture application
Delta Air Lines and Canada’s WestJet have withdrawn their application for a transborder joint venture saying the conditions imposed by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for antitrust immunity (ATI) approval are “arbitrary and capricious”.
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NewsDelta and Aeromexico see recovery in transborder flights
Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico plan to operate nearly the same amount of capacity for transborder flights in December as they did during the same month of 2019.
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NewsDelta to continue blocking middle seats through March
Delta Air Lines will continue to block middle seats in its economy class through the first quarter of next year, the only major carrier in North America to do so.
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NewsDelta and its pilot union reach agreement to avoid furloughs
Delta Air Lines has reached a tentative deal with its pilot union to avoid furloughs at the Atlanta-based carrier until 2022.
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NewsUS DOT approves WestJet-Delta transborder joint venture
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively approved a joint venture application from Delta Air Lines and Canada’s WestJet for transborder travel, under certain conditions.
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News’Small flows through hubs’ will lead recovery, says KLM chief
The recovery of international air connectivity will favour KLM’s hub operations above point-to-point services, according to the Dutch flag carrier’s chief executive Pieter Elbers.
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NewsDelta posts $5.4bn Q3 loss, sees bright spots
Delta Air lines reported a third quarter loss of $5.4 billion as the airline begins to regroup following a catastrophic summer brought on by the coronavirus global pandemic.
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NewsDelta eyes potential Covid boost to regional flying
Will the coronavirus pandemic cause a long-term bump in air travel from small- and medium-size airports?
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NewsUnited, American furlough 32,000 workers
United Airlines and American Airlines have furloughed 32,000 employees after federal government financial aid ran out and was not extended.
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NewsDelta to retire aircraft and take up to $2.5b charge
Delta Air Lines will retire more aircraft earlier than planned in an effort to streamline its fleet and cut costs as the air travel industry recovers from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsDelta’s flight attendants and frontline staff avoid furloughs
Delta Air Lines will not involuntarily furlough its flight attendants and ground-based frontline employees after 30 September, when the US CARES Act expires and airlines that have received payroll support funds will once again be free to lay off workers or cut pay.
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Airline BusinessWhy transatlantic return matters so much to airlines
When Virgin Atlantic broke the news it would need to cut over 1,000 more jobs, even having secured its future within £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in refinancing commitments, it underlined just how damaging the failure to reignite the key transatlantic market was.
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NewsDelta and American follow United in abolishing change fees
A day after United Airlines killed the long-hated change fee, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have matched the Chicago-based carrier’s move, also pledging to “permanently” eliminate all change fees for domestic and some international travel.
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NewsAirline Business podcast: uncertainties prevail after bleak Q2 results
Graham and Lewis discuss a bleak financial results season, as airlines count the costs of a ruinous April-June period while grappling with a bumpier-than-expected comeback in the current quarter.