All Delta Air Lines articles – Page 27
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Delta gets creative with investment grade rating
Delta Air Lines put its investment grade ratings to work for the first time on 9 March, issuing $2 billion in unsecured bonds at a 3.3% blended interest rate.
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Trump budget proposal seeks to remove ATC from the FAA
US president Donald Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal calls for shifting air traffic control out of the purview of the Federal Aviation Administration and into a non-governmental organisation – a change that has been welcomed by much of the commercial aviation industry.
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Delta closes $620m investment in Aeromexico
Delta Air Lines has closed its tender offer for nearly a third of Group Aeromexico, investing roughly $620 million in the Mexican carrier.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airline support gathers around Boeing MoM concept
US airlines are increasingly showing firm interest in Boeing’s middle-of-the-market aircraft concept, which potentially could replace many of the 757s and 767s that continue to fly.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Bombardier remains confident in CSeries leasing appeal
Bombardier continues to express confidence in the appeal of its CSeries to aircraft leasing companies, saying a lack of early CSeries leasing placements reflects Bombardier's early focus on sales directly to airlines.
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NewsDelta, United, Southwest chiefs to meet with Trump
The chief executives of Delta Air Lines and United Airlines will meet with President Donald Trump tomorrow, joining a group of airline chiefs due to meet with the new president.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US carriers push segmentation amid Atlantic pressures
US carriers are turning to cabin segmentation in response to the various competitive pressures they face across the North Atlantic, with multiple executives calling the market “challenged”.
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NewsTrump seen as ally in effort to corporatise ATC
Supporters of an effort to corporatise US air traffic control (ATC) may have an ally in president-elect Donald Trump, says the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will American encroach on Alaska following Virgin deal?
Alaska Airlines could soon face growing competition from American Airlines, which could backfill codeshare capacity lost as a result of Alaska Air Group's recent merger with Virgin America, at least one financial research company suggests.
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Delta targets rival Alaska on more Seattle routes
Delta Air Lines will add seven new nonstop routes out of Seattle later this year, turning up the heat on rival Alaska Air Group ahead of the formal end to their partnership.
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Delta cancels legacy Northwest 787 order
Delta Air Lines has cancelled its order for 18 Boeing 787-8 aircraft, a commitment that it assumed from Northwest Airlines when the two merged in 2008.
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NewsDelta and Aeromexico accept govt conditions for joint venture
Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico have accepted the conditions set out by US and Mexican regulators for antitrust immunity of their planned joint venture.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Delta to prioritise revenue improvements in 2017
Delta Air Lines reiterated its long-standing financial targets to Wall Street during a recent investor day, outlining how it plans to work towards them in 2017 even as it faces various headwinds.
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NewsDelta chief ‘encouraged’ by new Trump administration
Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian is “encouraged” by the US president-elect Donald Trump’s platform to enforce international trade agreements.
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NewsDOT unswayed by Delta-Aeromexico in JV decision
The US Department of Transportation has made final its conditional approval of anti-trust immunity for Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico, requiring slightly fewer slot divestitures from the airlines but mostly upholding its earlier proposed conditions.
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FlightStats Announces 8th Annual “Best of the Best” Awards Finalists
December 14, 2016, Portland, OR – FlightStats, Inc, part of FlightGlobal, the leader in global flight information services, has released the finalists for the 8th Annual Airline On-time Performance Service Awards.
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NewsAlaska closes acquisition of Virgin America
Alaska Air Group, the Seattle-based airline company that has recently returned some of the industry's strongest financial results, has closed its acquisition of former competitor Virgin America, a move that comes one week after regulators approved the deal and continues a multi-year process of consolidation of US airlines.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How US carriers' yield growth hopes slipped to 2017
US carriers have been on the crest of a wave in recent years as a mix of restructuring, consolidation and low fuel costs have driven a run of record results, contributing to more than half the global industry profits.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Retrofits strain interior providers as upstarts benefit
Many of the world's airlines are making ongoing improvements to their onboard products in response to various economic and competitive pressures. But resulting demand for interior products such as seats is placing a growing strain on the relatively few manufacturers, resulting in new business opportunities for smaller, upstart providers, sources ...
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InterviewINTERVIEW: ALTA executive director Eduardo Iglesias
As he looks ahead to the key themes at the upcoming ALTA Leaders Forum in Mexico City, Eduardo Iglesias, the airline association's executive director, likes to present the Latin America and Caribbean region's traffic figures with and without Brazil.