All Delta Air Lines articles
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AnalysisDelta’s Bastian upbeat on demand amid ‘most-constructive backdrop of my career’
Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian painted a positive demand picture after reiterating the airline’s full-year guidance today, describing the environment as “maybe the most-constructive backdrop” during his career.
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NewsDelta sees MRO unit supporting normalised retirement cycle and third-party opportunity
Delta Air Lines executives flag the role that its MRO business has played in ensuring the reliability of older aircraft in its own fleet, but note the focus will start to switch toward managing aircraft retirements and developing third party business.
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NewsDelta ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Aeromexico joint-venture ruling
Delta Air Lines is in talks with regulators to secure a “less-punitive” ruling after the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) tentative order requiring it to end a joint venture with SkyTeam partner Aeromexico.
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NewsDelta posts profitable start to the year
Delta Air Lines posted a profit over the opening three months of the year on a non-adjusted basis for the first time since the pandemic.
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NewsDelta to revive flights to Tel Aviv amid ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict
Major US carrier Delta Air Lines plans to revive daily flights to Tel Aviv from New York this summer, becoming the latest airline to indicate interest in resuming operations amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
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NewsDelta and Aeromexico slam US DOT for ‘arbitrary’ cancellation of joint business
Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico call the US government’s planned termination of their joint cooperation agreement (JCA) “arbitrary, misdirected, discriminatory and ineffectual” in a new filing protesting the move.
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NewsA350 agreements account for Airbus’s order activity in January
Airbus’s first monthly order disclosure for the year exclusively features widebody aircraft agreements with two carriers taking A350s.
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NewsAmerican 777 crew dealing with belated load close-out before serious JFK incursion: inquiry
US investigators have disclosed that an American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER crew had originally expected and briefed for a different runway departure, and was dealing with a belated load close-out, before a serious runway incursion incident at New York JFK last year.
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NewsUS government tentatively declines Aeromexico-Delta joint venture
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively ordered Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico to unwind the joint venture that the two carriers have been pursuing since December 2016.
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NewsletterSupply chain issues will plague aviation for some time: Delta CEO
Delta Air Lines’ chief executive Ed Bastian says supply chain issues will continue to plague the industry for some time, citing Pratt & Whitney’s engine recall as an example.
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NewsletterDelta posts profit of $4.6bn for 2023
Delta Air Lines posted a full-year 2023 profit of $4.6 billion on revenue 20% higher year on year, and reports a strong profit for the fourth quarter.
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NewsDelta Air Lines orders 20 A350-1000s
Delta Air Lines has announced an order for 20 Airbus A350-1000s, with options for 20 more of the larger variant.
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NewsUS major airlines gear up for busy end-of-year travel period
Major US carriers expect a busy end-of-year holiday travel season and record passenger figures, topping last year as well as November’s Thanksgiving holiday period.
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NewsDelta and Air Baltic launch codeshare partnership
Delta Air Lines and Latvia’s Air Baltic have launched a codeshare partnership due to begin this month.
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NewsUnited applies to US regulators for operating slots at Tokyo’s Haneda airport
United Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate daily nonstop flights to Tokyo’s Haneda airport from Bush Intercontinental airport in Houston, intending to acquire slots vacated by Delta Air Lines earlier this year.
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NewsUS airlines gearing up for ‘busiest ever’ Thanksgiving holiday travel period
US airlines are gearing up for a major holiday travel weekend as demand for air travel over the upcoming Thanksgiving travel period is higher than both last year and pre-pandemic 2019.
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NewsSevere bird-strike punctured cockpit of descending A320
US investigators have disclosed that a bird-strike involving a Delta Air Lines Airbus A320 last year was severe enough to penetrate the fuselage and affect pressurisation. The aircraft had been descending through 13,000ft on the MARWI3 arrival pattern to Omaha on 19 November 2022 when it was struck in the ...
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NewsletterWhat the Israel-Hamas war might mean for the airline industry
The length and breadth of the war will be a key factor in how global airline trends develop in the coming months.
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NewsStrong demand helps Delta lift third-quarter net profit to $1.1bn
Delta Air Lines’ net profits climbed 59% to over $1.1 billion in the third quarter, as revenues jumped 11% on continued strong demand.
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NewsDelta expects P&W engine issue will impact its operation
Delta Air Lines’ executives expect the impact of Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engine recall to be “modest to minimal” on the airline’s Airbus narrowbody operations.