TagsDelta Airlines

Tag: Delta Airlines

What are the largest airlines in 2020 by capacity?

There are many ways to rank airlines: number of aircrafts, number of countries or destinations served, revenue or number of seats marketed. This last criterion was used by OAG on the basis of the 2020 flight programs, and we...

Delta Airlines flight empties its tanks over a school

On January 14, Delta Airlines flight DL89 from Los Angeles to Shanghai experienced an engine problem, forcing a return flight to Los Angeles. Following safety procedures, he emptied his tanks before landing without any problems. On the other hand for an...

6 stupid ways to lose your job when you work in the airline industry

Losing one's job happens to everyone, whether one is fired or puts oneself in an ejector seat. But there are some ways more stupid than others and some things largely avoidable. Examples through several recent situations in the airline world. The...

Alitalia in deadlock

An umpteenth episode of the Alitalia takeover soap opera and now we can say that the Italian airline is starting to feel the pinch. Reminder of previous episodes In the 1990s, Alitalia almost merged with KLM, which finally withdrew from the...

What if Lufthansa took over Alitalia?

The takeover of Alitalia is a bit like The Young and the Restless, when you think it's over a new twist comes to question everything. And the one we are about to talk about would not be of the...

Why do airlines change their luggage compartments?

Last week, Air France announced plans to change the baggage racks on its entire medium-haul fleet to a higher-capacity system, increasing the volume by nearly 40% compared to the current racks on Airbus. This is a real underlying trend, which...

American Airlines not at all serene in the face of Delta and LATAM

There are signs that American Airlines is not taking the transformation of the airline landscape underway in Latin America so well. Background: 1°) American Airlines is a partner of LATAM (Chile) within the Oneworld alliance, is the leading American airline in...

Will Delta leave Skyteam?

Delta's CEO, Ed Bastian, struck a blow about ten days ago by telling Bloomberg that the Skyteam alliance of which the airline is a member, "has not 'added much value to customers... to member airlines." and that the American...

Delta takes 20% of LATAM which will leave OneWorld

Delta will spend $1.9 billion to take a 20% stake in the South American airline LATAM (Chile), it was learned yesterday. Delta will also invest $350 millions to support this strategic partnership. Delta moves into Latin America Finally, the U.S. airline will...