Articles tagged “delta air lines”

Delta hasn't lost all its marbles in offering preferential treatment for Blackberry users. The promotion, which ends June 30, is similar to other "try before you buy" Wi-Fi promotions run with partners Google Chrome, eBay, Amazon, Ford and Diet Coke.

United CEO Jeff Smisek is on the record saying United doesn't want to be the world's largest airline. No worries: United's enplanements dropped 3.4% in 2012, as it didn't keep pace with growth by the larger Delta and Southwest airlines.

For now, just a wish list, but European airlines do have to consider banding up, with their own dicey economies and threat of long haul Gulf airlines taking over profitable routes.

Coach travelers are looking forward to the trickle-down effect from business class: Could advances in business mean softer seats and smarter configurations in coach?

The initiatives that have turned airlines into profitable investments are the same that make consumers now bemoan flying with fuller planes and many extra costs.

The growing divide between haves and have nots on airplanes mirrors the split between classes on the ground.

Given Virgin Atlantic's recent woes, it looks like Delta is teaming up with a weaker partner than it had envisioned. In the future, entering SkyTeam seems like a no-brainer for Virgin.

Don't expect to come out with miraculous answers to your jetlag after watching this. This is a good primer on the science behind jetlag and using light to help alleviate when traveling east or west.

Delta is about to face some steep competition from the new American following its bull-headed expansion in New York, and could be shifting focus west or build up a complementary coastal hub.

Behind every airline, music festival, and UNESCO World Heritage site is a country desperate to increase its share of the world tourism market and welcome more money-spending tourists across its borders.