delta airlines

Delta Airlines was founded in 1924, but under the name of Huff Daland Dusters. It wasn't until 1929 that the word "Delta" entered the picture. Since then, Delta Airlines, based in Atlanta, Georgia, has become one of the world's biggest airlines, offering over 1,500 flights to over 500 destinations in more than 100 countries. Delta's hubs are in Atlanta, Cincinnati, New York (JFK and LaGuardia), and Salt Lake City.

Delta's history has been relatively free of controversy, although it certainly has had recent bumps along the way to success. Since 9/11, Delta has had its share of financial troubles, including bankruptcy in 2005 (and subsequent reorganization out of bankruptcy in 2007, a failed takeover of US Airways in 2007, and skyrocketing jet fuel prices in 2007-2008.

Delta Airlines also made headlines in early 2008 when their new safety video hit YouTube before its official release. The video features an attractive flight attendant known only as "Deltalina" giving updated instructions to those onboard Delta flights.

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• Look, Up in The Sky

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 151
  Honey, did you put that monstrosity on my lawn? On come on people you should be grateful it wasn’t the whole friggin plane! An 20lb engine tail cone fell off a Delta Airlines jet soon after take off, sending it plummeting thousands of feet straight onto a Long Island resident’s lawn. Brilliant. Oh and don’t ...
  3 days ago

• Delta Airlines, Access America Travel Insurance Scam and Deception – Beware Delta Frequent Flyers

  
  Paul F Davis - Weblog — Authority: 119
  Delta sells travel insurance for which they receive an affiliate profit sharing percentage on their website when you buy an airline ticket. The travel insurance is provided for by Access America and is intentionally designed to lead the consumer to believe if anything goes wrong due to flight interruptions and/or ...
  6 days ago

• New Amex Gold Card - FREE for 1st. Year + spend bonuses

  
  Points Wizard — Authority: 428
  Earn Membership Rewards(R) points up to three times as fast : You can earn 3X points on airfare, 2X points on gas and groceries, and 1X points on everything else on The American Express Premier Rewards Gold  Card… -Earn 15,000 Membership Rewards® bonus points when you spend $1,000 in your first 3  months of ...
  6 days ago

• Mediation Board Proposes Changes to Democratize Union Elections at Airlines, Rail

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 651
  Bt a 2-to-1 margin, the National Mediation Board ( NMB ) says it’s time to bring democracy and majority rule to rail and airline workers voting whether to join a union. The NMB today proposed changes to airline and rail election rules to mirror the rules that govern every other democratic election—the outcome ...
  1 week ago

• SkyWest Airlines accused of unfair treatment of gay employees

  
  Gadling — Authority: 700
  A SkyWest Airlines employee is fighting his company to demand free travel for his partner. In the airline business, it is common for employees and their spouses to receive free travel (on a "space available" basis). On SkyWest, this perk extends only to heterosexual co-workers, but not to Gilbert Caldwells husband. ...
  1 week ago

• The Magna Sententia Podcast: Episode 3

  
  The Magna Sententia Weblog — Authority: 114
  The Magna Sententia Podcast with Anna and Ellie Sherise. Hosted by Rodger McMillan. Sorry for the delay! For more on Ellie’s recent diagnosis, please see Celiac Disease & Dermatitis Herpetiformis .” This week: The Sherise Method (Part One): Recognize “ Writer Claims Letterman ...
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• The Right Way to do Social Media

  
  WhoInnovated.com — Authority: 151
  Click above to Enlarge by Braden Kelley Unfortunately, more often than not I see examples of social media strategy gone wrong. So, it stands out when I see a company like Lufthansa doing social media the right way – at least with their MySkyStatus site. Let’s look briefly at why this is a good execution of a ...
  1 week ago

• Skywest Airlines Denies Gay Employee Equal Treatment for Husband

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 499
  A worker for SkyWest, a partner of Delta Airlines operating out of Palm Springs International Airport, says he wants the same benefits given to married couples in the company. Gilbert Caldwell married his partner of 34 years last year, and now says he faces different rules when he and his partner want to ...
  1 week ago

• Free Wi-Fi tomorrow on Delta Airlines - for a good cause!

  
  Gadling — Authority: 700
  Filed under: Airlines Tomorrow, October 31st, Delta Airlines and Gogo are offering free Wi-Fi on all their flights.During the sign-in procedure, simply use promotion code GOPINK. As if that were not cool enough, Aircell (the company behind Gogo) will donate $1 for every free session that day (up to $10,000) to ...
  1 week ago

• Free in-flight Wi-Fi offers

  
  Stuck at the Airport — Authority: 127
  I’m a big fan of free wireless Internet at airports.  Now I’m also a big fan of free wireless Internet on airplanes. Especially these free in-flight Wi-Fi offers that have popped up recently: This Saturday, October 31, 2009, Gogo Inflight Internet will be free on all Gogo-equipped Delta flights. To access the ...
  1 week ago

• Ten pilots you DONT want in your cockpit.

  
  Gadling — Authority: 700
  Filed under: Airlines When it comes to making fun of airline employees, pilots are usually off limits. Screw with a flight attendant, and you may not get your drink, screw with the TSA, and you may end up missing your flight. But screwing around with a pilot just doesnt feel right. In the past couple of days, ...
  1 week ago

• Pilots Missed Destination Because Of Newfangled Scheduling Program

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 569
  Remember Richard Cole and Timothy Cheney, the two Northwest Air pilots who overshot their destination city by 150 miles and had to turn around and go back?  Well, the two men are finally talking.  After having denied falling asleep (repeatedly), the two say they were out of contact with air traffic control for ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Case of the Absent-Minded Pilots

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 139
  I was in  Minneapolis the last few days and the talk of the town there all seemed to be about this Delta Airlines flight last week from San Diego to Minneapolis, where the pilots missed their destination, veered into Wisconsin, and then belatedly circled back to Minneapolis. The uproar over the pilot’s  ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another GTL™ Open Post Monday: ObamaCare Public Option Finally Gains Harry Reid’s Support — RNC Facebook Page Features Racist Pic Of President Obama Until Busted By Democratic Underground — Delta/Northwest Flight Crew Entered The “Three Mile High” Club?

  
  The Gun Toting Liberal — Authority: 124
  THE Gun Toting Liberal Reaches Out To His Fellow Commentators -Slash- Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On Any Of The Above, Below, Or Anything Else Political One Wishes To O-Pine On…Okay, let’s have some more of that good ole’ Open Post fun again, shall we? ... This is only a comment summary. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Southwest May Push Competing Fares Lower at Existing Airport

  
  Panama City Beach Information, News, Real Estate, Tourism — Authority: 133
  I want to start this out with stating that this is complete rumor-mill at this point; but we’ll have dialogue below that assumes this is true.  With that said, I received an email citing an unnamed source had informed him that in order to maintain and build market share, Delta/Northwest will begin lowering fares in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Garden Growing New Partners, Ideas Again…

  
  Sports Marketing and PR Roundup — Authority: 523
  It has been tough times in recent years for patrons of “The World’s Most Famous Arena.” The lack of on court success, a slowing economy, an aging building and a weak public perception had caused a good deal of the shine to come off of Madison Square Garden and perhaps lower the perceived standard of excellence ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ahahahahaha. The pilots who missed their stop? On their laptops.

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 590
  The pilots are likely gonna lose their jobs. We sure hope so. Last week, the uproar over a plane that disappeared just before it was supposed to land initially had people thinking the plane was hijacked. Then, the pilots were drunk. Then, the pilots were arguing. Here’s what it really was: The pilots were on their ...
  2 weeks ago

• As airlines cut corners, will pilot fatigue run the industry into the ground?

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 790
  Filed under: Company News , Technology , Economy , People , Delta Air Lines On Wednesday night, Northwest Airlines ( DAL ) Flight 188, an Airbus A-320, overshot its destination by 150 miles before the pilots re-established contact with air traffic controllers, turned the plane around, and landed in ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Northwest plane overshot a runway by 100 miles

  
  Lucrative Investing — Authority: 143
  The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into exactly why a Northwest Airlines airplane that was headed to Minneapolis would have overshot the airport by more than 100 miles this week. Northwest Flight 188 was on its way to Minneapolis from San Diego when it lost radio contact with air traffic controllers. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Northwest Airlines Flight Flies Past Destination

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 569
  In what is one of the oddest air travel stories I’ve ever heard, a Northwest Airlines flight had to turn around upon reaching Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  Why?  Because it was supposed to stop in Minneapolis, 150 miles in the other direction!  As it turns out, the pilots missed their destination because of what they ...
  2 weeks ago

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