Company Watch - Delta Air Lines.For more company news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Aug 21, 2006 Delta Air Lines this winter will add 16 new routes from its west coast gateway at LAX to accommodate soaring demand in one of the country's largest travel markets for Hispanic customers. The expansion will include new nonstop flights to nine Mexican destinations, two Central American Central America A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean and is linked to South America by the Isthmus of Panama. destinations and corresponding connecting service to five destinations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. where many Hispanic customers prefer to travel. http://www.delta.com Aug 19, 2006 Judge approves Delta's plan to buy New York-London route. A bankruptcy judge has approved Delta Air Lines' plan to buy from United Airlines the right to operate nonstop service between New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and London. The deal still needs approval from the Department of Transportation. Aug 17, 2006 Delta Air Lines will add 16 new routes from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to 11 Latin American cities, the majority of them in Mexico, and five US destinations during the winter schedule. Flights will be operated with a mix of 737-800s and 50- and 70-seat CRJs flown by Atlantic Southeast Airlines For the defunct low-fare airline, see . Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is a fully certificated American airline based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. . New service begins in December with flights to La Paz La Paz, city, Bolivia La Paz (lä päs), city (1992 pop. 713,378), W Bolivia, administrative capital (since 1898) and largest city of Bolivia. The legal capital is Sucre. , Liberia in Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. and Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . By March 8, DL will begin serving Acapulco, Loreto, Mazatlan, Culiacan, Manzanillo, Zacatecas, Hermosillo and Torreon, plus Guatemala City, San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland and San Jose. Service to all of the Mexican destinations except for Acapulco is subject to Mexican government approval. Aug 16, 2006 Delta Air Lines will launch twice-daily Boston-Newport News service on Nov. 15 aboard Comair 50-seat CRJs. Aug 14, 2006 Exaggerated claims annoy some travelers. Some travelers take issue with Delta Air Lines' decision to bill itself as the largest U.S. airline based on the number of destinations offered, The Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney writes. Others say Delta's claim is not misleading. McCartney says "most destinations" is an acceptable advertising claim but not a true measure of total airline size. Aug 14, 2006 Delta Air Lines and China Airlines expanded their codeshare agreement to include DL flights from Los Angeles to Hartford, Raleigh/Durham and Columbus and CI flights to Taipei from six US cities and onward to five Southeast Asian destinations. Aug 14, 2006 Delta Air Lines's Comair To Meet Flight Attendants. Comair, a unit of Delta Air Lines, is to meet its flight attendants on August 23-24 in a bid to resolve a dispute over cost cuts and has reopened negotiations with pilots and maintenance workers. Aug 17, 2006 |
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