Company Watch - Delta Air Lines.

Oct 2, 2006

Comair pilots had time to spot error, NTSB says. The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilots of the Comair flight that crashed in August in Lexington, Ky., after taking off from the wrong runway had a few moments to notice the error. The plane paused for 45 seconds at a spot that was on the way to both the wrong runway and the correct runway. Sep 26, 2006

Comair prepares to bid on Delta feeder routes. Comair next week will submit a bid to feed traffic to Delta Air Lines' mainline operations. Comair managers say the airline's ability to offer a competitive bid depends on whether it wins concessions from its unions. Comair CEO says costs are too high to win bid. Comair President Don Bornhorst says the airline's labor costs are too high for it to submit a competitive bid to provide regional jet service to Delta Air Lines. Bids must be submitted by Monday. Sep 25, 2006

Delta Air Lines said it lost $11 million in August, which compared to a loss of $158 million in August 2005. The information was contained in its monthly operating report to the bankruptcy court. It said mainline nonfuel CASM was 6.66 cents, down 7.6% from August 2005, while consolidated passenger RASM climbed 12.8% to 10.64 cents. At the end of the month it had $3.9 billion in cash, of which $3 billion was unrestricted. Executive VP and CFO Edward Bastian called the results encouraging and said the carrier "is on track with our restructuring plan." Oct 2, 2006

Delta adds more flights from Los Angeles. Delta Air Lines now considers Los Angeles International Airport its West Coast gateway and says it will add nonstop service to New Orleans, Jacksonville, Fla., and Reno, Nev. Delta's winter expansion, which it already announced, will include nonstop service from LAX to 10 Mexican cities and three Central American destinations. Sep 28, 2006

Delta, Amadeus will address cost recovery fees: Amadeus says its subscribers will not receive any Cost Recovery Fee invoices from Delta Air Lines. The airline and the distribution system have mutually agreed to address any Cost Recovery Fees themselves. Sep 28, 2006

Worldspan and Delta Air Lines completed a new long-term distribution agreement affirming "Worldspan's Super Access Product as a preferred distribution program for the airline through June 2013." Oct 2, 2006

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