Delta Air Lines Names Patrice Miles Vice President - Distribution Planning.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 1999-- Delta Air Lines has named Patrice G. Miles vice president - distribution planning. She reports to Vince Caminiti, senior vice president - sales and distribution. Since 1995 Miles has been responsible for the strategy and implementation of Delta's E-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. initiatives. In addition to the Delta website (www.delta-air.com), She is responsible for developing agency and corporate programs for the traditional channels of distribution as well as for the Internet and emerging channels. She also has responsibility for leveraging Delta's ownership of the WORLDSPAN GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards . The goal of these strategic initiatives is profitable revenue growth through more efficient distribution of Delta's product. "Patrice has led Delta's distribution efforts for three years and has been the driver of the company's distribution strategy, bringing attention of its significance to the highest levels of the airline. Distribution in fact is the vehicle to changing the very economics of our industry, and under Patrice's leadership Delta will be at the forefront of those innovations," said Caminiti. Miles joined Delta in 1978 in its Reservations Sales group and has held a number of positions with increasing responsibilities within the Automation, Marketing and Sales areas. She was promoted to Director - Distribution Planning in 1997. Also in 1997, Miles was selected by her peers to serve a term on the Delta Board Council The Delta Board Council represents the non-contract employees of Delta Air Lines to executive management and the Board of Directors. The DBC was formed in 1996 and is currently comprised by one representative from each of Delta's major employee operating units: Airport Customer , representing the supervisory/administrative personnel group. The Council's role is to be a resource through which Delta people can share their knowledge, experience, and ideas with Delta's Board of Directors. A native of Blytheville, AR, Miles is a graduate of Mary Baldwin College Mary Baldwin was ranked by US News & World Report as a top tier-master's level university in the South. Mary Baldwin has the only full-fledged Health Care Administration program in the nation, and pre-professional programs in law, medicine, ministry, and ROTC. ; Staunton, VA, and the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used ; Fayetteville, AR. She and her husband, Jesse, reside in Newnan, GA. Delta, named Airline of the Year by Air Transport World magazine and "Best-Managed Major Airline" for 1999 by Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine, is the world's most flown carrier. More than 105 million passengers traveled on Delta in 1998. Delta, Delta Express Delta Express was a no-frills brand owned and operated by Delta Air Lines from 1996 to 2003. Delta Express was based out of Orlando International Airport, and focused on leisure routes between Florida and the northeast United States, as well as certain parts of the midwest. , the Delta Shuttle shuttle: see loom. shuttle In the weaving of cloth, a spindle-shaped device used to carry the crosswise threads (weft) through the lengthwise threads (warp). Not all modern looms use a shuttle; shuttleless looms draw the weft from a nonmoving supply. , the Delta Connection carriers and Delta's Worldwide Partners operate 5,281 flights each day to 351 cities in 59 countries. |
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