Tag: Delta Air Lines Inc.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 04:21 UTC

  LATAM Group orders brand new aircraft to replace ageing units

  

  South America's LATAM Airlines Group has placed orders for 70 new short-haul Airbus A 320 aircraft to replace its currently ageing units of the same model, it was announced earlier this week.

• Sunday, December 31st 2017 - 10:12 UTC

  Legendary Jumbo phased out from US passenger service

  

  Delta Air Lines was the last company to retire the Boeing 747 to replace it with smaller and more fuel efficient aircraft

• Saturday, November 12th 2016 - 20:23 UTC

  More flights to Cuba and less around Trump Tower in new US skies

  

  Delta Air Lines will operate three daily flights to Havana, one from Miami, one from New York and one from Atlanta, it was announced Friday - No fly zone (sort of) around Trump Tower in NYC

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 - 06:15 UTC

  Brazil airline shares soar as regulator admits opening to foreign capital

  

  Brazilian airline shares soared nearly 30% on Monday after a newspaper report said the government may scrap limits on foreign ownership of domestic airlines to attract investment to the struggling sector. President Dilma Rousseff may propose legislation giving her discretion to let foreign groups own as much as 100% of local airlines, up from 20%, Valor Econômico reported.

• Friday, June 19th 2015 - 23:58 UTC

  Middle East carriers among the top ten 2015 Skytrax World Airline Awards

  

  Middle East carriers again outranked US airlines this year in the 2015 Skytrax World Airline Awards. Qatar Airways took the top honor, up from second place in 2014. But the other Gulf airlines from the so-called Middle East Three group, Emirates and Etihad, were not far behind, in fifth and sixth place, respectively.

• Friday, July 12th 2013 - 22:19 UTC

  US Airways shareholders approve merger with American Airlines

  

  US Airways shareholders voted to approve the carrier's merger with American Airlines' parent company, AMR Corp. on Friday morning. The formal part of the shareholder meeting in New York lasted about 15 minutes.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 23:03 UTC

  US airline closes 4bn dollars deal with Brazil’s Embraer for 40 commuter aircraft

  

  United Airlines partner SkyWest Inc. agreed to buy more than 4 billion dollars of Brazil’s Embraer jets as new pilot contracts at the largest carriers allow commuter operators to fly bigger planes.

• Friday, January 13th 2012 - 21:13 UTC

  Several groups interested in taking over bankrupt American Airlines

  

  US Airways Group, Delta Airlines and private equity firm TPG Capital are among several parties interested in potential bids for AMR Corp, the bankrupt parent of American Airlines according to US financial media reports.

• Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 06:31 UTC

  Delta Air moves into the Brazilian market with a stake in Gol

  

  US Delta Air Lines Inc. agreed to buy a 100 million dollar stake in Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, Brazil's second-largest airline by market value, and begin booking passengers on each other's jets.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 03:10 UTC

  Delta decides to buy American and orders 100 Boeing 737 worth 8.5bn dollars

  

  Delta Air Lines Inc. agreed to buy 100 Boeing Co. 737 single-aisle jets with a catalogue value of 8.5 billion dollars as the carrier postponed plans to buy another 100 smaller jets from Brazil’s Embraer SA or Canada’s Bombardier Inc.