Tag: Delta

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Delta variant becoming the globally dominant variant; steep rise in the UK

  

  The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist said on Friday that the Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, is becoming the globally dominant variant.

• Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  Brazil: 19 variants of coronavirus spot in Sao Paulo state, but Delta not one of them

  

  Brazil's Butantan Institute has identified 19 variants of the SARS-CoV-2 that were circulating in the state of Sao Paulo, with the Gamma strain -formerly known as P.1 or Manaus- spotted to have a prevalence of 89.9%.

• Friday, February 26th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Final approval for Delta-Latam “trans-American Joint Venture Agreement”

  

  The final approval for the Delta-LATAM joint venture has been given this week by Brazil. The agreement, which has also been given the nod from Uruguay, still needs approval in some other jurisdictions. The news was released by Simple Flying, an air industry specialized news agency.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:51 UTC

  Major US airlines will implement new health and safety measures to protect crew and passengers

  

  Major US airlines announced this week's new health and safety measures to protect in-flight personnel and passengers from COVID-19, even as states begin lifting restrictions. In a memo to employees, Delta Airlines said that from Tuesday, “all employees and partners” will be required to wear masks in case they cannot maintain social distancing.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:12 UTC

  LATAM leaves OneWorld and with Delta partnership has access to Skyteam

  

  LATAM Airlines will leave the OneWorld alliance on May 1, 2020. The decision, announced on Friday, moves the airline’s departure from the alliance up by five months.

• Thursday, December 5th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  LATAM/Delta code-sharing opens connectivity to 74 destinations in US and Canada and 51 in South America

  

  Codeshare agreements signed this week by three LATAM Airlines Group affiliates with new partner Delta Air Lines aim to improve connectivity between the Americas. The agreements were signed December 2 with LATAM affiliates in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador and are due to start in the first quarter of 2020, subject to regulatory approval.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  American Airlines and Gol negotiating a partnership to counter Delta/Latam deal

  

  American Airlines Group Inc and Brazil's Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA are negotiating a “partnership” that could “integrate flights between the two airlines in Latin America,” a newspaper reported on Friday.