Delta Air Lines

The Atlanta-based carrier has pulled no punches in its response to United Airlines’ request to launch a second route to Cape Town in South Africa.

Routes hears how Indianapolis attracted event-goers in 2021 and what the next goals are for the airport in the post-pandemic world.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

United and Delta are both looking to acquire U.S.-South Africa frequencies, which are limited under the current air services agreement between the countries.

United hopes to begin flying between Washington and Cape Town from November but will face competition for the available weekly frequencies under the US-South Africa air services agreement.

After a brief stint at Delta Air Lines, the former JetBlue executive who spearheaded the Northeast Alliance (NEA) has been hired by American.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Routes Americas 2022 will facilitate collaboration between key aviation stakeholders.

Flights to the South African city will operate year-round from June.

U.S. aviation industry stakeholders have spent the better part of a year collectively pushing the U.S. government, specifically the Justice Department (DOJ), to step up prosecution of unruly airline passengers.

The carrier says its long-term focus is on rebuilding and growing its international network.

One of the key figures behind JetBlue’s Northeast Alliance (NEA) with American Airlines is moving to Delta Air Lines.

Delta Air Lines has been forced by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to temporarily suspend its two routes to Shanghai after falling foul of the regulator’s COVID-19 rule.

The CAAC is also forcing the cancellation of US-to-China flights by American, United and Chinese airlines under its COVID-19 testing rule.

A JetBlue executive who spearheaded the carrier’s partnership with American Airlines is joining Delta Air Lines. Plus, more appointments from the route development industry.

Delta Air Lines is drawing criticism from one of its own shareholders for the role it is playing in Aeromexico’s Chapter 11 restructuring.

Delta Air Lines previously had a codeshare relationship with ITA Airways’ predecessor Alitalia.

Delta Air Lines aims to cut its fleet’s aircraft types to eight in the medium term while further evaluating how to use its “flex fleet” of Boeing 767 widebodies.

United’s US-Australia flights will serve as the basis for increasing the carriers’ access to each other’s domestic markets.

The broader transpacific partnership is particularly crucial for Virgin Australia since it is no longer offering its own flights to the U.S after restructuring in 2020.

Delta Air Lines doubled down on its strategy of investing in foreign carriers by committing $1.2 billion in fresh funding to partners Aeromexico, LATAM and Virgin Atlantic.

Stockholm reinstated to the SkyTeam member's route map for the summer 2022 season.

The carriers are asking US and Mexican authorities to allow an antitrust-immunized alliance to commence in the 2023 first quarter.

Passenger numbers in the U.S. reached their highest levels since Spring 2020, but new concerns about the omicron coronavirus variant could threaten momentum during the winter travel season.

For years, Delta Air Lines has been the only mainline U.S. carrier without unionized flight attendants.