Delta Air Lines, Inc.
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Delta, SkyTeam offer $1B to JAL
American City Business Journals | 5 days 9 hours 21 minutes ago
American Airlines Inc. released a statement Wednesday claiming it has the most to offer to Japan Airlines Inc.
UPDATE: Delta Air, SkyTeam Offering $1.02B Financing To JAL
Wall Street Journal, The | 6 days 6 hours 19 minutes ago
(Adds comments by Delta President at briefing in Tokyo, drop in JAL shares) By Doug Cameron and Yoshio Takahashi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) and its SkyTeam alliance partners said that they would provide a $1.02 billion funding package to ailing carrier Japan Airlines Corp. (9205.TO) in their first public effort to wrestle JAL from the rival Oneworld alliance.
Delta, SkyTeam offer $1 billion package to Japan Airlines
Dallas Morning News, The | 5 days 13 hours 47 minutes ago
Delta Air Lines Inc. upped the ante Wednesday in the battle for Japan Airlines, saying the Atlanta-based carrier and its SkyTeam partners would provide $1 billion to financially troubled JAL.
Delta to resume Salt Lake City-to-Tokyo route next summer
USA TODAY | 34 days 1 hour 31 minutes ago
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Delta Air Lines Inc. says it will resume nonstop service between Salt Lake City and Tokyo next summer.
Delta, SkyTeam Offer Funding Deal to JAL
Wall Street Journal, The | 6 days 12 minutes ago
Delta Air Lines Inc. and its SkyTeam alliance partners said that they would provide a $1.02 billion funding package to ailing carrier Japan Airlines Corp. in their first public effort to wrestle JAL from the rival Oneworld alliance.
American, Delta duke it out for JAL
American City Business Journals | 5 days 9 hours 22 minutes ago
American Airlines Inc. released a statement Wednesday indicating that the carrier has the most to offer to Japan Airlines Inc.
Delta, SkyTeam Offer JAL Funding Deal
Wall Street Journal, The | 6 days 12 hours 20 minutes ago
CHICAGO -- Delta Air Lines Inc. and its SkyTeam alliance partners said that they would provide a $1.02 billion funding package to lure stricken Japan Airlines Corp. from the rival Oneworld alliance.
Flyers' Rights Advocate Alleges Delta Used Hacked E-Mails
Travel Agent | 41 days 4 hours 20 minutes ago
The executive director of The Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights alleges in a federal lawsuit filed today that Delta Air Lines obtained hacked e-mails and sabotaged her organization's efforts to support pro-consumer legislation in Congress, according to The Gibson Law Firm. The coalition favors passenger rights legislation that protects consumers from tarmac delays, and is opposed by airlines. ASTA and the Business Travel Coalition (BTC) also support limits on delays. Kate Ha...
Delta Air Lines expanding Sea-Tac Airport flights to Beijing, Osaka, Amsterdam -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 34 days 21 hours 39 minutes ago
SEATTLE (AP) — Port of Seattle Commission President Bill Bryant says it needed some good economic news and it got some Tuesday with the Delta Air Lines Inc. decision to expand Sea-Tac Airport flights.
Delta Pilots Who Landed on Taxiway Set to Avoid Punishment
Wall Street Journal, The | 10 days 14 hours 31 minutes ago
Two Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots who mistakenly landed a jetliner filled with 182 passengers on a taxiway at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport last month are expected to avoid punishment, according to people familiar with the matter.
Offer of $1.02 Billion From Delta-Led Alliance Is Aimed at Scuttling Partnership With AMR
Wall Street Journal, The | 5 days 12 hours 34 minutes ago
Delta Air Lines Inc. and its airline partners said that they could provide a $1.02 billion funding package to ailing carrier Japan Airlines Corp., in an aggressive bid meant to show their financial muscle as they try and wrest JAL away from its partnership with rival American Airlines.
U.S. proposes plan to ease airline union organizing
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), The | 2 days 17 hours 13 minutes ago
Delta Air Lines Inc. and other U.S. carriers may have a harder time blocking union organizing campaigns under a rule proposed by the National Mediation Board.
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Detroit News, The | 7 days 11 hours 13 minutes ago
IN BRIEF Nathan Hurst / The Detroit News Aviation U-M Health group insures Delta's Michigan workers Delta Air Lines Inc.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Airlines |
| Website: | http://www.delta.com |
Just as a delta is a symbol for change in math, Delta Air Lines symbolizes the changing mathematics of the airline industry. Delta became the world's largest airline by traffic after its $2.8 billion October 2008 acquisition of Northwest Airlines. Through its regional carriers (including subsidiary Comair), the combined company serves more than 375 destinations in more than 65 countries, and it operates a mainline fleet of about 775 aircraft. Delta is also part of the SkyTeam marketing and code-sharing alliance (allows airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks), which includes carriers such as Air France and KLM.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 22,697 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 18.5 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | -8,922 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 84,306 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 53.2 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |