Delta Air Lines je danas izvestio o operativnom učinku za maj 2018. Kompanija je prevezla 16.8 miliona putnika širom svoje široke globalne mreže, što je rekord za mesec maj.
Mjesečni naglasci uključuju:
• Launching new uniforms for 64,000 airline’s employees worldwide, created by acclaimed designer Zac Posen and built with Lands’ End quality. The designs embrace innovative fit, form and function, and carry the airline into the future in style.
• Announcing the return of nonstop flights between the U.S. and Mumbai, India, next year following agreements secured by the Trump administration with the governments of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to address the issue of government subsidies provided to state-owned carriers in those nations.
• Continuing Delta’s global expansion with the launch of new services between New York-JFK and Ponta Delgada, Azores; Indianapolis and Paris-CDG; and Atlanta and Lisbon.
• Gaining final approval from the Los Angeles World Airports Board of Airport Commissioners to begin constructing the Sky Way at LAX, Delta’s $1.9 billion plan to modernize Terminals 2 and 3, and connect them to the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
Delta Air Lines, Inc., koja se obično naziva Delta, je glavna američka aviokompanija, sa sjedištem i najvećim čvorištem na međunarodnom aerodromu Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta u Atlanti, Georgia. Avio-kompanija, zajedno sa svojim podružnicama i regionalnim filijalama, obavlja preko 5,400 letova dnevno i opslužuje široku domaću i međunarodnu mrežu koja uključuje 319 destinacija u 54 zemlje na šest kontinenata, zaključno sa oktobrom 2016. Delta je jedna od četiri članice osnivača. SkyTeam avio savez, i upravlja zajedničkim ulaganjima sa AeroMexico, Air France-KLM, Alitalia, Korean Air, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia i WestJet (Kada to odobre i kanadske i američke vlade). Regionalni servis posluje pod brendom Delta Connection.
Jedan od pet preostalih naslijeđenih avioprijevoznika, šesta je najstarija operativna aviokompanija po datumu osnivanja i najstarija aviokompanija koja još uvijek posluje u Sjedinjenim Državama. Istorija kompanije može se pratiti do Huff Daland Dustersa, osnovanog 1924. godine u Mejkonu, Džordžija, kao operacija za uklanjanje prašine. Kompanija se preselila u Monroe, Louisiana, i kasnije je preimenovana u Delta Air Services, u odnosu na obližnju regiju Mississippi Delta, i započela je putničke usluge 17. juna 1929. Među prethodnicima današnjih Delta Air Lines, Western Airlines i Northwest Airlines su počeli da lete putnika 1926. odnosno 1927. godine.
U 2013., avioprijevoznik je bio najveća svjetska avio-kompanija u smislu prevezenih putnika na redovnom redu (120.6 miliona), a drugi po veličini u pogledu prihoda od prijeđenih putničkih kilometara (277.6 milijardi) i kapaciteta (4.4 milijarde ASM/tjedno; mart 2013. ).
ŠTA UZIMATI IZ OVOG ČLANKA:
- and Mumbai, India, next year following agreements secured by the Trump administration with the governments of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to address the issue of government subsidies provided to state-owned carriers in those nations.
- The airline, along with its subsidiaries and regional affiliates, operates over 5,400 flights daily and serves an extensive domestic and international network that includes 319 destinations in 54 countries on six continents, as of October 2016.
- The company moved to Monroe, Louisiana, and was later renamed Delta Air Services, in reference to the nearby Mississippi Delta region, and commenced passenger services on June 17, 1929.
