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Delta stories: 10 news summaries
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Cockpit Recorder No Help in Northwest Flight Probe

Device captures just half an hour; record of 78-minute gap lost

Oct 23, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Because the aircraft has an old cockpit voice recorder, the world may never know why the pilots of Northwest Flight 188 lost contact with ground control for 78 minutes. The recorder on the Airbus A320 has a maximum memory of 30 minutes, after which it tapes over itself. So investigators... More »

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Wisconsin • FAA • Northwest Airlines • San Diego • NTSB • Delta • pilot • Minneapolis airport • pilot fatigue • Air National Guard • airlines • F-16 • NORAD

 Delta Slammed 
 for Transatlantic 
 'Ghost Flights' 

Empty planes flown from LA to London to be disinfected before flights to Australia

Sep 8, 09 1:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Delta Air Lines' practice of flying empty passenger planes almost halfway around the world just to be disinfected has outraged environmentalists, the Guardian reports. Australia requires that inbound planes be sprayed with insecticide to combat malaria and other diseases. But Delta isn't allowed to carry out the treatment in the... More »

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environment • flight • airline industry • Delta Air Lines • Delta

 More Cuts Await 
 Slumping Airlines 

Delta, AA among carriers who can't cover costs

Jun 12, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - As rising oil prices and sluggish demand continued to hammer the airline industry, Delta, American, and several other carriers forecast further cuts to service yesterday, reports the Wall Street Journal. Despite massive reductions in service, CEOs said at an industry meeting that they still aren't covering costs. "Earnings are... More »

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airline industry • recession • airline • American Airlines • Continental • Delta • Southwest Airlines • business travelers • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Delta, Northwest Execs: Merger Would Ease
Gas Burden

Dems skeptical, see 'cascade' of deals

Apr 24, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CEOs of Delta and Northwest took their case for a merger to Capitol Hill today, where they argued that they would be better equipped to deal with surging gas prices as a single company. Both businesses had big first-quarter losses, and the executives told lawmakers they’d be better... More »

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Northwest Airlines • John Conyers • Delta • gas prices • mergers

Passengers Air a Record Number of Complaints

Skies unfriendlier than ever

Apr 7, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Airline passengers on domestic flights are unhappier than they've been in years, with consumer complaints up 60%, according to the annual Airline Quality Rating survey. Long delays, cancellations, overbooking, late arrivals, and lost baggage accounted for most of the complaints, which haven't been this bad since 2000, reports the AP.... More »

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FAA • Southwest • Northwest Airlines • US Airways • United Airlines • airline • air travel • Delta • AirTran • Comair • Mesa Airlines • flight cancellation • lost baggage • Airline Quality Rating • Wichita State University • Frontier • SkyWest • American • Aviation Institute • Jet Blue • complaints

Pilot  Impasse May Ground Northwest-Delta Merger

Critical seniority issue could be a deal buster

Mar 18, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Merger talks between Delta and Northwest appear to be headed for a hard landing after pilots for the carriers called off their own negotiations over seniority issues, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The airlines boards will meet this week to decide whether the merger should go forward, but Delta's... More »

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merger • Northwest Airlines • airline • Delta • pilot • ALPA • pilot seniority

Late Flights Hit All-Time Record

More than a million flights delayed so far

Sep 5, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than a million airline flights on the 20 biggest carriers have been late so far this year— keeping the US airline industry on track for the worst year for delays on record, reports Reuters. The flight most often delayed in the month of July was a Delta route from... More »

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JetBlue • United Airlines • American Airlines • Delta • airline delays • Dept. of Transportation • Southwest Airlines • Business Travel Coalition • Kevin Mitchell

FAA Orders Inspections
of Boeing 737s

Hundreds of jets to be checked for loose nut that caused China Airlines fire

Aug 28, 07 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to inspect hundreds of Boeing 737s after a loose bolt punctured a China Airlines jet last week, causing a fire that destroyed the aircraft. Southwest, Delta, Continental, AirTran, Alaska Air, ATA and Aloha Airlines have 24 days to check for loose nuts on... More »

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FAA • Southwest • Boeing • fires • airline • Okinawa • explosion • plane • Continental • Delta • China Airlines • Aloha Airlines • AirTran • Alaska Air • ATA • Southwest Airlines

New Delta CEO Raises Questions

Appointment revives rumors that merger with Northwest is preparing for takeoff

Aug 22, 07 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Delta's choice for its new CEO—an outsider who won the job over two internal candidates—is raising questions, the Journal reports. Newly emerged from 19 months of wrangling in bankruptcy court, the airline appointed former Northwest CEO Richard Anderson yesterday, sparking speculation about a future merger with Northwest and... More »

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airline industry • merger • Northwest Airlines • Delta • Richard Anderson • Gerald Grinstein • Jim Whitehurst • Ed Bastian

Planes Packed as Air Travel Soars in July

Record full seats a boon for carriers,
a nuisance for passengers

Aug 6, 07 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - US air travel hit the economic stratosphere in July, crowding the jetliners of seven major carriers with record percentages of filled seats. American, Continental, Delta, US Airways, AirTran, and Alaska Airlines filled up nearly 90% of all seats on domestic flights, more than any month in history. More »

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travel • flight • US Airways • American Airlines • air travel • Continental • Delta

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