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Lobby Bar – December 14: Hanging Chads, Boarding by Color, and ‘I’ll Take Famous Squirrels for $250, Alex!’
Lobby Bar: A Modern Day Parable
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Delta Bans Support Puppies and Kittens on Flights
Delta Air Lines announced significant changes in its policy for service and support animals.
The carrier is placing an outright ban on all service and support animals under the age of four months, effectively banning puppies and kittens, and is also banning emotional support animals on flights with a duration of eight hours or longer.
The Atlanta-based airline began tightening restrictions on service and support animals in January of this year and …
Delta to Simplify Boarding with Color-Coded Zones
Delta Air Lines announced a new boarding process that will be driven by the type of fare purchased.
The airline will tie each fare type to a specific color. Boarding will be in order of fare class, starting with Delta One, Delta Premium Select and First Class, Delta Comfort+, Main Cabin, and Basic Economy.
The colors will be complementary to Delta’s primary color palette and the Passport Plum shade of purple, now …
Delta to Link Boston with Chicago, Cleveland, Newark, and D.C.
Delta Air Lines announced plans to add non-stop service from Boston to Chicago, Cleveland, Newark, and Washington, D.C.
The Atlanta-based airline said that service connecting Boston Logan International Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport will launch on April 1, 2019. In addition, service from Boston to Chicago O’Hare, Newark Liberty International, and Ronald Reagan Washington National airports will commence on September 9, 2019.
In a statement, Delta said it is “taking Bostonians …
Aeromexico to Link Detroit with San Luis Potosí, Home to Multiple Suppliers to Auto Industry
Aeromexico announced plans to offer service linking Detroit with San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The route will be offered in cooperation with its joint venture partner Delta Air Lines.
The route connects the capital of the U.S. automotive industry with a key city that is home to major suppliers to the industry including the Samvardhana Motherson Group, a company that produces rearview mirrors for multiple companies including Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet, and Volkswagen. Another …
Delta to Launch Atlanta-Hollywood Service in 2019
Delta Air Lines announced plans for twice-daily non-stop service from Atlanta to Hollywood next summer.
The new flight will operate between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Hollywood Burbank Airport starting on July 8, 2019.
Noting the importance of the city, Delta Vice President Ranjam Goswami said, “If LA is the entertainment capital of the world, Burbank is the heart of the action.”
The Atlanta-based carrier will operate the new flights using Boeing 737-700 aircraft …
Delta Sees Increase in Traffic and Capacity for October
Delta Air Lines announced operational results for October 2018. The airline carried 16.5 million passengers in the month, a record for the month of October.
The Atlanta-based carrier’s total system traffic for the month was 18.78 billion revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, a year-over-year increase of 2.7%, up from 18.29 billion in October 2017. Domestic traffic rose 3.2%, while international traffic rose 1.6%.
Total system-wide capacity for the month also increased, up …
