Delta Air Lines (DAL) CEO Ed Bastian wants travelers to forget the turbulence of travel — in exchange for a Netflix-like (NFLX) escape. “It will become a much more immersive entertainment experience,” Bastian said at Yahoo Finance’s Invest event. “We have 200 million customers a year on average, three hours a session. They’re all seat-belted…
Some airlines are stepping in to help feed air traffic controllers and other unpaid federal aviation workers who missed their first full paycheck on Tuesday, Day 28 of the government shutdown. United Airlines told CBS News that it is helping support essential workers who are going unpaid during the stalemate in Washington, D.C. “United is donating…
The biggest story for investors in the week ahead will be all the stories that won’t be told. Should the government remain shut down, releases including the Census Bureau’s imports and exports figures, wholesale trade and inventories, and the key jobless claims numbers from the Labor Department will be delayed. And this after we already…
Two Delta jets crash while taxiing at New York airport – CBS News Watch CBS News Two Delta regional jets collided on a taxiway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Kris Van Cleave reports. Source link
Two regional jets collide on tarmac at New York’s LaGuardia Airport – CBS News Watch CBS News Two regional jets crashed into each other on the tarmac at New York’s LaGuardia Airport when the wing of one aircraft hit the front end of another. One flight attendant was injured. Source link
Delta Air Lines said it is replacing auxiliary power units (APUs), a type of engine, on its Airbus aircraft to address toxic fume incidents that can harm airline crew and passengers. The airline confirmed to CBS News Thursday that its replacing engines on more than 300 of its A320s in an initiative that began in…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration said late on Monday it was ordering Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico to unwind a joint venture by January 1 that let the carriers coordinate scheduling, pricing and capacity decisions for U.S.–Mexico flights. The U.S. Transportation Department in July had proposed ending the nearly nine-year-old joint…
A Delta Air Lines flight departing Miami International Airport on Saturday returned safely to the airport shortly after takeoff, following a reported bird strike that forced the plane to make an emergency landing, according to the airline and the Federal Aviation Administration. There were no injuries. The flight, DL1300, was heading to Boston Logan Internal…
Passengers who weren’t buckled aboard a Delta Air Lines flight to Europe were violently thrown into the ceiling and back down to the floor in July when the plane encountered severe turbulence in a thunderstorm over Wyoming, according to a new report on the incident. The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that passengers endured…
A Delta Air Lines flight lost a portion of its wing while flying over Texas on Wednesday night. Delta Flight 1893 was flying from Orlando International to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] “We felt it was bad turbulence. The plane was shaking,” passenger Shanila Arif told CNN….