All Delta Air Lines articles
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NewsNew fuel-saving ‘EP’ variant of Trent XWB-84 engine enters service as improvement plan gathers pace
Delta Air Lines has become the first carrier to take delivery of an Airbus A350-900 powered by the new EP variant of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engine.
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NewsDelta touts new IndiGo partnership over ‘handful of slots’ exchanged by United and JetBlue
Delta Air Lines chief Ed Bastian asserts that the carrier is unfazed by the recently announced partnership between competitors United Airlines and JetBlue Airways that will focus on New York.
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NewsIndiGo, Air France-KLM, Virgin Atlantic and Delta roll out partnership
IndiGo is looking to expand its partnership with Air France-KLM and Virgin Atlantic – and add Delta Air Lines as a new partner – as it prepares to launch its first long-haul flights to Europe in July.
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NewsVueling signs for MicroTau sharkskin technology
IAG budget airline Vueling plans to become the first European customer for the fuel-saving sharkskin coating developed by Australian firm MicroTau.
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NewsWestJet deepens SkyTeam ties with enhanced Air France-KLM partnership
Canadian carrier WestJet, fresh off deepening ties with Delta Air Lines and Korean Air, is moving to strengthen its codeshare partnership with Air France-KLM.
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In depth‘Daunting but not impossible’: JetZero endeavors to deliver world’s first ‘all-wing’ commercial jet
JetZero executives say the start-up is ready for the challenges that come with building a large, radically different-looking composite airframe at scale to compete against the world’s leading aerospace manufacturers.
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NewsEngine fire forces passengers to evacuate Delta A330 by slide
The right-side engine of an Airbus A330 operated by Delta Air Lines caught fire on 21 April after the aircraft pushed away from a gate at Orlando International airport, forcing passengers to evacuate using slides.
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NewsDelta and United face slackening demand for international flights originating outside USA
Top US airlines report that demand for US-originating international flights remains strong, though data suggest that fewer international travellers are visiting American cities.
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NewsUnited expects no ‘direct impact’ of tariffs on aircraft prices
Executives with United Airlines on 16 April insisted that the carrier will not pay significantly more for Airbus or Boeing aircraft as a result of tariffs on US trading partners.
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NewsDelta to test efficiency benefits of ‘shark skin’ treatments on Boeing 767s
US carrier Delta Air Lines is exploring a “shark skin” aircraft coating designed to reduce drag by testing the technology on some of its Boeing 767s.
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NewsDelta takes hard stance against paying tariffs for Airbus deliveries
Delta Air Lines does not anticipate paying tariffs on any Airbus aircraft scheduled to be delivered in 2025.
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NewsDelta’s growth ‘largely stalled’ as economic gloom deepens
Chief executive Ed Bastian says first-quarter efforts focused on “protecting margins and free cash flow”, asserting that the company is built to weather times of economic difficulty.
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NewsEx-EgyptAir A220 parted out to support Delta Air Lines fleet
Delta Air Lines is to use parted-out components from an ex-EgyptAir Airbus A220-300 to support its own fleet of the type in the face of spares shortages. The US carrier’s Delta Material Services division has reached an agreement with Florida-based lessor Azorra to part-out the airframe. Azorra acquired EgyptAir’s entire ...
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NewsDelta unveils centennial-celebrating livery
Delta Air Lines unveiled over the weekend a special aircraft livery celebrating the airline’s 100th year of operations.
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News‘Macro uncertainty’ lowers Delta’s first-quarter financial forecast
Major US carrier Delta Air Lines is warning of a potential shift in air travel trends and “softer close-in demand” as it lowers financial expectations for the first quarter.
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NewsDelta defends qualifications of Endeavor flight 4819 pilots
Delta Air Lines is defending the qualifications of the pilots involved in Endeavor Air flight 4819, which erupted in flames and overturned following a hard landing in Toronto, as it battles ”disinformation” about the accident.
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NewsCrashed Endeavor CRJ900 appeared to land hard and immediately catch fire
Surveillance video images purportedly capturing the landing accident at Toronto involving an MHIRJ CRJ900 appear to indicate the regional jet touched down hard, with fire erupting almost immediately. Video images circulating on social media appear to show the moment of touchdown, having been taken around the threshold of runway 23. ...
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NewsDelta CRJ900 comes to rest inverted after Toronto landing accident
All passengers and crew on board a Delta Air Lines MHIRJ CRJ900 regional jet have been accounted for, after a landing accident in which the jet came to rest inverted. Video images from the scene show the aircraft was substantially damaged, with its starboard wing separated and its vertical fin ...
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NewsUnited claims ‘world’s largest’ mainline fleet following milestone aircraft delivery
United Airlines boasts that it has overtaken competitors as the world’s largest airline by fleet size after taking delivery of its 1,000th “mainline” jet.
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NewsUS network carriers plan for ‘fully deployed’ regional fleets in 2025
Executives with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines said on recent earnings calls that they are dialling up utilisation of regional aircraft flown by feeder carriers.