Delta Air Lines soared to a record quarterly profit of more than $1.8 billion as summer vacationers packed planes, especially to international destinations, and the airline enjoyed a tailwind from falling fuel prices. The results released Thursday beat Wall Street expectations, and Delta raised its forecast of full-year earnings. Delta officials said strong demand for…
Delta Air Lines Is Soaring to a Record $1.8 Billion Profit as Summer Vacationers Pack Planes
Delta Plane Lands With Nose on Runway at Charlotte Airport
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Passengers aboard a Delta flight disembarked using the jet slide Wednesday after the plane’s front landing gear failed to deploy as it landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The flight landed safely and no injuries were reported, according to officials. Photos from the scene show wheels on the ground under the wings, but the…
NTD Business (April 13): FTX Recovers $7.3 Billion in Assets; US Producer Prices Unexpectedly Fall in March
Some welcome news for inflation: U.S. wholesale producer prices fell unexpectedly in March. What contributed to the drop? Twitter takes a step closer to becoming the “everything” app. It’s now teaming up with a stock trading company. Amazon cranks up AI competition against Microsoft and Google, launching a set of tools to help companies develop…
Ontario Had More COVID-19 Deaths and Hospitalizations in 2022 Than 2021: Report
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario were 31 percent higher in 2022 than in 2021, while deaths from the disease were 39 percent higher than the previous year, according to a new report from Public Health Ontario. The newly-released data said there were a total of 22,559 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario in 2021, and 29,524 hospitalizations from the…
American Airlines Loses Fight Over Delta Airport Slots
LUXEMBOURG—American Airlines, which gave up rights to two airport slots to Delta Air Lines’ in 2013, on Thursday lost a court appeal to have the European Union cancel them for lack of use. American gave up the takeoff and landing rights at Heathrow and Philadelphia airports to get antitrust approval for its merger with US…
Delta Pilots Approve Contract to Raise Pay by More Than 30 Percent
ATLANTA—Pilots at Delta Air Lines easily approved a new contract that will raise their pay by more than 30 percent over four years and likely lead to similar agreements covering union pilots at other major U.S. airlines. The Air Line Pilots Association said 78 percent of Delta pilots who voted supported the contract. Delta has…
Delta Is Raising Pay as Airlines Cope With Travel Rebound
ATLANTA—Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it will raise pay for its non-union employees by 5 percent on April 1 and increase a pool used for merit raises. Among those getting the increases will be flight attendants, who have been the target of several close organizing campaigns by unions. The raises are far more modest than…
Holiday Payoff: Delta Air Lines Posts $828 Million Profit in 4th Quarter
Delta Air Lines said Friday that it earned $828 million in the fourth quarter and that consumers are still snapping up flights and making purchases with their airline-branded credit cards. The Atlanta-based airline said momentum has carried over into the new year, as the travel industry continues to recover from the worst of the pandemic….
Delta Air Lines Plane Slips Off Icy Taxiway at Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport Amid Winter Snowstorm
A Delta Air Lines plane slid off a Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport runway on Jan. 3 amid icy conditions bought on by a powerful winter storm, officials said. The incident came as the aircraft was taxiing to its assigned gate after landing at the airport in the midst of a snowstorm. The plane made a 90-degree turn…
Delta Airliner Goes Off Icy Taxiway in Minneapolis Snowstorm
MINNEAPOLIS—A Delta jet went off an icy taxiway after landing in a snowstorm in Minneapolis but no passengers were injured, the airline said. The Airbus A320 landed safely Tuesday night on a flight from Los Cabos, Mexico, Delta said in a statement. But the nose gear of the plane “exited the taxiway while turning toward…
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