Tag: Delta

Delta Air’s Ticket Sales Improve, Reinstates Initial Q3 Revenue View

BOSTON―Delta Air Lines said on Sunday that its ticket sales had stabilized and started to improve, putting it on course to deliver third-quarter revenue within its original forecast for a 30 percent-35 percent drop versus corresponding 2019 levels. This is an improvement from its projection last month when it adjusted the forecast to the lower…


Delta Sees Place for Boeing’s 737 MAX Jet in Its Fleet: Airline Weekly

CHICAGO—Delta Air Lines sees a place for Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane at the carrier as it looks to reshape its fleet over the next decade, Airline Weekly reported on Thursday, citing comments by Delta’s chief executive. “No news to report [but] we’re constantly talking to [Boeing],” Airline Weekly quoted Delta Chief Executive Ed Bastian as…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Sept. 24)

Tipping on Twitter. You can now send content creators tips with Bitcoin. What else is it planning to attract users with large followings? Delta airlines calling on its peers to share their list of banned passengers, in an effort to to protect airline employees. Thousands are on such a list already. Long lines at some…


Delta Darkens US Third-Quarter Growth Views, Fed Taper Announcement Expected in November: Poll

BENGALURU—The U.S. economic rebound has been dented in Q3, partly on the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant, with economists in a Reuters poll also pushing their expectations back to November for when the Federal Reserve announces an impending policy shift. Like in most countries, the U.S. economy is facing global supply chain disruptions due…


Investors Eye Wobbling Energy Sector as Gauge for Delta Fears

NEW YORK—Energy stocks are becoming a popular bellwether for concerns over how deeply the Delta variant of the coronavirus is expected to impact the U.S. economy, as the so-called reopening trade that boosted some parts of the market earlier this year continues to stumble. The S&P 500 energy sector is down 12.3 percent for the…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Aug. 25)

Goldman Sachs becoming the latest Wall Street firm to mandate shots, saying anyone entering its U-S offices needs to be fully vaccinated. And Delta airlines will ask unvaccinated workers to pay more for healthcare. The U-S is reportedly allowing Huawei to buy chips for vehicle parts. The approval could be worth hundreds of millions of…


Texas Governor Abbott Tests Negative for COVID-19 After ‘Brief and Mild’ Infection

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, whose state is engulfed in a fourth COVID surge, said he tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday after having a “brief and mild” bout with the infection this week. In video posted on Twitter, the Republican governor, whose office announced four days ago that he had tested positive for the virus…


Texas Gov. Abbott Tests Negative for COVID-19 After ‘Brief and Mild’ Infection

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, whose state is engulfed in a fourth COVID surge, said he tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday after having a “brief and mild” bout with the infection this week. In video posted on Twitter, the Republican governor, whose office announced four days ago that he had tested positive for the virus…


Major Study: COVID-19 Vaccines Less Effective Against Delta, as Good as ‘Natural Infection’

The effectiveness of widely used COVID-19 vaccines against the Delta strain becomes weaker within three months of inoculation, said a study from Oxford University, which also said that two doses of the vaccine provided as much protection as “having had COVID-19 before through natural infection.” The preprint survey, carried out by the University of Oxford and the…


New Zealand Thrown Into National Lockdown Over Single Delta Variant Case

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the country under national lockdown after authorities detected a single case of the CCP virus’ Delta variant in the city of Auckland. The entire nation will go into “alert level 4” for at least three days, starting from 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 17, the ministry of health announced….