Delta Air Lines Reports Financial Results for June 2007 Quarter (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) ATLANTA, July 18, 2007 -- Delta Air Lines reported combined results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007. Key points include:...more...Delta touts upgraded check-in at Salt Lake City hub (USA Today) Delta on Tuesday unveiled an upgraded check-in lobby at its Salt Lake City hub, a move the airline expects will speed passengers and their luggage to the gates, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. The Deseret Morning News of Salt... ...more... Airline expands lobby at S.L. hub to speed service (The Salt Lake Tribune) Delta Air Lines on Tuesday unveiled a renovated check-in lobby at Salt Lake City International Airport that it says will speed passengers and their luggage to the gates, while preparing the carrier to handle more domestic and international flights....more... Atlanta airport to try registered flyer program (AccessNorthGA) A program that lets airline passengers pay to go through security gates more quickly will be tested at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport by the fall....more... Delta Air Lines and Jeff Francoeur Go to Bat for Hometown Atlanta Charity (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) ATLANTA, July 13, 2007 -- Delta Air Lines and Atlanta Braves' slugger Jeff Francoeur are teaming up to go to bat for a hometown charity, Atlanta's Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, through a new charitable sponsorship called the SkyMiles Home Run Program....more... Up Close: Gail Grimmett, Delta's revenue guru (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Gail Grimmett felt as if she were in a 12-step recovery program when she was put in charge of Delta Air Lines' revenue management department in 2005, five months before the carrier filed for Chapter 11 protection from its creditors. The 150-person department is responsible for squeezing as much money as possible from each plane-load of passengers. The task rapidly gets complicated as the airline ......more... Plan aims to reduce airport security hassles (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) A program that promises to let paying passengers breeze through security gates without taking off their shoes ? and possibly their overcoats ? will be tested at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport by fall. Post a comment about this story below. Airport General Manager Ben DeCosta said the airport in "a few weeks" will solicit proposals from private companies to test the "registered ......more... Airline will quit Stewart (Poughkeepsie Journal) NEW WINDSOR - The airline that opened up Stewart International Airport in 1990 to commercial scheduled passenger service is ending its 17-year run in September....more... Delta Welcomes Customers to a More Spacious, State-of-the-Art Lobby At Salt Lake City Hub (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) SALT LAKE CITY, July 10, 2007 -- Delta Air Lines customers traveling through Salt Lake City International Airport now experience a more spacious, convenient and efficient check-in thanks to state-of-the-art self-service technology throughout Delta's newly renovated lobby....more... |