Delta Air Lines News and Updates

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Latest Delta flight news, partnerships, and aviation strategies

From loyalty program enhancements and biometric boarding to sustainability initiatives and global alliances, Delta is at the forefront of reshaping the air travel experience. Our reporting covers its major investments in technology, strategic partnerships, and evolving distribution models aimed at improving performance and passenger engagement.

Delta Airlines' Facebook page was hacked, shared obscenities
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Delta Airlines' Facebook page was hacked, shared obscenities
By Sean O'Neil | February 10, 2015
Delta Airlines' Facebook page shared obscene and questionable content Tuesday afternoon after it was hacked. Rather than the usual content marketing about travel destinations and photos of planes, Read More
Delta Studio officially launches, delivering streaming content to devices
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Delta Studio officially launches, delivering streaming content to devices
By Nick Vivion | August 1, 2014
With today's release of the Delta Studio, Atlanta-based Delta has officially become the latest US airline to offer streaming content to passengers' devices. The airline joins others, such as United, i Read More
Delta social media giraffe gaffe offers reminder for rest of World Cup
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Delta social media giraffe gaffe offers reminder for rest of World Cup
By Nick Vivion | June 17, 2014
As far as learning and recovering, unforced errors are most useful at the start of the game. The ability to recover from a potential systems or process oversight is much easier to overcome if the team Read More
United to match Delta's fare-based loyalty with program restructuring
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United to match Delta's fare-based loyalty with program restructuring
By Nick Vivion | June 10, 2014
Industry watchers have been awaiting a decision from United related to Delta's decision to switch from miles to money for loyalty tracking. The answer has arrived: starting in March 2015, United will Read More
Delta takes its PSS and flight data systems back from Travelport
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Delta takes its PSS and flight data systems back from Travelport
By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014
To cut its costs, Delta Air Lines is re-acquiring data, intellectual property rights, and staffing to about 180 vital back-end applications from travel technology company Travelport. The announceme Read More
Forget travel agents, can you let APIs plan your next trip
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Forget travel agents, can you let APIs plan your next trip
By Viewpoints | April 21, 2014
We all know that the prospect of booking travel can be a harried and disjointed experience. A condition best exemplified by the array of choices now available at every stage of the process. NB: Thi Read More
Latest airline social rankings show snapshot of actual performance
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Latest airline social rankings show snapshot of actual performance
By Nick Vivion | February 10, 2014
Airlines are often vaunted as top performers on social media. One recent study placed airlines at the top for the most active, answering the most questions the quickest across industries. That very Read More
Anyone who remembers the 1980s will cringe at new Delta in-flight video
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Anyone who remembers the 1980s will cringe at new Delta in-flight video
By Kevin May | January 30, 2014
[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eduNjwNvcH4" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/delta-1980s.jpg"] For every cool ind Read More
Reckon you know about dynamic pricing in travel? Think again
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Reckon you know about dynamic pricing in travel? Think again
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | December 30, 2013
Last week, Delta had a "computer malfunction" which resulted in fares being offered at some ridiculous prices. In some case tickets were available 10-15% of the normal price. This should remind us Read More
Tiger Airways hits GDS as Delta-ANZ debut rich content on Travelport
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Tiger Airways hits GDS as Delta-ANZ debut rich content on Travelport
By Kevin May | November 25, 2013
Tiger Airways is joining the likes of EasyJet in Europe and abandoning its previous direct channel-only model and will be available on the GDS via Travelport. As well as allowing its fare and ancil Read More
Southwest crushing rivals as it wins quarter of web traffic - Top US travel websites, June 2013
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Southwest crushing rivals as it wins quarter of web traffic - Top US travel websites, June 2013
By PhocusWire | July 15, 2013
Southwest is capturing almost the same amount of web traffic share as Delta (second) and United (third) combined, in the list of leading airline websites in the US. Read More
MARKETING - Product news, launches and more - July 2013
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MARKETING - Product news, launches and more - July 2013
By PhocusWire | July 14, 2013
British Airways launches VisitMum campaign - promoting flights from US to India. Read More
Southwest has double the web traffic of Delta - Top US travel websites, February 2013
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Southwest has double the web traffic of Delta - Top US travel websites, February 2013
By PhocusWire | March 19, 2013
Landmark stat for Southwest after the airline continued its dominance of the web amongst US carriers, securing double the amount of traffic traffic of its nearest rival. Read More
Southwest shows airline rivals who is the daddy - Top US travel websites, January 2013
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Southwest shows airline rivals who is the daddy - Top US travel websites, January 2013
By PhocusWire | February 19, 2013
After seeing its lead narrow at the top of the most popular airline websites in the US in recent months, Southwest has returned to form and pushed ahead of its rival carriers. Read More
Glass bottom jet! Delta's new iPad app aggregates features for a wholly device-specific experience
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Glass bottom jet! Delta's new iPad app aggregates features for a wholly device-specific experience
By Nick Vivion | January 11, 2013
Delta has been working on their digital experience for over two years now, and as as far as airlines are concerned, the newly minted app offers a very unique experience that is, thankfully, thoughtful,... Read More
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