(updated from an earlier incomplete post…)
Delta will launch flights to a host of cities in Africa and Asia next year, as they cherry-pick opportunities for cities that will survive during an economic slowdown.  Incredibly, they’ll offer one-stop service from Atlanta  (through Cape Verde) to Luanda, Angola; Malabo, Equitorial Guinea; and Abuja, Nigeria.  Seriously.  I know [...]

A quick note about last week’s announcement from Delta that it will add nonstops from Pittsburgh and Raleigh to Paris:
Northwest has just announced that it is suspending flights from Detroit to Paris (as well as Seattle - Heathrow and Detroit - Osaka) beginning in January.  Perhaps someone can explain how Detroit to Paris doesn’t work [...]

As part of its integration with Northwest, Delta is changing some of its fees — you’ll be happy to know they are actually eliminating some:
- No more curbside check-in fees ($3 in your pocket)
- No more fuel surcharges on award tickets (up to $100 in your pocket)
- Reducing telephone booking fee to $20 from $25 [...]

I thought I’d pass along an interesting article about what’s happening with the US Airways and Delta Shuttles (as you might have guessed, what’s happening isn’t good).  The short version is that Wall Street misery + Acela = mess.  During the first half of the year, some months saw load factors in the 36% range [...]

2 moderate profile international flight suspensions I thought I’d pass along:
Air France will cancel its nonstop service from LAX to London Heathrow - without any major SkyTeam hub on either end, and quite a bit of competition, it was a non-starter.  Instead, it will fly a codeshare with Delta from London Heathrow to JFK, essentially [...]

Delta Air Lines, which will soon be launching in-flight wi-fi, says that they will block offensive content from their service.  American Airlines flight attendants raised the issue when that airline said they would not block any sites.  So, to sum up, if you want to watch porn while surrounded by 180 other people, American is [...]

Delta will create a first class cabin on its Shuttle flights between Boston, New York and Washington, DC, beginning in December (US Airways’ shuttle already has a first class cabin.)  The flights will also feature in-flight broadband once that service is rolled out.  While Delta would obviously not introduce first class service if they didn’t [...]

As you’ll no doubt see elsewhere, Delta will begin offering in-flight wi-fi on its MD-80s later this year, with their entire domestic fleet outfitted by mid-2009.  The service will cost $9.95 for flights under 3 hours and $12.95 on flights longer than 3-hours - not terrible when you think about it.  Also on the plus [...]

No stories from us on Friday as we head to beautiful, incredibly-hard-to-get-to Springfield Illinois.
My only airline-related note about this trip is that I am flying American out of Newark on a reward ticket and I wanted to change my flight to depart from LaGuardia (American allows you to change reward tickets for free if you’re [...]

Delta has changed their frequent flyer program to a new 3-tiered system that, as you probably guessed by now, does not mean you’ll be using fewer miles for award tickets (details here).  In short:  they’ve added a 3rd tier that now has last-seat availability for 30-50% more miles than the old top tier.  If you’re [...]