Earlier this year, Delta Air Lines was named the most punctual airline in North America for the fifth consecutive year. This was according to Cirium’s On-Time Performance Review, with 80.9 per cent of its 1.8 million flights in 2025 arriving within 15 minutes of schedule. The number needs context. It represented a 1.7 percentage point lead over the nearest competitor, achieved with more than four times the flight volume, and made Delta the only US carrier in Cirium's global t

Delta Air Lines has emerged as the winning bidder for a slice of Spirit Airlines’ former footprint at the world's busiest airport. Court filings show the Atlanta-based carrier offered $12 million to take over gates C4 and C6 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, along with Spirit's ticketing lobby and associated support space. It is a modest sum for a prize that few airlines ever get their hands on. A Prize Born of Spirit's Collapse The deal follows the low-cos

In an extremely competitive world of US commercial aviation, where mergers, bankruptcies, and rebrands have wiped out once solid brand names like Pan Am , Eastern, and TWA, a handful of carriers have quietly stood the test of time. These airlines began flying in aviation’s earliest commercial era and, remarkably, continue to operate today under recognizable original identities. Their centennial and near-centennial stories are about constant reinvention. They embody the turbul

American, Delta and United collectively generated over $170 billion in revenue in 2025. Yet for every dollar that comes in, airlines keep just four cents in profit. Understanding how the other 96 cents gets consumed explains why the airline business remains, as Warren Buffett put it, "the worst sort of business … one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money." Here is how a single dollar of airline revenue gets

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A woman is suing Delta Air Lines after a series of flight disruptions prevented her from reaching her critically ill father in time to...

Flying can be a hassle even under the best of circumstances. When trips are marred by delays, cancellations and mishandled luggage, air...

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Delta Air Lines, which cut its first quarter guidance this week, said that it will reduce its summer capacity. United Air Lines,...

Earlier this month, Delta Air Lines rewarded employees with a whopping $1.4 billion bonus, as part of its annual profit-sharing scheme....

Passengers have described their amazement after most of them escaped unscathed from a plane that crash landed in Toronto on Monday...

All 80 people on the flight survived the accident One child was among the 18 people transported to area hospitals with injuries after a...

Delta Air Lines distributes annual profit sharing on Valentine’s Day, literally showing the love . Today’s amount going to employees is...

Delta Air Lines has been named the Wall Street Journal's top U.S. airline for the fourth year in a row. The Atlanta-based airline scored...

A poll by US Transport News has found that more than two-thirds of US flight attendants believe that union leaders are out of touch with...

Cybersecurity software company CrowdStrike is firing back at Delta Air Lines Cybersecurity software company CrowdStrike is disputing...

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The world is flying again, reports Bloomberg, as memories of Covid summers are receding for airlines—10.5 million flights are due to take...

Delta Air Lines took top customer satisfaction honors in two service tiers—first/business and premium economy—in the J.D. Power 2024...