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Delta: Paulding airport plan will fail
Plans to bring airline service to Paulding County’s tiny airport drew quick criticism Friday from two giant opponents: Delta Air Lines and the city of Atlanta. “With the city of Atlanta and Mayor (Kasim) Reed, we will work together to oppose any investment in that facility,” Delta chief executive Richard ...
Plan to expand airport in Paulding County
An effort is underway that would significantly expand operations at a small airport northwest of Atlanta with the goal of bringing in commercial airline service and a cluster of aviation-related businesses. Propeller Investments on Friday announced that it has entered into an agreement with Paulding County officials to develop Paulding ...
Man pleads guilty to slapping toddler on Delta flight
The man accused of slapping a toddler on a Delta Air Lines flight early this year pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday afternoon. Joe Rickey Hundley agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors in which he could serve up to six months in federal prison, instead of a maximum one-year ...
Delta: Sept passenger revenue rose 5.5 percent
Delta Air Lines Inc. said a key measure of revenue rose 5.5 percent in September as traffic rose. The gain in revenue for each seat flown one mile was due in part to strong results in U.S. flying and flights across the Atlantic. The gains would have been higher if ...
Airlines promise a return to civility, for a fee
Airlines are introducing a new bevy of fees, but this time passengers might actually like them. Unlike the first generation of charges which dinged fliers for once-free services like checking a bag, these new fees promise a taste of the good life, or at least a more civil flight. Extra ...
Atlanta airport aims to open barbershop
Hartsfield-Jackson International is seeking businesses interested in operating the world’s busiest airport’s first barbershop. The Atlanta airport had planned to open a Jakki Colours hair salon in the airport atrium several years ago, but the salon never opened. Now, Hartsfield-Jackson wants to open a 1,349-square-foot barbershop. A pre-proposal conference for ...
Delta-Virgin Atlantic deal gets final approval
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines on Monday received final approval for a deal with British carrier Virgin Atlantic Airways aimed at bolstering its competitive position in the crucial trans-Atlantic market for flights across the pond. The approval is the final piece needed for the full rollout of a partnership launched with ...
Delta-Virgin Atlantic deal gets final approval
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines on Monday received final approval for a deal with British carrier Virgin Atlantic, aimed at bolstering its competitive position in the crucial trans-Atlantic market. The approval is the final piece needed for the full rollout of a partnership launched with Delta’s purchase of a 49 percent ...
DOT approves Delta-Virgin Atlantic joint venture
Delta Air Lines Inc. says it can begin its joint venture with Virgin Atlantic now that they have antitrust immunity from the U.S. Transportation Department. The antitrust immunity announced on Monday means Delta and Virgin Atlantic can work together on scheduling flights, and share the profits. The airlines plan to ...
Delta jet diverted to Boston in concern over odor
Authorities say a Delta flight from Manchester, N.H., to Atlanta was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Boston over concern about an odor of fumes in the cabin. Flight 1941 left Manchester-Boston Regional Airport at about 7:15 a.m. Friday with 144 passengers and five crew members. Deputy Airport Director ...
Big-business leaders talk tax code at Mont. summit
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus said Monday that his effort to revamp the tax code helped attract some of the business world's biggest names to Montana for a jobs conference that touched on taxes, energy development and many other issues. Baucus opened the Montana Jobs Summit in Butte — an old ...
Airport to replace pay phones with free ones
The world’s busiest airport wants to set its pay phones free. Hartsfield-Jackson International officials plan to replace all pay phones with phones that allow free calls, with advertising providing the revenue. It’s a reflection of changing times: Cell phones have turned pay phones into relics from an earlier age. Many ...
Delta rejoins S&P 500 index
Delta Air Lines is rejoining Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index for the first time since 2005 when the carrier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move signals a return to financial stability for Atlanta’s dominant airline. Delta will be added to the S&P 500 after the close of trading ...
“Absolutely beautiful, the sheer monster size of it”
Airport workers stopped their tugs to watch. Catering employees came out to take a look. A child atop the Terminal South parking garage stood on a cooler for a better view. Dozens of adults pulled out their cameras and smartphones to capture a piece of history. And, yes, time stood ...
Atlanta celebrates A380 super-jumbo jet
The world’s biggest airliner is now serving the world’s busiest airport — and all it took was several years, $30 million and a gleam in Louis Miller’s eye to make it happen. Miller, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s general manager, on Friday celebrated the new A380 flights to Atlanta on Korean Air’s ...
Delta to give pay raises in 2014
Delta Air Lines is giving pay raises to most of its nearly 80,000 employees next year after reporting record quarterly profits earlier this year.Atlanta-based Delta said it will give customer-facing employees raises of up to 3 percent effective April 1, following previous rounds of pay increases. Meanwhile, other employees will ...
Delta orders 40 Airbus jets
Delta Air Lines has ordered 40 Airbus planes worth more than $5 billion based on list price, marking the airline’s first purchase from Airbus in more than 20 years. The order of 10 international wide-body A330-300s and 30 domestic narrow-body A321s will allow Atlanta-based Delta to renew its fleet with ...
How Georgia firms are helping to pay for Asia trade mission
Some of Georgia’s most powerful companies are helping to underwrite a 12-day trade mission launched this week by Gov. Nathan Deal, guaranteeing them exclusive access to leaders during the high-stakes trip.Coca-Cola Co., Aflac Inc. and Delta Air Lines are among the firms helping to defray travel costs or paying to ...
Your daily jolt: Ralph Hudgens demands 30-day delay in 'Obamacare' implementation
State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said Tuesday that health care policies that will be offered in Georgia through federally created insurance exchanges will include heavy increases – especially for young participants. He’s sent a a three-paragraph letter to Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...
Birds force Delta flight back to airport
A Delta Air Lines flight was forced to return to Atlanta’s airport after running into birds Friday afternoon. Flight 2206, destined for Norfolk, Va., landed without incident, and all 173 passengers were put on another plane, according to Delta spokesman Michael Thomas. Crew members “acted out of an abundance of ...
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