Delta Air Lines passengers can no longer browse through catalogs of quirky items like doggy porch potties and personalized sand name prints to pass the time during flights.
The Atlanta-based carrier has ended its partnership with SkyMall, and has become the largest creditor in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Phoenix-based SkyMall LLC. The bankruptcy filing Friday lists Delta as the No. 1 creditor holding a claim worth nearly $1.5 million.
SkyMall catalogs were pulled from Delta seatback pockets after the partnership ended in November 2014. The downfall of SkyMall comes amid a shift to more technology-based forms of entertainment. Travelers can now use in-flight Wi-Fi to e-mail and surf the Web, watch movies and TV or listen to music on their own devices or on seat-back screens.
Delta also last fall pulled duty-free catalogs from international flights, after the end of its partnership with its duty-free provider.
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