Delta taps $1B credit line to smooth Northwest merger

Delta Air Lines Inc., the third-largest U.S. carrier, said it has drawn on a $1 billion revolving credit line to boost its cash holdings as it prepares to acquire Northwest Airlines Corp.

Delta-Northwest pilots approve joint contract

Pilots for Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. Monday approved a joint contract, helping to pave the way toward the airlines' planned merger, the carriers said.

Mesa Air fighting Delta on loss of contract

Mesa Air Group is due to lose another chunk of commuter-flight business from Delta Airlines, a move Delta blamed on the airline's poor performance.

Delta cancels Freedom CRJ-900 Delta Connection agreement

PHOENIX, AZ (August 5, 2008) - Mesa Air Group Inc.

Delta Air doubles fee for second checked bag to $50

NEW YORK - Delta Air Lines on Tuesday doubled the fee to check a second bag for domestic flights to $50 from $25 to help offset record fuel prices.

Machinists to defend airline pensions at merger hearing

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers' (IAM) general vice president Robert Roach, Jr.

Trial set in suit to block Delta-Northwest deal

ATLANTA - A federal judge has set a trial date for a lawsuit by a group of airline passengers that seeks to block Delta Air Lines Inc. from acquiring Northwest Airlines Corp.

Fuel surcharges hit Delta's frequent flier program

Delta informed their beloved frequent fliers yesterday that effective August 15, all flights booked with SkyMiles will carry up to a $50 fuel surcharge.

Delta rebates will address baggage fees

Delta Air Lines Inc. is offering rebates on its $25 second-checked-bag fee to some customers after receiving comments about how the fee was implemented.

Delta to terminate Pinnacle's Delta Connection contract

Delta will tear up its Delta Connection contract with Pinnacle Airlines Inc. on July 31, a move which Memphis, Tenn.-based Pinnacle is planning to fight.

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc. claims Pinnacle did not meet minimum arrival-time performance requirements for a period since flights began late last year.

Lawyer sues Delta for ruining family vacation

NEW YORK - A New York lawyer is suing Delta Air Lines for $1 million, saying his family vacation turned into a nightmare after they were stranded in an airport for days and treated disdainfully by airline employees.

PayPal adds Delta Air Lines to list of merchants

PayPal has added Delta Air Lines to its long list of merchants that accept PayPal payments for online sales. Customers booking travel at delta.com now have the option to use their secure PayPal accounts when purchasing new airline tickets.

Airline cuts some perks

Hemmed in by surging fuel costs, Delta Air Lines Inc. is cutting back on perks offered to passengers even before they step onto the plane.

The airline is closing nine of its 42 members-only airport lounges, including one at Boston's Logan International Airport.

Delta and Northwest try to reassure Congress on merger

WASHINGTON - The chief executives of Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corp sought to reassure Congress on Thursday that their planned merger would not hurt service, cut jobs, or blunt competition.

US Justice Deparment to look at airline merger

The proposed merger of Northwest and Delta Airlines is to be examined by the US Justice Department to gauge the likely effects on competition.

The department declined to indicate any sort of time frame for its investigation.

The two airlines announced details of their proposed tie-up on Monday. The merger, if it goes ahead, will ... read more

Delta raising fees for phone bookings

ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines is imposing new or higher fees on a host of travelers, including frequent fliers, passengers traveling with pets and people booking their tickets over the phone.

Delta, American cancel more flights

Delta Air Lines and American Airlines canceled hundreds more flights today as they continued to inspect wiring on their MD-80 aircraft, and US Airways said it would begin inspecting its fleet of 757 jets.

Delta's red-headed flight attendant a hit on YouTube in airline's safety video

ATLANTA — Before YouTube, redheaded, blue-eyed, high-cheekboned Katherine Lee was just another beautiful flight attendant who worked for the nation's third-largest airline.

Delta pilots nix arbitration overture

ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Inc.'s pilots union rejected Wednesday the idea of submitting to arbitration with its counterpart at Northwest Airlines Corp. to break their impasse over integrating seniority lists as part of a possible combination of the carriers.

"In short, there will be no binding arbitration," Lee Moak, head of Delta's ... read more

Airlines still trying to land merger deal

Pilots at Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines apparently haven't given up hope for a solution that would reopen merger talks stalled by differences over how to fuse their union seniority lists under a combined carrier.