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Delta Air Lines dances the "merengue" as it launches new service on June 1 2004 from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. To celebrate its first entry into the Caribbean nation, Delta is offering double miles to SkyMiles customers who purchase and fly qualifying segments on Delta-operated flights from JFK to Santo Domingo between June 1 and Aug. 31, 2004. Delta will operate two nonstop flights daily between JFK and Santo Domingo using Boeing 757-200 aircraft, with the capacity to carry up to 183 passengers in a two-class configuration.
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In 1984, the company established the Delta Connection partnership linking local "feeder" airlines that served mid-size population areas to Delta nodes. The same year, Delta began its first flight to Hawaii (Honolulu International Airport) with L-1011 aircraft. Also in 1984, Delta began to offer the nation's first public air-to-ground telephone system with Airfone, on the L-1011. Delta was named 'Official Airline of Walt Disney World' in 1986, and their official ride in the Magic Kingdom was Delta Dreamflight, and was discontinued in the late 1990s when Delta's partnership with Walt Disney World ended.
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About 70 Delta Airlines flights and 12 AirTran flights have been canceled at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport this morning. Officials say more cancelations are possible at airports farther north because the storm is moving up the East Coast.
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In 1991, as one of the conditions for Delta's financial support of Pan Am, Delta had the rights to use the Pan Am name on flights across the Atlantic. Delta obtained all of Pan Am's remaining transatlantic rights, except Miami to Paris and London, in November, 1991, including the route from Detroit to London, despite Northwest Airlines' objections. It was an unusual route for Delta given its small presence in Detroit, and Northwest's correspondingly larger operations.[14] Northwest later attempted to buy US Air's (now US Airways) Baltimore-London route for $5 million and transfer the route to Detroit[15] but ended up buying the route from Delta in 1995[16] for a rumored $32 million. The naming right was never exercised even though the Pan Am name was a much more widely recognized name in Europe than Delta. Within weeks after the route and asset transfers were complete, Delta ended its financial support, leading to Pan Am ceasing operations on December 4, 1991.[17]
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Delta Air Lines Inc. said overseas travel drove traffic and capacity gains in September. Occupancy reached a record for the month, the Associated Press reported from Atlanta. The airline's traffic rose 7.8 percent to 9.79 billion revenue passenger miles, from 9.08 billion during the year-ago period. A 14.1-percent surge in international traffic and 4.7-percent growth in domestic movement contributed to the result. "Overall occupancy rose to a record 77.6 percent of seats filled in September from 74.6 percent last year—driven by mainline, domestic, and Latin America gains," the report said. Pacific flights were the only category in decline.
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A guy was kicked off a Delta Airlines flight by a stewardess for wearing a profane t-shirt. The guy posted an entry on his blog about the event and is now working on a draft letter to Delta to get the flight attendent reprimanded or fired. It is quite aggrevating to read the story and it really makes you wonder about free speech and censorship. The comments on his blog that follow the post are ... very thought provoking. As many pointed out, the t-shirt may have been inappropriate but censorship in the name of religion is a whole different issue.
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