Delta Air Lines

Even though it’s still against Federal law to travel to Cuba for tourism, JetBlue became the first commercial flight in 50 years to fly into Havana on August 31, 2016. Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines are approved to deliver passenger flights into Havana. Flights to Havana will only depart from Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, New York City, Orlando and Tampa. The only way travelers qualify to fly to

for large carriers. Threat of Substitutes: Low There are several substitutes to air travel, but over long distances and flying between continents, there are no real substitutes that can bring humans face to face with speed. The decision to use automobiles or trains is influenced by time, money, personal preference and convenience. Video conferencing takes away the one on one human contact and socialization that air travel allows you to reach. JetBlue – Discount Carrier In the six years since its

advantage by giving customers unbelievably low fares at an irresistible price. Company Background In 1967, Air Southwest was incorporated by Rolling King and Herb Kelleher. There was only $500,000 in the bank and their intentions were to only fly in Texas. After battling legal issues, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of Air Southwest. In 1971, Lamar Muse became president of Air Southwest and changed the name to Southwest Airlines. It was not until June 1971 that Southwest began its service

To accomplish this, Great Lakes Airlines relies heavily on the EAS program. After deregulation, the EAS was established so that the small, rural areas that had reaped the benefits of air service prior to 1978 would continue to do so. Because these small routes are not profitable for airlines to provide service to, they are heavily subsidized by the government. Since 2001, the percentage of revenue from the EAS program (as a percentage

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  Stagflation in US economy threatens outlook for the airline industry profitability. US airlines forecasting Q108 losses citing high fuel costs and a potential economic slowdown.  Other regions of the world will expand such as Asia, Middle East and Latin America.  Slowdown has already affected some US small-mid cap carriers with the recent onslaught of bankruptcies.  US majors are better armed to combating the effects of the sharp increase in jet fuel. Cost reduction

Delta Airlines: Past Present and Future Delta Airlines have transformed over the decades. They started out as a crop dusting company, blossomed into an airline company, fought litigations, went bankrupt, then resurrected it and merged with Northwest Airlines to become one of the biggest airline companies in the world. Their aircraft, operations, and cities and countries that they service have transformed and blossomed as well. In 1924, Huff Daland Dusters, Incorporated as a crop dusting company

to the region. As such, air travel demand is higher than before and western based airlines like United, Delta and American continue to compete to enter these markets or even close to it. It is without a doubt that gaining at least one landing spot anywhere in the Asian market can significantly improve the route structure for airlines and profit. This paper will seek to explore the drivers of entry modes as it relates to the aviation industry. It will look at Delta Air Lines and how such a company

Commercial airlines has been providing a vital service to our society for many years now. For example, a trip which would take three days by car would take only three hour by plane. Society very much appreciate the convenient commercial airline offer. The United States Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that 815.3 million scheduled customers traveled on United States airlines serving the United States in 2012 (Smallen, 2013). More people in our society

SWOT analysis of Delta Airlines Vaughn College of Aeronautics Georgi Teofilov December 15th 2012 Introduction Having been founded on May 30th 1924 Delta airlines is one of the only 4 legacy carriers still left in the aviation industry since the 1978 airline deregulation act. It is a major United States airline and its headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. Delta airlines operates 5,000 flights every day of which are both domestic and international. Delta airlines hub is located

Case In the case study changing Dynamics of the U.S. Airline industry were discuss and dealt with. Between 2001 and 2005, Delta Airlines, the third largest U.S. Airline, lost $10 billion. Delta wanted to increase its liquidity so they decided to sell its subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines to Sky West Airline for $425 million in August 2005. Analysts believed that Delta was on the merge of bankruptcy. The Civil Aeronautics Board 9cab) imposed major restriction on marketing entry and market access