Delta Air Lines

continuous attempts at market strategy and low-fare subsidiaries. Delta had a bankruptcy scare in 2005 and made a filing with the U.S. bankruptcy court for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The plan for Delta was to continue with its normal operations while simultaneously undergoing corporate restructuring. At the time, Delta had approximately $20.5 billion in debt, mainly as a result of record-breaking fuel prices and high labor costs (“Delta Air Lines - Plan of Reorganization"). Refer to

MBAA 642 | INDEPNDENCE AIR | ASSIGNMENT 9 - AIRLINE CASE STUDY | | Alois Nyandoro | 3/14/2013 | Dr. Bruce Ellis | A brief history Independence Air started as Atlantic Coast Airline (ACA) on 15 December 1989. It operated as a feeder service as United Express for United Airlines and Delta Connection for Delta Airlines. United withdrew from the contract after ACA labor and management objected to a request for concessions for a lower fee-for-departure agreement. Consequently, ACA reinvented

Learning Team A will explain how Delta Air Lines (Delta) has been affected by the economy, giving details about the positive and negative externalities as well as the shifts in price in elasticity of supply and demand. We will discuss how quantity demanded and quantity supplied has changed due to price changes and technology innovations. We will discuss how government regulations create surplus or shortage of airline flights. Supply and Demand Analysis Delta is the one of the major airlines

Delta 's Operation Clockwork Transforming the fundamentals of an airline Lucio Petroccione Jr. - Principal Transportation & Logistics Practice Decision Strategies, Inc. Lpetroccione@decisionstrategies.com 404.918.7937 May 07, 2007 About the author Lucio Petroccione Jr. is a seasoned airline executive with over twenty years of industry experience. His career includes executive positions with Pan Am World Airways and Delta Air Lines. Lucio has had extensive experience in the critical

stragergy and management of Delta Airlines, along with an industry analysis of the airline industry. The report uses current and past financial and statistical data for the company along with other up to date material to determine Delta's current market position and future potential. The report finds that Delta Airlines has successfully emerged from its bankruptcy in 2005 to report successful returns in both 2007 and 2008. With its 2008 acquisition of Northwest Airlines Delta became the world's largest

Southwest and Delta airlines has the least average delay for flights under 500 miles? I chose less than 500 miles due to the notion that it is harder to make up delay time on shorter flights. My hypothesis is that both carriers will have a similar average in delay time. Although, my alternate hypothesis is that Delta delays are less than Southwest, because Delta Airlines is a pricier option with more amenities than Southwest Airlines. I am going to use a significance level of 0.05 as this lines up with

Through similar mergers in the 1980s and 1990s, Delta extended its reach into trans-continental and international markets (Rivkin 7-8). According to its stated position today, “Delta Air Lines serves more than 160 million customers each year. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 356 destinations in 65 countries on six continents.” (Delta.com). The result of this

The process for how businesses promote their brands, entertain their customers, communicate with their employees and complete business transactions has transformed through the years as technology has improved. Tablets are not only being accessed for personal use now, but they can also play an important role in the way a business is run, welcomes their customers, entertains their guests, and accounts for customers. Tablets can be found being used as interactive menus in restaurants and bars, concierge

History: Delta Airlines was founded in Macon, Georgia, with the name of Huff Daland Dusters, which was a crop-dusting operation in the 1920s. Delta Airlines was the first commercial flying company in existence. Delta Airline has had many names over the years, but became “Delta Airlines, Inc,” in the 1940s after going to war. They had many first beginnings, to name more of those first beginnings: visual inspection with a portable x-ray machine, bring passengers to a hub airport, launch the Douglas

passenger-kilometers flown. In the late 1920s, Boeing Airplane Company and Pratt & Whitney joined forces to form United Aircraft And Transportation Corporation. The main purpose of the creation of this company was to transport mail to various cities by air. Around July 1, 1931, the United Airlines holding company established an operating division and the company itself established United Airlines, Inc., in Chicago, Illinois. On April 16, 2010, United Airlines merged with Continental Airlines. Both company