MAZATLAN, Mexico, July 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — From December 2013 to April 2014, Delta Airlines will operate four non-stop flights per week to Mazatlan, Mexico, from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Minnesota. This is a 237 percent increase in the total number of Delta flights to General Rafael Buelna International Airport compared to the 2012-2013 Winter season, as well as a 129 percent increase in the duration of service. Flights will resume on Friday, December 20, 2013.

“Delta Airlines’ four weekly flights from Minneapolis will make Mazatlan more accessible to the Midwest than ever before,” said Carlos Berdegue, Vice President of the Mazatlan Hotel Association and President CEO of El Cid Resorts. “We are poised to have our best summer season ever, and look forward to welcoming additional US travelers to our sunny ‘colonial city on the beach’ this winter.”

During Winter 2012-2013, Delta Airlines operated three direct flights per week to Mazatlan from Minneapolis. This year’s extended service will increase the total number of seats to Mazatlan from 2,850 to 9,600 and will more than double the number of weeks of service from seven to 16.

In May, the Mazatlan Hotel Association announced that Sun Country airlines will also resume non-stop service to Mazatlan from Minneapolis in December, with weekly flights starting  Saturday, December 21, 2013, and twice weekly flights on Saturdays and Tuesdays starting on January 11, 2014. Each Sun Country plane will have the capacity to carry 162 passengers.

To learn more about visiting Mazatlan, please visit http://www.gomazatlan.com.

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Evangelist Annette Edwards Balkcom, 71, of Florida City, Fla., widow of the Rev. John T. Balkcom, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at 8:21 p.m.

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June 26, 2013

WASHINGTON D.C–(WENY-TV)– Delta Airlines has been fined 750,000 dollars by the government for violating travelers rights when it comes to overbooked flights. The National transportation department says that delta would bump customers from overbooked flights without offering any compensation or asking for volunteers before they started the bumping process.
     Airlines frequently overbook flights but are supposed to ask for volunteers before they start bumping customers, and if they have to bump customers, those fliers need to be offered compensation such as hotel room, or flight vouchers.

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A big boost for kids in our area. Delta Airlines came to Rochester to present a donation geared at helping to support youth sports programs.

The $25,000 donation will go toward the Y’s “Love 15” Summer Tennis Program as well as the Y’s summer basketball, soccer and swimming programs.

Company officials say it is all part of Delta’s mission to stay involved in the communities it operates in.

Gail Grimmett, Senior VP of NY, Delta Airlines, said, “We always say we don’t just want to serve the community. We want to be a part of the community and we’ve partnered with the YMCA here in Rochester for a couple years now and we continue to find programs that help them, not just stay active in the summer, but learn life lessons that they can take with them all year round.”

Delta employees from the Rochester Int’l Airport were on hand for the check presentation and they even got to hit the tennis courts with some of the Y’s “Love 15” participants.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 14 (UPI) — No one was injured when chartered Delta Airlines jetliner skidded off the runway at Jacksonville (Fla.) Naval Air Station, military officials said.

The Boeing 737 skidded into the mud after it left the runway at about 5 p.m. Saturday, The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union reported Sunday.

Whether the aircraft was in the process of landing or taxiing was not reported. The plane had arrived from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

None of the 167 passengers on board were injured and the accident didn’t damage Navy property, said Miriam Gallet, a base public affairs officer.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident, the newspaper reported.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Military officials say a chartered Delta Airlines jet headed to Norfolk skidded off the runway at Jacksonville Naval Air Station during stormy weather.

The 167 passengers aboard Delta charter flight 8957 were coming from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba when the Boeing 737 ran into mud after leaving the runway Saturday night.

Base public affairs officer Miriam Gallet said no one was injured and the incident is under review.

A Delta Airlines spokesperson told WAVY.com passengers who were headed to Norfolk were transported to Jacksonville International Airport to be accommodated on another aircraft.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — 

A chartered Delta Airlines jet traveling from the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba to Florida ran off the runway at Jacksonville Naval Air Station during stormy weather on Saturday night, military officials said.

The Boeing 737 was carrying 167 passengers from GTMO when it ran into mud after leaving the runway.

No one was injured and the incident is under review, said base public affairs officer Miriam Gallet.

The Florida Times-Union reports that Delta was arranging a flight through Jacksonville International Airport to carry passengers headed to Norfolk, Virginia.

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Mariano Rivera received another parting gift during his retirement tour on Friday, but this one didn’t come from an MLB team, it came from Delta Airlines.

That’s right, the airline dedicated a 757 plane to Mo, placing his number and signature near the cockpit of the plane.

Delta unveils special 757 sendoff plane commemorating the career of Mariano Rivera pic.twitter.com/m6mnMDbATM

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 12, 2013

Rivera’s retirement tour has been special, but this gift from Delta is something else.

There were some great shots of Mo receiving his gift.

Another shot of the Delta “Mariano Rivera” 757, dedicated this morning at JFK pic.twitter.com/4bLMa4U8mE

— Erik Boland (@eboland11) July 12, 2013

He also threw out a ceremonial “last pitch” to New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi (although he still has the second half of the season to play).

So proud to dedicate one of our planes to @MarianoRivera from the @Yankees, congrats on a great career! pic.twitter.com/AYLEYOkz2z

— Delta (@Delta) July 12, 2013

What’s more, Mo even got to go into the cockpit! How cool is that?

Mariano Rivera #42 pic.twitter.com/L9fu08aLxS

— ✨Yaribel凸^-^凸 (@Yaribel17) July 13, 2013

Rivera’s retirement tour isn’t over just yet, but I think we can safely say this latest gift from Delta will be the best he receives.

New York Mets fans won’t be too happy, though. Twitter took a few shots at Mets fans after Mo received his parting gift.

Delta dedicates 757 aircraft to Mariano Rivera. In-flight Mets fans everywhere immediately reach for their airsickness bags.

— ESPN The Magazine (@ESPNMag) July 12, 2013

Delta honored Mariano Rivera with a commemorative plane. Don’t worry, Mets fans: Delta will honor Frank Francisco with a plane soon enough.…

— Brian Cheung (@brianspeaksnow) July 12, 2013

Delta may have given Mariano the best gift of his tour, but the best gift from an MLB team is still up for grabs.

The Minnesota Twins have the lead in that category, as manager Ron Gardenhire and company gave Mo what is now known as The Chair of Broken Dreams.

The Twins decided to give Mo a rocking chair made out of broken bats, symbolizing both how much he has dominated the Twins and the fact that he’ll need a rocking chair in his retirement.

Perfect.

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Mo’s retirement tour has been a lengthy, fairytale ending for the best closer in MLB history.

Some of the top parting gifts from the tour have been throwing out the first pitch against the Mets, a plaque of him pitching against the Detroit Tigers, a customized surfboard from the Oakland Athletics and more.

Delta’s gift may have been the best so far, but the biggest, most emotional farewell is yet to come: Yankee Stadium.

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