LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lorde sang at a small concert days before her big night at the Grammys and reminded the crowd to tune in to her performance Sunday night.
The 17-year-old New Zealander performed for a tightly packed crowd Thursday at the Soho House in Los Angeles.
She thanked them for watching and said she hopes they’ll be watching Sunday.
Lorde kicked off the show with “Gone and Glory” and later played the downbeat anthem “Royals,” which is nominated for song and record of the year.
The No. 1 hit is also up for best pop solo performance, and Lorde’s debut, “Pure Heroine,” will compete for pop vocal album.
Cuba Gooding Jr., “The Big Bang Theory” actress Kaley Cuoco, Lance Bass and “X Factor” winners Alex Sierra attended the concert for Delta Airlines.
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Northland Technical College in Thief River Falls added to their aircraft fleet Thursday. Delta Airlines donated a DC-9 to the school’s aviation program.
This donation is one of many that Northland has taken in over the years. In fact, a majority of the school’s fleet is made up of these types of donations.
The new addition landed at the Thief River Falls Regional airport Thursday afternoon. The plane will go to the school’s aviation maintenance technology program. No other school in the state has such a program and there aren’t many left in the country. It took the school, with the help of Senator Amy Klobuchar 2 years to get Delta to donate the plane.
James Retka, Dean Of Career And Technical Education said, “Aircraft like this are very expensive and a small college like ours simply wouldn’t have the resources to acquire this state of the art technology that’s so valuable to our college program.”
The school is already looking for more donations to add to their UAS classes.
This weekend, Los Angeles will be brimming over with the hottest names in the music industry and last night (January 23) Delta Airlines hosted an exclusive 56th Annual Grammy Awards Reception in West Hollywood.
“So Yesterday” singer Hilary Duff made her first major event appearance since splitting from husband Mike Comrie, and it looks like the single life is doing her well.
Enjoy the pictures from the Delta Airlines Grammy Weekend celebration with a private performance by Lorde (January 23).
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Delta Airlines is reporting better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as fares and traffic rose.
Delta’s yield – a key measure of what each passenger pays to fly one mile – rose 4 percent.
Not counting a non-cash adjustment for taxes, Delta earned $558 million, or 63 cents per share. Revenue rose 6 percent to $9.08 billion. Both were better than analysts expected, with one-time items excluded on profit.
Delta’s net income was $8.48 billion because of a one-time, $8 billion accounting benefit related to taxes.
A year earlier, Delta earned $7 million, or a penny per share, after Superstorm Sandy hurt profits.
Delta Air Lines Inc. expects to boost the amount of flying it does by 2 percent to 3 percent during the current quarter. Capacity rose just 1 percent last year.
) is due to issue its quarterly earnings report in the upcoming
extended-hours session. Given its history, traders can expect light
trading in the issue immediately following its quarterly earnings
announcement. Historical earnings event related premarket and
after-hours trading activity in DAL indicates that the price change
in the extended hours is likely to be of limited value in
forecasting additional price movement by the following regular
session close.
Last 12 Qtrs Positive Only Price Reactions
Percent of time added to extended-hours gains: 100%
Average next regular session additional gain: 3%
Over the prior three fiscal years (12 quarters), when shares of
DAL rose in the extended-hours session in reaction to its earnings
announcement, history shows that 100.0% of the time (4 events) the
stock posted additional gains in the following regular session by
an average of 3.0%.
Last 12 Qtrs Negative Only Price Reactions
Percent of time added to extended-hours losses: 50%
Average next regular session additional loss: 2.5%
Over that same historical period, when shares of DAL dropped in
the extended-hours in reaction to its earnings announcement,
history shows that 50.0% of the time (2 events) the stock dropped
further, adding to the extended-hours losses by an average of 2.5%
by the following regular session close.
Data provided by the MT Pro service at MTNewswires.com.
Airlines are scrapping U.S. flights again today, pushing the total past 9,000 in four days, as they struggle to rebuild schedules after fresh Midwest snow added to disruptions from last week’s Northeast storm.
Canceled departures and arrivals topped 1,500 at Chicago’s major airports, O’Hare International and Midway International, the city’s aviation department said yesterday. Snowfall in the area was forecast to be as deep as 10 inches (25 centimeters), the National Weather Service said on its website.
The foul weather came as the first full work week of the new year got under way and the holiday travel season drew to a close. Chicago-based United Airlines (UAL) and New York-based JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) were among the carriers trying to rebook fliers who missed connections or who found themselves stranded as their trips were scrubbed.
“We are working hard to reset the operation and get people where they’re going, but it will take days, not hours,” JetBlue said in an advisory on its website.
Cancellations for today already totaled almost 1,400 by late yesterday, according to Houston-based FlightAware. Airlines scrubbed more than 3,100 flights yesterday and had delays on about 7,000 more, according to FlightAware, whose tallies include all trips, not just those affected by weather.
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United, a unit of United Continental Holdings Inc., and its commuter partners were among the hardest hit by cancellations, FlightAware data showed. United warned fliers of possible delays in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Denver, Minneapolis and Charlotte, North Carolina. All those cities are home to hub airports for major U.S. airlines.
Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV), the busiest carrier at Midway, had more than half of yesterday’s flights across its system canceled or late, according to FlightAware. JetBlue said last week’s storm, planes filled by holiday travelers and pilot-scheduling rules “combined to significantly impact our operations.”
“We have few options available, further hindered by incoming weather (icing conditions) in the Northeast,” the airline said on its website.
The coldest temperatures in almost two decades are moving into the northern and central U.S. behind an arctic cold front, with “life-threatening” wind chill values as low as 60 degrees below zero, the National Weather Service said.
The front followed a fast-moving winter storm that brought 14.6 inches of snow to Boston’s Logan International Airport on Jan. 3 and 6 inches to Manhattan’s Central Park. At least 11 people died in the inclement weather, most in traffic accidents blamed on slick roads, according to the Associated Press.
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Electricity, Gas
Spot wholesale electricity prices jumped from the Midwest to the Northeast on Jan. 3 as low temperatures and heavy snow lifted demand. Natural gas futures rose on the outlook for plunging temperatures.
New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport halted flight operations for two hours yesterday after a regional jet being operated for Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) with 35 passengers on board skidded into a snowbank.
Flight 4100 from Toronto slid into the bank while turning onto a taxiway after landing safely, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in an e-mailed statement. No injuries were reported and the plane was towed from the airfield, the agency said.
ATLANTA – Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport is now home to the first expedited security screening system in the Southeast.
Airport officials, the Transportation Security Administration and Delta Airlines officials opened the expedited screening program Wednesday.
Airport officials say the program will allow participants to wear their shoes and light outerwear during the security screening process. Those who enrol in the program will also be allowed to keep laptops in their cases and leave travel sized liquids and gels in a bag inside their carry-on.
The program is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who complete a pre-enrolment process online and visit an application centre to provide basic biographical information. A five-year membership in the program costs $85.
Airport officials say the Atlanta system is one of six being launched nationwide.
Organizations:
Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, Transportation Security Administration, Delta Airlines
Last month, Delta Airlines (DAL) accidentally posted prices of $20 to $90 for a variety of round-trip flights that otherwise cost hundreds of dollars. A New York to LA flight that normally sells for over $400 was priced at just $47, for example. A few lucky buyers got a huge bargain as Delta agreed to honor the mistakenly priced tickets. In September United (UAL) had a similar issue and the same kinds of glitches regularly show up on other airline sites as well as any of the myriad of Internet retailers that use automated pricing software.
There are web sites that monitor airfares and you can set alerts on routes you’re interested in. You have to jump VERY quickly as the fares disappear quickly. One good one is Airfare Watchdog.
An even better but harder to monitor place to find mistake fares is in discussion forums. For example, the flyertalk web site has a discussion forum dedicated to people who rack up huge amounts of frequent flyer miles. Members there look for cheap flights to qualify for the next rewards level and often post mistake fares.
On Twitter @theflightdea is just one of many accounts devoted to posting super low airfare prices.
It’s not just airlines that make mistakes. You can find weird prices on all sorts of items. Some sites are devoted to finding both purposeful and accidental bargains like slickdeals.com. Again, searching the forums may provide the earliest tip off. People often post with “Possible PM” in their subject line (aka possible price mistake). Other sites with forums are Fat Wallet and Deal News.
There is some debate about the morality of buying and using mistake fares. Airlines don’t make huge profits and money lost on mistake fares may simply force higher fares overall. And some consider it stealing. So go ahead and burn the midnight oil searching for those mistaken fares — but you may hate yourself the next morning.
Delta, Alaska Air Group, Southwest and United all report earnings next week.
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A Delta Connection flight attendant has been arrested at Kentucky’s Blue Grass Airport and charged with being under the influence while serving as a crew member on a flight.
Bray plead not guilty to the charge in Fayette County Court Wednesday.
Police told ABC affiliate WKYT her blood-alcohol was three times the legal limit.
According to court documents obtained by WKYT, Delta Airlines called for medical assistance for a report of a sick person at the airport on Tuesday. It’s not clear whether the sick person was Bray, but the officer who responded suspected Bray was under the influence of alcohol. At the request of a Delta manager, the officer performed a breathalyzer test.
Bray was taken to the Fayette County Detention Center. While in booking, officers found prescription narcotics throughout Bray’s property that were not in the original container.
Delta Airlines did not respond to ABC News’ request for comment.
Update: Delta Airlines sent the following statement to ABC News:
“Delta is aware of reports of the arrest of a Chautauqua Airlines flight attendant for alleged public intoxication prior to the departure of Delta Connection flight 6095 from Lexington to Detroit late Tuesday afternoon. Delta will support any investigation by law enforcement in concert with Republic Airways Holdings, parent company of Chautauqua. Delta expects consummate professionalism from all parties who are entrusted with the care of transport of our customers, no matter which carrier may be operating their flight. ”
I can board at JFK and within hours be at a villa by the sea or some beautiful location in Spain sipping my chilled glass of vino.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 16, 2014
El Sol Villas – Conde Nast Award winning Villa Rental Specialist and the leader in luxury villa bookings for Spain – announced that for the next 2 months of 2014 they will be featuring, on their website, all of their holiday villas in the Costa del Sol and Andalucia regions of Spain to coincide with Delta Airlines’ confirmation of its seasonal JFK-Malaga nonstop services commencing this June.
El Sol Villas offers a wealth of properties to anyone considering a vacation in Spain in 2014, however with Delta’s confirmation of its successful service it becomes child’s play to board in the USA and arrive fresh in Malaga ready for arrival at your dream destination within hours. No connections or hassles. Perfect for families or large groups of friends looking for the atmosphere and flavor of another country while minimizing the travel time.
“Delta’s announcement just makes Spain so accessible and attractive to our US clients,” said Mary Vaira, CEO of El Sol Villas. “This way, I can board at JFK and within hours be at a villa by the sea or some beautiful location in Spain sipping my chilled glass of vino.”
El Sol features a number of luxury villas throughout the Costa del Sol and Andalucia. Our villas accommodate small and larger groups of up to 24 people. This area has the best golf on the continent including the famous Valderrama, home of the Ryder cup in 1997. Additionally the Costa del Sol, an international resort area, is protected on its northern side by the coastal mountains and enjoys an idyllic microclimate.
About El Sol Villas
El Sol Villas is a woman owned and operated company located in Wayne, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. El Sol has been the recommended villa agent for Spain by Conde Nast Travel Magazine for the last eight years running.
