MILWAUKEE (WITI) — A woman from Delta Airlines loves, we mean absolutely loves, Pierce Brosnan — and gave him a message. Gino Salomone brought that video message to him — and you’ll want to see his reaction.
Oxygen To Go, LLC, was recognized by Delta Airlines and its Advisory Board on Disability for “significant contributions, providing an environment where people with and without disabilities can learn to provide accessible service to all passengers.” Medical Director Dr. Brent Blue and Director of Operations David Hughes accepted the award at the annual meeting of the Board in Detroit on August 8th, 2014 from Delta Airlines Disability Program Manager David Martin.
“We are very proud to provide oxygen services to Delta passengers making airline travel accessible to oxygen requiring passengers” said Dr. Blue. “Oxygen patients should not be restricted in their activities due to their oxygen requirements and facilitating their freedom of movement is exciting for us.”
Blue also credited Mr. Hughes and his team at Oxygen To Go for their tremendous efforts for oxygen patients.
Oxygen To Go (OTG) has been Delta Airlines’ exclusive oxygen provider for almost four years and provides all pre board medical clearance for oxygen requiring passengers. Based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, OTG provides oxygen services worldwide for passengers traveling on all airlines, cruise ships, trains, and automobiles.
About Oxygen To Go, LLC—Oxygen To Go was founded in 2005 to provide travel oxygen services and clearance for oxygen dependent passengers utilizing portable oxygen concentrators. OTG is based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming service clients worldwide.
About Delta Airlines–Delta Air Lines serves nearly 165 million customers each year. This year, Delta was named the 2014 Airline of the Year by Air Transport World magazine and was named to FORTUNE magazine’s 50 Most Admired Companies, in addition to being named the most admired airline for the third time in four years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 334 destinations in 64 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft.
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…Offered option of refuelling of planes
Ghana’s security apparatus and an official of government have prevented America’s Delta Airlines from using the country’s airport for an evacuation exercise in Liberia deemed to be detrimental to the safety of Ghanaians in the wake of an Ebola scare.
America is evacuating its citizens from Liberia because of the outbreak of the Ebola virus.
As part of the evacuation plan, Delta Airlines was engaged to airlift the U.S. citizens and it was decided that they should be brought to Ghana before going to the U.S.
However, the Ghanaian security apparatus and a government official, who does not want to be named, scuttled the move.
“Delta Airlines was fully made aware that Ghana would not allow such an idea to be carried out.
“In fact, Delta Airline was told in plain language that the role Ghana will play will be to allow the airline to refuel in Accra, but not to disembark passengers”, the official said.
Even with that, there were strong deliberations as to whether the airline could do so at Senegal, which is closer to Liberia as compared to Ghana.
As at press time on Sunday, all attempts to reach officials of Delta Airlines and the American Embassy for a response proved futile.
There were speculations earlier that Ghana had banned all flights from Nigeria and other Ebola struck countries.
“Ghana has never banned any flight from Nigeria”, an official government response clarified, adding:
“The only restriction placed on an airline is the prevention of Delta Airline from bringing the American citizens in Liberia to Ghana.
“The decision was in the best interest of Ghana because of the high incidence of the Ebola virus in Liberia”.
Delta Airlines was to undertake the evacuation without any contingency plan, a situation the Ghanaian security apparatus found awkward.
GhanaWeb cannot independently confirm this story, but will publish responses from sides mentioned in the article for our cherished readers
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A Delta Airlines flight landed safely at Orlando International Airport on Friday afternoon after crew reported a smoky smell in the plane’s cockpit, an airport official confirmed.
The Boeing 757, carrying 231 people, was bound for Orlando from Atlanta, airport spokesman Rod Johnson said. It landed without incident at the airport just before 5:30 p.m. and no injuries were reported, he said. There was no impact on airport operations, Johnson said.
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Delta Air Lines and Columbia Metropolitan Airport are celebrating the airline’s 80th Anniversary of service to Columbia on August 8, 2014. Delta first began serving Columbia passengers in August 1934 on a sevenpassenger Stinson Model T airplane which flew 100 mph.
The airline’s first passenger flight arrived in Columbia to complete Delta’s new trans-southern route which stretched from Dallas, Texas, to Charleston, S. C., with stops throughout Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. A roundtrip airfare from Columbia to Dallas was $87.39 in 1934.
In 1934, Delta records show the airline carried a total of 1,464 passengers over its entire system. For 2013, Delta boarded over 227,000 passengers in Columbia.
The anniversary will be celebrated with a reception in the main lobby on Friday, August 8 beginning at 10:30 am.
A funny thing happened to me this morning, while I was trying to book a round-trip flight from New York to Salt Lake City. After finding a low $324 fare, selecting my seats, entering my personal information, providing my credit card and hitting Submit, I got this message:
The fare quoted earlier of $324.30 has changed. The new fare for this itinerary is $383.20. To continue your purchase click Continue. Otherwise click Start Over to return to the Reservations input screen and select different dates and times. After accepting the fare change, you may need to re-select your seats.
Huh? This was like going into BestBuy, telling the salesman you want a $399 color TV, going to the cash register, handing over your credit card, and then having the cashier telling you that the new price of the TV was $499. No business in the world changes the price of a product after a customer has agreed to pay the quoted price.
Except, it turns out, the airline industry.
Right after this happened, I called Delta’s Media Relations team and reached Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines spokesperson Paul Skrbec. He explained that “airline fares change by the minute” and that many factors cause prices to change. He later sent me this statement:
“Airline fares can be affected by a variety of factors, including number of seats available within a particular fare class for people traveling on the same itinerary; the cost of providing the service; the cost of jet fuel; time and date of purchase; the route flown; and the fare class purchased. Delta offers a wide range of fares for leisure and business travelers, and our best fares are always available at delta.com.”
Skrebec’s implication was clear, at least to me. He was suggesting that something changed during the time I was trying to book my flight, and that this is what caused my initial fare to rise.
There’s only one flaw in this argument: it happened twice in a row.
Before I went to Delta.com, I tried to book the same trip on Orbitz. The exact same thing happened. I found a fare for $324.30, went through the whole process, and then got the message that the fare went up. That’s why I went to Delta, to see if the same thing would occur on their site.
To recap, something didn’t “change” during the time I was booking. Twice in a row, I saw a cheap Delta fare that was then replaced by a more expensive fare.
My headline suggests that Delta could be engaging in bait and switch tactics, because that’s what appears to be happening. Twice in a row, they got me to enter all my information to book a remarkably affordable flight, only to then change the price. Once a consumer has invested all that time in entering their information, they will be reluctant to walk away just to save – in my case – about $60.
Even if the airline isn’t deliberately manipulating these situations – and I have no proof that they are – Delta is engaging in a business practice few industries would tolerate: quoting a price, and then changing the price after the customer agrees to buy the item. Even in the ticketing industry – for concerts, theater and pro sports – where ticket prices fluctuate wildly, consumers get a set period of time, say 15 minutes, to enter their information and buy the tickets at the quoted price.
I find this despicable. Delta is teaching customers that the airline’s word means nothing, that all they care about is their own self-interest, and that our time is utterly worthless. What do you think? Should we all just start changing prices in the middle of a transaction?
Bruce Kasanoff ghostwrites (and edits) articles for entrepreneurs.
Image: a screenshot of the actual message the author received when Delta.com changed his fare.
Delta Airlines is once again slashing service at Memphis International Airport, eliminating flights from Memphis to Denver and Austin, Texas, in September.
The airline, which formerly operated a fortress hub at Memphis International, will also temporarily suspend service to Las Vegas this winter.
Delta did not disclose the reasons for the latest reductions to Memphis and Shelby County Airport Authority executives, but lack of demand, competition from other carriers and seasonal adjustments could have played a role, said Scott Brockman, president and CEO of the Airport Authority.
“Air service is a recipe that takes a lot of ingredients,” said Brockman. “They don’t offer us a detailed explanation as to why.”
Delta will be adding two Memphis flights to the airline’s global hub in Atlanta.
“Clearly, they’re trying to push more people through Atlanta,” said Brockman.
While Delta is eliminating some flights, the number of available seats on Delta flights will actually increase, because the airline will be adding larger flights to its fleet.
Delta’s number of nonstop destinations will go from 20 to 17 in November, and the airport’s number of nonstop destinations will go from 26 to 24. Denver is still served by both United Airlines and Frontier Airlines.
The flight changes are a result of Memphis International transitioning from a hub airport dominated by connecting flights to one focused on generating more origin and destination traffic.
“As an origin-and-destination market that is reinventing its air service, these are the challenges we now embrace,” said Brockman.
Frontier, which began service to Denver in March, is adding service to Washington Dulles in September. Southwest Airlines and United Airlines are each adding a flight to Houston in November. The overall
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…Offered option of refuelling of planes
Ghana’s security apparatus and an official of government have prevented America’s Delta Airlines from using the country’s airport for an evacuation exercise in Liberia deemed to be detrimental to the safety of Ghanaians in the wake of an Ebola scare.
America is evacuating its citizens from Liberia because of the outbreak of the Ebola virus.
As part of the evacuation plan, Delta Airlines was engaged to airlift the U.S. citizens and it was decided that they should be brought to Ghana before going to the U.S.
However, the Ghanaian security apparatus and a government official, who does not want to be named, scuttled the move.
“Delta Airlines was fully made aware that Ghana would not allow such an idea to be carried out.
“In fact, Delta Airline was told in plain language that the role Ghana will play will be to allow the airline to refuel in Accra, but not to disembark passengers”, the official said.
Even with that, there were strong deliberations as to whether the airline could do so at Senegal, which is closer to Liberia as compared to Ghana.
As at press time on Sunday, all attempts to reach officials of Delta Airlines and the American Embassy for a response proved futile.
There were speculations earlier that Ghana had banned all flights from Nigeria and other Ebola struck countries.
“Ghana has never banned any flight from Nigeria”, an official government response clarified, adding:
“The only restriction placed on an airline is the prevention of Delta Airline from bringing the American citizens in Liberia to Ghana.
“The decision was in the best interest of Ghana because of the high incidence of the Ebola virus in Liberia”.
Delta Airlines was to undertake the evacuation without any contingency plan, a situation the Ghanaian security apparatus found awkward.
GhanaWeb cannot independently confirm this story, but will publish responses from sides mentioned in the article for our cherished readers