July 24, 2013 7:47 AM
Ford, Apple, Boeing and Delta Airlines all report higher earnings and Republican senator Darryl Issa wants the US Postal service to phase out door to door mail service to save money
This Tuesday in the Delta Airlines Sky Lounge at JFK International in New York there was a guy from London who was two days off his Louisville bound travel schedule because Delta had canceled flights. A young woman in her twenties, standing in line with me to find out why my flight was now three hours late to Boston, said I shouldn’t feel bad: her flight was supposed to leave a day ago to Raleigh.
Chalk it up to bad weather or — as George Carlin once said, “broken planes” – still, our airports are some of the best in the world for getting their passengers out on time.
According to travel industry monitor, FlightStats, Chinese airports are the worst.
The FlightStats figures showed that in June 2013, out of a worldwide analysis, Beijing and Shanghai airports came in last for on-time arrivals and departures. They had by far the worst record for on-time flights – 18.3% and 28.7% respectively leaving those busy airports on schedule.
FlightStats came out with their report two weeks ago, but being stuck in JFK for three hours, and listening to people stuck because of delayed Delta flights , had me thinking twice about the reliability of U.S. airports. Truth is, they are not as bad as Americans tend to believe. And despite all the billions of dollars spent on new and modern airports in China, the air traffic controllers cannot get their planes in the air on time.
Chinese airline performance makes Delta look like the best airline in the world. China United Airlines had just 27% of its flights arriving on time. Large national carriers like Air China and China Southern also reported massive delays along those same lines. Mainland experts attribute the problem to excessive military control of the airspace and poor urban planning, the South China Morning Post reported on July 12.
“Nearly 80% of China’s airspace has been reserved for military use. In other countries, such as the U.S., the situation is exactly the opposite,” a senior executive of Hainan Airlines Hainan Airlines said.
Jan. 4, 2013, fog delay at China’s Kunming Changshui International Airport.
At least 42% of flights from Beijing get delayed by 45 minutes or more while Shanghai International had just 24% of its flights departing on time last month, compared with a 38.9% on-time departure rate six months ago.
Although Beijing has tried to solve the delay problem for years, little has been achieved, South China Morning Post reported. Delays often trigger violent protests at airports. One made the rounds on YouTube, of course, when security cams caught one man slamming the living daylights out of a poor check in receptionists computer terminals. In recent months, there have been frequent reports of angry passengers smashing airline counters and attacking ground staff in an outbursts of anger. Many have given up flying and have moved to high-speed rail where possible.
The top 10 performing major international airlines and their on-time percentages included in descending order:
Iberia Airlines: 85.70%
Korean Air Lines: 86.80%
EasyJet: 87.20%
KLM: 89.70%
Tyrolean Airways: 90.27%
Finnair: 90.34%
Japan Airlines: 91.29%
ANA: 91.42%
Gulf Air: 92.06%
South African: 93.33%
Top performing North American airports included Honolulu (86.29%), Vancouver (86.18%) and Salt Lake City (85.55%). Top performing large European airports were in Amsterdam (83.52%), Munich (83.35%) and Vienna (82.15%).
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.
For more information, please contact:
Marissa Lyman
Ogilvy Public Relations
Marissa.lyman@ogilvy.com
212-880-5352
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.
Posted at: 07/16/2013 5:47 PM
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.
Military officials say a chartered Delta Airlines jet en route to Norfolk ran 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.
The Florida Times-Union reports that Delta was arranging a flight through Jacksonville International Airport to carry passengers headed to Norfolk.
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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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