Delta Airlines through Hard Times
Operation in the time of current financial recession is not that easy. Companies have to define the most efficient and the least harmful approaches to cutting costs and increasing their income. Large corporations suffer a lot, as well as their customers and employees.
Delta Airlines [http://delta-airlines.pissedconsumer.com/] is the world's largest airline. Delta Connection carriers offer service to 368 destinations in 66 countries and serve more than 170 million passengers each year. Delta's marketing alliances allow customers to earn and redeem either SkyMiles or WorldPerks on more than 16,000 daily flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Including the SkyTeam and worldwide code-share partners, Delta offers flights to 567 worldwide destinations in 112 countries. Traveling with Delta Airlines the customers can avoid direct ticketing charges and online booking fees; get double miles for every dollar spent when using your Delta SkyMiles Credit Card from American Express. A portion of travel for some itineraries may be on Delta's wholly owned subsidiary Northwest Airlines and the Delta Connection® carriers: Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Chautauqua, Comair, Compass Airlines, Freedom Airlines, Mesaba, Pinnacle Airlines, Shuttle America, and SkyWest.
According to CNNMoney.com, recently the company announced about cutting its international flights by an additional 10% (which originally were 6-8%) starting in September as a result of unsteady fuel prices and decreasing demand airline industry has faced in the past months.
Delta Airlines will concentrate on its Atlantic and Pacific networks, where revenue is lowest. As the memo (issued by the company) reads, Delta's trans-Atlantic capacity this winter will decrease by 11-13% compared to the last months of 2008. Its trans-Pacific capacity will sink by 12-14%.
The anti-crisis program also distributes on the company's employees. Nearly 2,100 of personnel staff will leave the company voluntarily over the next several months, according to the memo. But the administration of the Atlantic-based airline will "reassess" the anti-crisis program approach.
These are the measures most of the airline companies had to undertake in order to remain afloat. As an alternative to rising air fare some European low-fare airlines plan to charge passengers for using the bathrooms on the plane.
However, cutting international schedule and personnel number the company managed to significantly expand BusinessElite service from New York. The airline has added full-flat beds to all flights between New York-JFK and London-Heathrow, and in September will begin to introduce new BusinessElite service on transcontinental flights between Delta's JFK hub and Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Delta Airlines [http://delta-airlines.pissedconsumer.com/] is the world's largest airline. Delta Connection carriers offer service to 368 destinations in 66 countries and serve more than 170 million passengers each year. Delta's marketing alliances allow customers to earn and redeem either SkyMiles or WorldPerks on more than 16,000 daily flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Including the SkyTeam and worldwide code-share partners, Delta offers flights to 567 worldwide destinations in 112 countries. Traveling with Delta Airlines the customers can avoid direct ticketing charges and online booking fees; get double miles for every dollar spent when using your Delta SkyMiles Credit Card from American Express. A portion of travel for some itineraries may be on Delta's wholly owned subsidiary Northwest Airlines and the Delta Connection® carriers: Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Chautauqua, Comair, Compass Airlines, Freedom Airlines, Mesaba, Pinnacle Airlines, Shuttle America, and SkyWest.
According to CNNMoney.com, recently the company announced about cutting its international flights by an additional 10% (which originally were 6-8%) starting in September as a result of unsteady fuel prices and decreasing demand airline industry has faced in the past months.
Delta Airlines will concentrate on its Atlantic and Pacific networks, where revenue is lowest. As the memo (issued by the company) reads, Delta's trans-Atlantic capacity this winter will decrease by 11-13% compared to the last months of 2008. Its trans-Pacific capacity will sink by 12-14%.
The anti-crisis program also distributes on the company's employees. Nearly 2,100 of personnel staff will leave the company voluntarily over the next several months, according to the memo. But the administration of the Atlantic-based airline will "reassess" the anti-crisis program approach.
These are the measures most of the airline companies had to undertake in order to remain afloat. As an alternative to rising air fare some European low-fare airlines plan to charge passengers for using the bathrooms on the plane.
However, cutting international schedule and personnel number the company managed to significantly expand BusinessElite service from New York. The airline has added full-flat beds to all flights between New York-JFK and London-Heathrow, and in September will begin to introduce new BusinessElite service on transcontinental flights between Delta's JFK hub and Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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