Delta Airlines recently announced the start of new services around the world, including Aruba, London, Orlando, Salt Lake City, and more. Floridians seeking a European getaway will now have an easier route. Travelers will be able to fly from Orlando, Florida, to London's Heathrow Airport directly on Delta. The flight will operate as a seasonal, winter service from October 26, 2024 through March 29, 2025. Delta will operate the flight four times weekly on an Airbus A330-900neo which features the Delta One Suites and Delta Premium Select cabins, according to a release. This is the latest expansion of Delta's Europe to Florida connection, as the airline previously announced a new route from both Tampa Airport and Orlando Airport to Amsterdam. Amsterdam serves as a major hub for KLM Airlines, which along with Delta, is a partner in the Sky Team Alliance. “Our new route between Orlando and London seamlessly connects two diverse destinations, offering customers a wealth of experiences on both sides of the Atlantic Floridians can explore London’s historic landmarks like Buckingham Palace and enjoy world-class dining, while Londoners can escape to the sunny beaches and world-famous attractions of Orlando,” Delta’s Senior Vice President for Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India Matteo Curcio shared in a statement to T+L. Delta also announced an expansion of flights from the airline’s hub at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (MSP). The airline will fly its «largest-ever winter Latin schedule» with new flights to Aruba and St. Maarten. The airline will operate new direct flights to Aruba on Friday and Sunday from MSP, and new flights to St. Maarten (SXM) on Thursdays and Saturdays. As part of the updated schedule, the airline increased service to Grand Cayman and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Delta also shared with T+L that the airline would be expanding service to and from their hub in Salt Lake City, Utah. The airline will also begin a new weekly Saturday-only service from New York's LaGuardia Airport to SLC from December 21, 2024 through May 3, 2025.
Emirates President Sir Tim Clark Talks Boeing, Politics, and More
04.06.2024 - 16:11 / skift.com / Tim Clark
When it comes to international scale, airlines don’t get bigger than Emirates. The Dubai-based operator has an all-widebody fleet, composed of both Airbus and Boeing planes. It also has a company president who isn’t afraid to speak his mind. Sir Tim Clark has been on hosting duties this week during the IATA Annual General Meeting.
Speaking on the fringes of the event, Sir Tim had a freewheeling discussion with reporters that covered everything from Boeing to the ballot box. Here are six of his most notable insights:
“The message to Boeing is absolutely crystal clear. They must get their production capability and their quality issues sorted out. I think Boeing needs to step back and say, ‘What did we get wrong’? Where they find themselves today is a result of taking the eye off the ball and the governance, shifting its focus into other areas. Now they need to go back to where they were. And if they do that, the whole process is salvageable.
“Only [Boeing] is going to get itself back on track, it needs to look at the whole process of design, engineering, production rates, and supply. You just need the right people to lead the business. Drive it at the shop floor level, make sure you communicate what’s going on, and if necessary, deconstruct and reconstruct your processes.”
“I’m probably one of the most vocal in the industry about Boeing. Why do I say that? I’ve got 210 aircraft on order: freighters that are delayed and the 777-9, which I have no visibility on. The business [Emirates] has had to take on a $3 billion cash program to retrofit our aircraft.
“In 2019, I got on our first 777-9 in Seattle. On board was the business class product. In that time, all of these components have gone through hoops in terms of design change. I get extremely exasperated that we are unable to move at the pace that we want to. We cannot face constant delays.
“We’ve got a business to run, and if we’re having to pay the bill for refurbishing all these aeroplanes, it should be put at Boeing’s door. Because by the time we get our first aircraft, It would be six years of delays. They told us in 2017-2018 that they were going to be able to deliver it to us in December 2019. But in the end, we need Boeing to produce the airplanes. It must get done. I think everybody’s on the same page with regard to that.”
“We have about five elections going on. As we speak, from Mexico to India to South Africa, and Britain is coming up for elections. Normally, political changes like this see a diminishing demand. For the first time in my career, it’s almost as if people are abandoning the politics and just getting on with their lives.
“I think Covid was such a traumatic experience for most people on the planet [that] the demand for travel
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