Businessweek: How Delta Climbed out of Bankruptcy

[atpcliff]

Hi!

Actually, DAL, and the rest of the world, IS on the cusp of an upward economic trend. Feb/Mar was the bottom, and Mar/Apr things are starting to improve in a wide variety of disparate industries.

Africa is a brilliant move. I am now based in NBO, and business is, and has been, better than the US. Virtually ALL the air carriers here are having a very hard time finding pilots, and they all are short.

The airport is full-to-bursting at the seams with cargo and PAX.

Kenya Airways is EVERYWHERE, and there are tons of foreign carriers flying in from Europe and Asia, and most of them, and most of the cargo planes, are VERY BIG.

There are NO American carriers now flying in to NBO.

cliff
NBO

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

You'll be seeing DAL in NBO shortly.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Point is that DAL is not just the biggest international carrier, but also the biggest domestic carrier.
We are number one everywhere except South America. AMR has that one by a long shot.
We have the feed to fill the lift. This AF/KLM/DL agreement will further our profits and presence. DAL is doing things a lot differently than other have. Not saying we will not make mistakes, just saying it is coming from a different book.

 

[General Lee]

Hi!

Actually, DAL, and the rest of the world, IS on the cusp of an upward economic trend. Feb/Mar was the bottom, and Mar/Apr things are starting to improve in a wide variety of disparate industries.

Africa is a brilliant move. I am now based in NBO, and business is, and has been, better than the US. Virtually ALL the air carriers here are having a very hard time finding pilots, and they all are short.

The airport is full-to-bursting at the seams with cargo and PAX.

Kenya Airways is EVERYWHERE, and there are tons of foreign carriers flying in from Europe and Asia, and most of them, and most of the cargo planes, are VERY BIG.

There are NO American carriers now flying in to NBO.

cliff
NBO

We will be flying to Nairobi via Dakar very soon.... I saw 48 hour layovers there too, which could give enough time for a nice short safari. (hey, it's better than Dayton)


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[samballs]

We will be flying to Nairobi via Dakar very soon.... I saw 48 hour layovers there too, which could give enough time for a nice short safari. (hey, it's better than Dayton)


Bye Bye--General Lee

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[General Lee]

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Let me guess???? You love Dayton......good for you Mr. Simpleton. I like seeing the world, and enjoying it. (all on DL's dime) Hey look, your flight to Madison is waiting for you....

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[400ADude]

Nairobi and Atlanta should be sister cities

We will be flying to Nairobi via Dakar very soon.... I saw 48 hour layovers there too, which could give enough time for a nice short safari. (hey, it's better than Dayton)


Bye Bye--General Lee

Throughout the 1990s, Nairobi had struggled with rising crime, earning a reputation for being a dangerous city and the nickname "Nairobbery". In 2001, the United Nations International Civil Service Commission rated Nairobi as among the most insecure cities in the world, classifying the city as "status C". In the United Nations report, it was stated that in 2001, nearly one third of all Nairobi residents experienced some form of robbery in the city. [57]The head of one development agency cited the "notoriously high levels of violent armed robberies, burglaries and carjackings.[58] Crime had risen in Nairobi as a result of unplanned urbanisation, with a minimal number of police stations and a proper security infrastructure. However, many claim that the biggest factor for the city's alarming crime rate is police corruption, which leaves many criminals unpunished. As a security precaution, most large houses have a watch guard, burglar grills, and dogs to patrol their grounds during the night. Most though occur around the poor neighborhoods where it gets dangerous during night hours.
In 2006, crime decreased in the city[59], due to increased security and an improved police presence. Despite this, in 2007, the Kenyan government and U.S. State Department has announced that Nairobi is experiencing a greater level of violent crime than in previous years. [60] Since then, the government has taken measures to combat crime with heavy police presence in and around the city while U.S. government has updated its travel warning for the country.


Enjoy Nairobi on Delta's dime! What a wonderful place.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

It's funny how I can see a screen name that pops up on a Delta thread and some of them I know exactly what kind of post they are gonna be. (crj567, 400adude, tankerclown, etc.)

 

[Midge]

It's funny how I can see a screen name that pops up on a Delta thread and some of them I know exactly what kind of post they are gonna be. (crj567, 400adude, tankerclown, etc.)

The ignore function is a wonderful "tool for tools!"

 

[400ADude]

The ignore function is a wonderful "tool for tools!"

How many losernames are you down to now?

 

[Midge]

How many losernames are you down to now?

I'm sorry, I don't speak stupid. Can you please elaborate?

 

[GogglesPisano]

For those outside looking in, for every Nairiobi or Lagos layover at Delta on the ER there are twenty or thirty "more traditonal" layovers, such as: Amsterdam, Paris, London, Moscow, Athens, Rio, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Amman (both go very senior), Istanbul, Budapest (where live the most beautiful women on the world after Moscow -- wait make that Kiev, wait make that Prague,) Dublin, Manchester, Pisa, Nice, Lyons, Berlin, Capetown, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Honolulu, Milan and Venice. Some 24hr. Some 48hr. A few 72hr.

Or you could enjoy 10 hrs in Dayton at the Holiday Inn in an RJ.

Whatever floats your boat.

Having done both, I'll take the former.

 

[SennaP1]

Having done both, I'll take the former.

Still doing the "former" hoping to someday be able to do the "latter"

Hold that SCOPE.

 

[crj567]

It's funny how I can see a screen name that pops up on a Delta thread and some of them I know exactly what kind of post they are gonna be. (crj567, 400adude, tankerclown, etc.)

Same can be said for (Gen Lee, ACL65, Peaknuckle, Scope, etc.....)

The sky is the limit guys! I have changed my mind!!! You will all be rich and you will rule the world from your cool "sub commander" uniforms.
-Your new contract will rock:
Free hookers (even same-sex, General) at all layovers!
Paid in gold Bullion!
Free Goatee maintenance for all flight crew-courtesy Steenland's groomer!
Free alarm clocks that have "windcheck" in place of a ringtone!
Free "Song" sunshades for every employee car!

*And the turning point is Africa! The undiscovered financial capitol of the universe! I can't believe the place has been overlooked so long!!
-AWESOME TIMES!
-The "Synergies" will be better than any B.J.!

 

[General Lee]

Same can be said for (Gen Lee, ACL65, Peaknuckle, Scope, etc.....)

The sky is the limit guys! I have changed my mind!!! You will all be rich and you will rule the world from your cool "sub commander" uniforms.
-Your new contract will rock:
Free hookers (even same-sex, General) at all layovers!
Paid in gold Bullion!
Free Goatee maintenance for all flight crew-courtesy Steenland's groomer!
Free alarm clocks that have "windcheck" in place of a ringtone!
Free "Song" sunshades for every employee car!

*And the turning point is Africa! The undiscovered financial capitol of the universe! I can't believe the place has been overlooked so long!!
-AWESOME TIMES!
-The "Synergies" will be better than any B.J.!

Fantastic! Hey, please enjoy Bloomington layovers while you are at it!

Bye Bye--General Lee