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Delta Air Lines Inc.

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Delta Air Lines Offering Rangers Fans The Inconvenience Of A Free Flight To Jersey

    Delta Air Lines is offering a free flight for New York Rangers fans planning to attend game three of the NHL's Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday. Problem is, the game's in New Jersey, and it will probably take four times as long to fly there than it would to just drive or use public transportati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Kill The Geese, Now! (Or People Might Get Killed by Them)

    Avians and airplanes are a bad mix -- and the skies above New York City are no exception. On Tuesday, a bird strike prompted a JetBlue plane to make an emergency landing. Last week, also, a bird strike forced a Delta flight to make an emergency landing. And don't forget the Miracle on the Hudso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Can Airplane Food Improve?

    Airplane food is usually pretty bland and gross, but is that the fault of airlines or our taste buds?

  • News

    January 4, 2012

    Air Safety on the Cheap

    They're responsible for airport security but contractors still make poverty wages

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    M.O.P.'s Five Favorite Collaborations

    If you don't like M.O.P., you probably don't really like rap music—or so the cliché goes. But there's something in the sentiment: For nearly two decades now, Billy Danze and Lil Fame have been putting out passionate, uncompromising rap music that's rooted in a resolutely east cost aesthetic. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Bulldogs Don't Fly Commercial

    You might think a bulldog has the best life ever, being adorable and frequently stopped on streets to be gazed at and pet by adoring masses, and also getting its poop picked up by its owner whenever necessary, and not even having to work a 9 to 5 or 8 to 10 job...a bulldog is in the business of simp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Ron Suhanosky 'Out' at Stuzzicheria; Marcellus Coleman 'In' at Alias

    ​Ex-Sfoglia chef Ron Suhanosky has left Stuzzicheria after just four months, due to creative differences with owner Gerard Renny. Paul Di Bari, who worked at sister restaurant Stuzzi has taken over. [Grub Street] James Kent, who competed a in Bocuse d'Or this year, has been promoted to chef d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Delta Upholding the Banning of Jews, Religious Items From Flights to Saudi Arabia?

    ​American Jews, Israelis and anyone with religious paraphernalia may be kept off Delta flights traveling to Saudi Arabia from the United States under the rules of a new Delta SkyTeam partnership, USA Today reports. Delta's deal with Saudi Arabian Airlines, announced in January, requires the Am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Robert Sayegh, Brooklyn Brute, Booted From Plane for F-Word

    ​On his way from the Detroit Metro Airport (home of legendary swearer Eminem) to Newark, New Jersey (no goddamn introduction necessary), Robert Sayegh was kicked off a flight like a middle-schooler gets asked to leave the classroom. "What's taking so fucking long to close the overhead compartm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Delta Airlines Charges U.S. Soldiers $2,800 for Excess Baggage

    In a move sure to capture the ire of Americans across the country, Delta Airlines has charged American troops returning from Afghanistan via Baltimore Washington International Airport $2,800 ($200 each) in extra baggage fees. Here's video from soldier Robert O'Hair, explaining the situation, with wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Stewart: The Little Airport That Couldn't

    steve p2008​Stewart International Airport is only an hour and a half drive from Midtown, but it's the least popular commercial airport in the New York area. The New York Times reports the oft-ignored airport was again largely overlooked during a meeting held by transportation officials last we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Egyptians Hosed During Prayer; Protests Continue; President Mubarak Reportedly Flees

    By way of YouTube, Mohamed Ibrahim Elmasry shares this video of protesters in Cairo today. The chaos and tension is palpable. At one point those praying were actually hosed by police.

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Vladimir Putin Declares Leonardo DiCaprio "a Real Man" for Getting on a Plane and Making It to Moscow

    ​This has been a big week for Leonardo DiCaprio. He was on that Delta flight to Moscow that had to make an emergency landing when an engine blew. A dog named after him is involved in a dramatic and bitter custody battle. His second flight to Moscow, where he is attending a conference on tiger ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Boston Logan Airport Given All-Clear After Evacuation of Cargo Area

    ​The latest in airport news: A suspicious package in the Delta Airlines cargo area at Logan airport in Boston -- apparently detected by a bomb-sniffing state police dog -- has led to the area being evacuated while officials investigate. The cargo location is on Harborside Drive, away from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    A History of Banned Drinks; Mike Tyson to Launch Kosher Resto Chain

    ​Sen. Charles Schumer has called for a ban on reusable grocery bags because some contain "five times the allowable limits for lead." [NY Post] A total of 11 out of 28 Bronx bodegas were caught in a sting selling the controversial caffeinated cocktail in a can Four Loko to minors. [NY Post] M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2010

    More Airport Security Craziness: L.A. Man Questioned on Flight For 'Atom Bomb' Tattoo

    Adam "Atom Bomb" Pearson​John Tyner's soon-to-be viral TSA revolt wasn't the only airport absurdity of the weekend. Los Angeles food stylist Adam C. Pearson was reported for "suspicious behavior" by a fellow Delta passenger before his plane even left the ground. Pearson was interrogated by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Surprise! New York Area Airports Still Suck

    ​In a groundbreaking new report [pdf], the U.S. Department of Transportation's Inspector General has discovered that flight delays at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Airports remain terrible and make New Yorkers -- and, indirectly, people throughout the rest of the country (yes, we're t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Jimmy Carter Rushed to Hospital for Tummy Problems as Newspapers Prepare Obits

    ​No, people: Jimmy Carter is not dead.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Drunk Pilot Yanked from Delta Flight; His Passengers Could Probably Use a Drink

    ​A Delta Airlines pilot about to fly from Amsterdam to Newark today was removed from the plane after getting a .023 percent on his blood alcohol level test, which is just over the legal limit in the Netherlands. In the U.S., where the pilot is from (Woodbury, New Jersey, to be exact), drunk dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Drag Star Gets Horrible Treatment From Delta Airlines

    David Shankbone​Get a load of this email thread between Gary Hall (aka drag star Shequida) and Delta Airlines over terrible service that caused Hall to miss his flight and forfeit big sums of money. In return, they offered him 100 smackers. And he smacked them right back down!

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Cult Japanese Wine Manga Soon Available in English; Riesling Heating Up

    ​Sean Hoard, a 23-year-old NYU grad and a member of Team USA at the 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup in New Zealand, shares the recipe for his winning Wellington Fizz, a vodka-based cocktail incorporating kiwi, passionfruit, club soda, and an egg white. [NY Daily News] Japan's popular wine manga se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    White House Crotch-Bomber Report: "The Dots Were Never Connected"

    The White House report on the attempted underwear-bomb attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (pictured) on a Delta airliner during Christmas contains a lot of praise for America's "counter-terrorism community" -- in the summary, their "excellent analytic work" is lauded, and it is asserted that this w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2009

    Flight 253 evacuated in Detroit again today

    MyFoxDetroit.com​Vigilant fellow passengers and crew members of Northwestern/Delta Flight 253, the same plane involved in Friday's terror attempt by a Nigerian-born suspect, notified authorities and led to the capture today of a Nigerian businessman who locked himself in the bathroom for, like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Man Faces Year in Jail for Opening (Grounded) Plane Door

    At a time when most of us are afraid to say "bomb," or even "Bombay" or "La Bamba," within 15 yards of an airport, we must take our hat off to Robert McDonald of Crescent, England, who opened the emergency door of his Delta flight last night because he felt like getting out. We know how it sounds, ... More >>

  • Art

    April 8, 2008

    A Girl's Life at Aviation High School

    A Girl's Life at Aviation High School

  • News

    May 2, 2006

    Undulating Facades

    Landmarks panel gives green light to wavy glass tower in the Village. But try fixing up your Village townhouse.

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2005

    Tour De Farce: Bush Heads South

    Landmarks panel gives green light to wavy glass tower in the Village. But try fixing up your Village townhouse.

  • News

    December 7, 2004

    The Mob's Engineers

    The underworld's reach into the men who build New York's skyscrapers

  • NYC Life

    November 25, 2003

    Plane Speaking

    Pan Am Bags and Food Survival Kits

  • News

    November 4, 2003

    The Profit's Bodyguards

    U.S. Companies Want Protection From Violence

  • News

    September 17, 2002

    Plane Truths

    U.S. Companies Want Protection From Violence

  • News

    April 16, 2002

    Ticket to Ride

    Free-Spending Rudy Aide Bought Plane Tickets for City Hall Pal

  • Columns

    December 4, 2001

    Naughty Holiday Gifts

    Free-Spending Rudy Aide Bought Plane Tickets for City Hall Pal

  • Specials

    November 20, 2001

    Letters

    Free-Spending Rudy Aide Bought Plane Tickets for City Hall Pal

  • News

    July 20, 1999

    Malcolm X's Killer Axed

    Insiders Say Aziz Has Been Forced Out of Top Nation of Islam Posts

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