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Delta to pay dividend, buy back shares

...for capital."If it ever gets down to one airline and no regulations, it will be a great business," he said.Delta Air Lines Inc. is based in Atlanta. Its shares were up 58 cents, or 3.2 percent, to close at $18.66 after rising as high...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-08/delta-pay-dividend-buy-bac
Delta to buy 49 percent of Virgin Atlantic

...carries some 160 million passengers per year, almost 30 times more than Virgin Atlantic.Shares of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc. rose 73 cents, or 7.1 percent, to $10.87 in morning trading.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-11/delta-buy-49-percent-virgi
Delta passenger who found needle in sandwich thought it was a toothpick

...S. Transportation Security Administration said it does not view the matter as a threat to national security.A Delta Air Lines Inc. spokes woman said the need les were found Sunday in six sandwiches on four flights. Passengers discovered four...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-17/delta-passenger-who-found-
Hedging drives Delta Air Lines to 2Q loss

...whole idea of fuel hedging is to protect against big run-ups in oil prices. It didn't work out that way for Delta Air Lines Inc.Its bets on oil prices went the wrong way, pushing it to a second-quarter loss of $168 million, or 20 cents...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-25/hedging-drives-delta-air-l
Companies start to add up losses from Superstorm Sandy

...cancellations in other cities across the country. More than 20,000 flights were cancelled according to FlightStats.Delta Air Lines Inc., which is based in Atlanta, was the first of the major airlines to try to gauge the cost. The company said Friday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-11-02/companies-start-add-losses
Airlines start to roll back prices

...of a flight.Southwest Airlines Co. and its AirTran Airways subsidiary lowered fares Sunday and were matched by Delta Air Lines Inc., AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, JetBlue Airways Corp. and others.United Continental Holdings Inc., the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-08-08/airlines-start-roll-back-p
Delta reports higher quarterly profit

Delta Air Lines Inc. reported a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday as fare increases helped offset a 20 percent rise fuel prices.Net income came...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-01-25/delta-reports-higher-quart
Biz Bits

...new European rules on carbon emissions produced by passenger jets, two major airlines say they will raise fares. Delta Air Lines Inc. began adding $6 per round trip to the price of tickets sold in the U.S. for travel to Europe. Deutsche Lufthansa...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-01-04/biz-bits
Across the region

...airline gained a toehold when it bought AirTran Airways in May, setting up direct competition with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc.The Dallas-based airline had already announced plans to operate 15 daily nonstop flights between Dallas and Baltimore...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-01-11/across-region
Delta Air Lines buys refinery in bid to cut its fuel bill by $300 million

...products for jet fuel, so in effect the Trainer refinery would cover about 80 percent of its U.S. jet fuel needs.Delta Air Lines Inc. burned almost 3.9 billion gallons of jet fuel last year at a cost of $11.78 billion. Fuel was 36 percent of...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-04-30/delta-air-lines-buys-refin