Delta Air Lines News Stories
US House Reaches Agreement on ExIm Bank
May 7, 2012
Leaders of the US House of Representatives said they reached a bipartisan deal to fund the US Export-Import Bank until September 30, 2014, and gradually increase its lending cap to USD$140 billion from the current USD$100 billion.
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Delta Buys Refinery, To Make Own Fuel
April 30, 2012
Delta Air Lines will buy a US oil refinery from ConocoPhillips for $180 million, an audacious bid to save money on fuel costs by investing in a sector shunned by many of the biggest oil firms.
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Delta's Refinery Bid Expected To Be Confirmed
April 30, 2012
Delta Air Lines' expected bid to buy a US oil refinery has had people in both industries joking that a company from the money-losing airline sector would be right at home in the money-losing world of East Coast refining.
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Passenger Rash Causes Chicago Plane Quarantine
April 27, 2012
Passengers and crew on a Delta Air Lines plane were held for more than two hours at Chicago's Midway Airport on Thursday while a passenger with a rash was checked out for a possible infectious disease, but none was found, authorities said.
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Delta Posts Q1 Loss, Expects Full Year Profit
April 25, 2012
Delta Air Lines reported a quarterly operating loss, but said it expects profits for the current second quarter and full year despite higher fuel costs.
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Gol, Delta In Stake Sale Talks - Report
April 24, 2012
Gol, Brazil's second-largest airline, is in talks to sell an additional 17 percent stake to US carrier Delta Air Lines to better cope with rising costs and declining market share, daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Tuesday.
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Birds Force Delta Emergency Landing At JFK
April 20, 2012
A bird strike forced a Delta Air Lines flight bound for Los Angeles to make an emergency return to New York's John F Kennedy Airport 10 minutes after takeoff on Thursday, authorities said.
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Senator Sees Deal Soon On ExIm Bank Charter
April 18, 2012
A bipartisan deal to keep the US Export-Import Bank operating past the end of May appears to be in reach despite concerns raised by conservative Republicans and Delta Air Lines that have blocked action so far, a senior Democrat senator said on Tuesday.
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Delta Passengers Not Exposed To Bat Rabies
April 12, 2012
A bat swooping around the passenger cabin during a Delta Air Lines flight last August may have been unnerving for passengers, but there is no evidence anyone was exposed to rabies, a federal health agency said on Thursday.
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ExIm Bank Chief Says Charter Must Be Renewed
April 12, 2012
US taxpayer-backed financing would "grind to a halt" and many companies would find themselves at a competitive disadvantage if Congress does not renew the Export-Import Bank charter by the end of May, the bank's president said.
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Delta, JP Morgan May Partner In Refinery - Report
April 11, 2012
Delta Air Lines may partner with JP Morgan to help it run the ConocoPhillips' idled 185,000 barrel per day Trainer, Pennsylvania refinery if the carrier decides to purchase the plant, CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources familiar with the matter.
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No Comment On Delta Refinery Talks
April 10, 2012
The chief executive of Phillips 66, ConocoPhillips' downstream spinoff, said he would not comment on negotiations for the sale of its 185,000-barrel per day refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania.
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