Delta Air Lines Press Information: April 2016

Delta Air Lines serves nearly 180 million customers each year. In 2016, Delta was named to Fortune’s top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the fifth time in six years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented five consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 324 destinations in 58 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry’s leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta, Facebook.com/delta and Delta’s blog takingoff.delta.com.

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With its roots in an innovative 1997 agreement between KLM and Northwest Airlines and the 2007 JV between Delta and Air France, the Delta, Air France-KLM, Alitalia Joint Venture today is the most evolved model for successful international airline cooperation, providing vast benefits for both consumers and the business.

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  29 September 1997: Northwest and KLM make airline history by signing a 10-year Joint Venture (JV) agreement – the first of its kind.
  
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  22 March 2007: The EU and US signed an Open skies agreement
  
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  17 October 2007: Air France and Delta Air Lines form a JV for close cooperation beginning 1 April 2008 on all hub-to-hub routes across the Atlantic, including flying to/from London Heathrow.
  
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  20 May 2009: The Air France KLM Group and Delta announce a new long-term JV whereby the joint venture partners coordinate flights and share revenues and costs of their trans-Atlantic route network. The agreement enables the three member airlines to offer customers more flight options and frequencies on the major trans-Atlantic routes.
  
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  2009: Key synergies are achieved through co-location of commercial and operating teams and airport facilities, unified signage in more than 400 airports and combined marketing and advertising, along with joint sales contracts, general sales representation and network announcements.
  
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  5 July 2010: The Air France KLM Group and Delta add Alitalia to the Delta, Air France KLM joint venture. The addition of Alitalia expands the agreement signed on 20 May 2009 and enables the four member airlines to offer customers more flight options and frequencies on the major trans-Atlantic routes.
  

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  The JV represents 25% of the airline industry’s total trans-Atlantic market share.
  
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  The geographical scope of the agreement covers routes between Canada, United States, Mexico and Europe, as well as those connecting Amsterdam and India, and North America and Tahiti.
  
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  The JV network is structured around seven hubs – Amsterdam, Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York-JFK, Rome Fiumicino and Paris-CDG
  
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  Under antitrust immunity granted by the U.S. and European governments, the JV partners closely coordinate on destinations served and flight schedules offered by their trans-Atlantic network.
  
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  The JV generates approximately US$13 billion in annual revenues.
  
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  The JV is a long-term business arrangement effective until at least March 31, 2022.
  
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  An executive committee comprised of the four Air France-KLM Group, Alitalia and Delta CEOs defines strategy for the JV. Twelve working groups are responsible for implementing and managing the agreement in the sectors of network, revenue management, sales, product, frequent flyer, advertising/brand, cargo, operations, IT, communications, E-Commerce and finance.
  

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  More choices, frequencies and convenient schedules on over 250 daily transatlantic flights operated by a fleet of 129 aircraft
  
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  Convenient access to more than 300 destinations in North America and 250 destinations in Europe, Asia and Latin America
  
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  Competitive fares
  
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  Harmonised ground and in-flight services
  
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  The opportunity to earn miles and upgrade on JV flights with the Flying Blue, MilleMiglia and SkyMiles frequent flyer programmes
  
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  Access the largest lounge network across the Atlantic
  
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  Dedicated reservation centres in Europe and North America
  

With over 250 daily Transatlantic flights and a fleet of 129 aircraft, the joint venture between Air France-KLM, Alitalia and Delta Air Lines provides customers with the benefits of a vast route network offering more frequencies, competitive fares and harmonized services across the Atlantic. The JV network is structured around seven main hubs: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York-JFK, Paris-CDG and Rome-FCO, together with Cincinnati, Salt Lake City and Seattle. The JV offers customers access to nearly 300 destinations beyond the 25 North American gateways and nearly 250 destinations beyond the 28 European gateways throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America. The JV represents nearly 25% of total trans-Atlantic capacity and generates $13 billion in expected annual revenues. Under the terms of this agreement, the partners jointly operate their trans-Atlantic routes, thereby sharing revenues and costs. For more information on Air France-KLM, Alitalia or Delta go to the respective corporate websites.

SkyTeam Airline Partnerships

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  Founded – 22 June, 2000 – Delta is a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance, along with AeroMéxico, Air France and Korean Air.
  

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  Partners - Aeroflot; Aerolineas Argentinas, AeroMéxico; Air Europa; Air France; Alitalia; China Airlines; China Southern; China Eastern; Czech Airlines; Delta Air Lines; Garuda Indonesia; Kenya Airways; KLM Royal Dutch Airlines; Korean Air; Middle East Airlines – Air Liban, Saudia, TAROM Romanian Air Transport, Xiamen Airlines and Vietnam Airlines.
  

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  Flights – 16,270 (winter 2015/16)
  
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  Destinations – 1,057
  
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  Passengers – 665.4 million per annum
  
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  Lounges – 636
  
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  Employees – 481,691
  
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  Countries – 179
  
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  Website - www.skyteam.com
  
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  Frequent flyer members – 199 million
  
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  Headquarters – Amsterdam
  
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  Managing Director – Perry Cantarutti
  
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  Top SkyTeam benefits
  

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  Guaranteed full economy class reservation for Elite Plus members with 24 hours’ notice
  
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  Reservations and information at any of SkyTeam’s 2,100 ticket offices
  
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  Travellers earn miles towards Elite status and redeem miles on any member airline
  
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  Access to a comprehensive global network
  
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  Seamless connections with single check-in
  
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  Access to 636 airport lounges worldwide
  
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  SkyPriority – Distinctively branded priority airport services for ElitePlus, First and Business Class passengers including: priority check-in; boarding and baggage handling.
  
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  Preferred seating and reciprocal lounge access for Elite passengers
  

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  SkyTeam Travel Passes offer a global network of 20 Member airlines, giving passengers more flexibility and savings:
  

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  Go Round the World pass – allows passengers to circle the globe via travel on any or all SkyTeam carriers
  
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  Go Africa, Go USA and Canada, Go Asia and South West Pacific, Go Greater China, Go Europe, Go Russia and Go Mexico fare passes – allow SkyTeam customers traveling on intercontinental round-trip or round the world tickets to benefit from flexible, discounted travel in a particular region.
  

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  SkyTeam Global Contracts – offer corporate travel solutions for multinational companies
  
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  Global Meetings – an online tool for event organizers and meeting attendees, designed for international events with 50+ delegates.