Word: delta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years after he became a writer with his story about Bogart, Naipaul went to Venezuela to look up his first character. He leaves his Caracas hotel one morning to visit the old man in his village in the Orinoco delta. They have a pleasant lunch, but when Naipaul returns to Caracas he finds a telegram from Bogart, a note he had missed that morning, which asks him to cancel his visit. Maybe it should have been a signal to Naipaul that the thousands of air-miles and the hundreds of pages which have come between him and the room...
After six years of deregulation, however, the airlines are in no mood to let the Government begin writing schedules for them again. Says Delta Spokesman Jim Ewing: "This is upsetting as hell to us." Accordingly, Delta and Eastern put aside their differences and juggled their peak-hour operations in Atlanta, where the two carriers account for 85 scheduled arrivals between 7:55 and 8:30 a.m. Delta offered to move its arrivals up, to between 7:30 and 8:15, while Eastern said it would shift its back, to between 8:25 and 8:55. As the meetings proceeded through...
...keep in touch while airborne. In 1980 the FCC awarded an experimental developmental license to Oak Brook, Ill.-based Airfone, Inc., partially owned by Western Union, to test their system on long-distance, wide-bodied flights. By the end of the year, a number of carriers, including United and Delta, are planning to offer in-flight phoning. More than business will be done at 30,000 ft. Says American's public relations manager, Joe Stroup: "We now see the passenger calling Aunt Bessie to tell her what time he'll arrive and to make some of that great...
...United has prepared an in-flight video pitch to show passengers. No one, however, has yet dealt with what may become a new hazard of air travel for those weary frequent flyers: sitting next to someone engaged in a long and boring yak with the ground. One consolation, observes Delta Public Relations Director Bill Berry: "You can call out, but people can't call you." At least...
...Hawaii for $100. Brokers like McLarty generally attract buyers and sellers through classified ads and then match them according to destination. Coupon selling is technically legal, but airlines differ in their attitude toward it. While American Airlines strictly forbids trading and Eastern plans to clamp down on the practice, Delta generally looks the other...