ATLANTA, Jan. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air
Lines (NYSE: DAL) issued the following statement after Elaine Chao was overwhelmingly confirmed by the
U.S. Senate as Secretary of Transportation today:
Delta Air Lines congratulates Elaine
Chao on her confirmation as U.S. Secretary of
Transportation. She brings extensive experience and a strong record
of policy leadership to the role, and we are looking forward to
working with her on the important policies that affect the airline
industry, our 80,000 employees, and the more than 180 million
customers who choose to fly with Delta each year.
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 six
consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta
and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 323 destinations
in 57 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 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
transatlantic 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, and Facebook.com/delta.
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