Executive Appointments at Delta Cargo
(12 Jan 2021) Delta Cargo has appointed Jannie Davel as Managing Director - Commercial and Vishal Bhatnagar as Managing Director - Global Cargo Operations, effective immediately.
“Jannie and Vishal are visionary industry leaders, providing real strength to our leadership team as we accelerate our journey towards best-in-class service, continued innovation and capability for our customers,” said Rob Walpole, Vice President - Delta Cargo. “This year will continue to be a period of both challenge and opportunity. With the global industry focus on distributing COVID-19 vaccines alongside supporting our customers during a period where global supply chains continue to
Delta Cargo has implemented the special handling code COV that ensures critical vaccine shipments are flagged to the Vaccine Watch Tower for close monitoring throughout their journey. COV shipments also receive the highest loading priority and a service level guarantee.
The COV special handling code is only applicable to COVID-19 vaccine shipments booked internationally as Pharma (CON, MEC, CHP, RMT) or domestically as DASH Critical (DMD) and Critical Heavy (EAG). If temperature-control storage is needed, COV vaccine shipments can be booked as Pharma (CON, MEC, CHP, RMT) domestically.
Delta’s extensive experience in shipping vaccines involves years of building an operation validated by Pharma industry standards and includes being the first U.S. passenger airline to receive IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharma Logistics Certification at our Atlanta hub and headquarters. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Delta offered four tailored pharmaceutical shippin
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Delta Air Lines reported canceling 325 flights in the days leading up to Christmas, which was the busiest travel season of the pandemic.
A perfect storm of bad weather and a lack of pilots forced Delta to cancel the flights over a three-day period starting December 23.
Thanksgiving similarly saw over 600 flight cancellations at the airline, revealing a trend of poor performance during the holidays.
While a white Christmas is a dream for many, it can be a nightmare for airlines.
Delta Air Lines was caught in the crosshairs of a winter storm that fell on the pandemic s busiest travel week, causing 325 flight cancellations in the days leading up to Christmas and 130 on the holiday itself.
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Delta canceled over 300 flights just before Christmas after Thanksgiving travel saw a similar number of issues, revealing a troubling trend for the airline
Delta canceled over 300 flights just before Christmas after Thanksgiving travel saw a similar number of issues, revealing a troubling trend for the airline
Thomas PalliniDec 29, 2020, 22:20 IST
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767.Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Getty
Delta Air Lines reported canceling 325 flights in the days leading up to Christmas, which was the busiest
travel season of the pandemic.
A perfect storm of bad weather and a lack of pilots forced Delta to cancel the flights over a three-day period starting December 23.