Memorial
Day follow on:
Subject: FREEDOM ISN'T
FREE
Date: May 30, 2013
10:20:24 AM EDT
This
email was sent by retired Delta Captain, and retired USAFR Lt. Colonel, Randy
Smedley. This is an exceptional military memorial done by the people, not
the government.
Dave
David,
Just received this fwd and wanted to share it with you for possible distribution on your Delta military blog.
Certainly is a most appropriate memorial for all of our troops in harms way who have served and currently serving in todays most challenging times.
Thanks again for your continuing service for our retired military Delta pilots group.
Dave
David,
Just received this fwd and wanted to share it with you for possible distribution on your Delta military blog.
Certainly is a most appropriate memorial for all of our troops in harms way who have served and currently serving in todays most challenging times.
Thanks again for your continuing service for our retired military Delta pilots group.
A "Memorial Wall
Tribute" to honor those fallen in the Mid-East wars.
Erected in 2004. I have
never seen anything about this on any of the media .. have you?
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Delta 5 Year Plan
Ed presented Delta’s
recently-announced five-year financial plan at the Bank of America Merrill
Lynch 2013 Global Transportation Conference Wednesday in Boston.
The presentation focused on Delta’s commitment to improving the long-term financial stability of the airline, benefiting its employees, customers and shareholders.
“This is an exciting time to be in the airline industry,” Ed said. “We have seen success in the face of a sluggish economy and there is still continued optimism.”
Ed shared that he expects an improved profit in the second quarter, aided by lower fuel prices. Additionally, Delta’s unit revenue has stabilized in May after weakening in April. Ed said unit revenue projects to be flat to up 1 percent for May.
“Cost control is the key to margin expansion,” he said. “While corporate demand across the industry appears to be flat in terms of overall corporate spend, our corporate revenues this year to date are up 4 percent as we continue to grow share."
In addition to capacity discipline, Ed emphasized the importance of an airline having the right product for its customers, noting “many hard goods can be replicated, but you can not replicate service. And Delta has been leading the industry in operational performance over the last year and a half.”
Ed was joined at the conference by other Delta leaders, including Paul Jacobson, s.v.p. and chief financial officer, and Gary Chase, s.v.p.-Financial Planning and Investor Relations.
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Delta Air forecasts improved second quarter profit
May 15 (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc on Wednesday said it expects improved profit in the second quarter, aided by lower fuel prices.
Stable revenues and declining fuel prices "should couple to make for some very nice margin expansion in the quarter," Delta President Edward Bastian told a Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference that was broadcast over the Internet.
He said unit revenue, an important measure also known as passenger revenue per available seat mile, was stabilizing in May after weakening in April. For May, he said that metric was expected to be flat or to improve modestly.
"Our summer bookings look solid," Bastian told the conference. "While corporate demand across the industry appears to be flat in terms of overall corporate spend, our corporate revenues this year to date are up 4 percent as we continue to grow share."
Declining oil prices can help airlines, whose biggest costs are fuel and labor. On Wednesday, U.S. oil was down 1.7 percent to $92.57 a barrel, declining for a fifth straight day .
Shares of Delta were up 5.8 percent to $19.31 on Wednesday as other airline stocks rose. Industry leader United Continental Holdings Inc was up 4.7 percent to $34.85, US Airways Group Inc gained 3.6 percent to $18.75 and Southwest Airlines Co was up 1.9 percent to $14.24.
(Reporting by Karen Jacobs; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
The presentation focused on Delta’s commitment to improving the long-term financial stability of the airline, benefiting its employees, customers and shareholders.
“This is an exciting time to be in the airline industry,” Ed said. “We have seen success in the face of a sluggish economy and there is still continued optimism.”
Ed shared that he expects an improved profit in the second quarter, aided by lower fuel prices. Additionally, Delta’s unit revenue has stabilized in May after weakening in April. Ed said unit revenue projects to be flat to up 1 percent for May.
“Cost control is the key to margin expansion,” he said. “While corporate demand across the industry appears to be flat in terms of overall corporate spend, our corporate revenues this year to date are up 4 percent as we continue to grow share."
In addition to capacity discipline, Ed emphasized the importance of an airline having the right product for its customers, noting “many hard goods can be replicated, but you can not replicate service. And Delta has been leading the industry in operational performance over the last year and a half.”
Ed was joined at the conference by other Delta leaders, including Paul Jacobson, s.v.p. and chief financial officer, and Gary Chase, s.v.p.-Financial Planning and Investor Relations.
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Delta Air forecasts improved second quarter profit
May 15 (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc on Wednesday said it expects improved profit in the second quarter, aided by lower fuel prices.
Stable revenues and declining fuel prices "should couple to make for some very nice margin expansion in the quarter," Delta President Edward Bastian told a Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference that was broadcast over the Internet.
He said unit revenue, an important measure also known as passenger revenue per available seat mile, was stabilizing in May after weakening in April. For May, he said that metric was expected to be flat or to improve modestly.
"Our summer bookings look solid," Bastian told the conference. "While corporate demand across the industry appears to be flat in terms of overall corporate spend, our corporate revenues this year to date are up 4 percent as we continue to grow share."
Declining oil prices can help airlines, whose biggest costs are fuel and labor. On Wednesday, U.S. oil was down 1.7 percent to $92.57 a barrel, declining for a fifth straight day .
Shares of Delta were up 5.8 percent to $19.31 on Wednesday as other airline stocks rose. Industry leader United Continental Holdings Inc was up 4.7 percent to $34.85, US Airways Group Inc gained 3.6 percent to $18.75 and Southwest Airlines Co was up 1.9 percent to $14.24.
(Reporting by Karen Jacobs; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
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