The European Commission is investigating whether the transatlantic joint venture between Air France-KLM, Alitalia and Delta – all members of the SkyTeam alliance – breaches EU antitrust rules and is detrimental to passengers in terms of fares.
Delta Air Lines has posted the most profitable fourth quarter in its 84-year history after boosting fares to cover the increasing jet fuel prices.
There were mixed traffic results from four of the US's five biggest airlines this week; with two reporting drops of more than 1.5% in traffic in November and two reporting a moderate rise.
Delta has appointed Nicolas Ferri (above) to the newly created position of vice president – Latin America and the Caribbean. Ferri is based in Atlanta and was previously vice president commercial at oneworld.
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