Delta Air Lines
Fly smarter: Faster bag drop, security and connections
14 Aug 2025
Delta is delivering a seamless travel experience — on the ground and in the air—through industry-leading government partnerships and cutting-edge technology.
Delta responds to misinformation around AI pricing
08 Aug 2025
Delta EVP and Chief External Affairs Officer Peter Carter responds to Senators about the use of AI in Delta’s dynamic pricing model.
Delta issues statement on US-EU trade agreement
29 Jul 2025
Zero-tariff policy for aircraft and parts remains intact.
Beyond the Summer
22 Jul 2025
Score big with Delta's limited-time flash sale. These deals won't last long, so book now with our 24-hour risk-free cancellation assurance on flights.
Delta deepens LAX investment with new service to Hong Kong and Chicago
16 Jul 2025
Launching service to Hong Kong and Chicago from LAX underscore Delta’s continued investment in LAX as a premier coastal gateway for both international and domestic travel.
Craft brews and jet views: Tickets on sale for Hops in the Hangar 2025
16 Jul 2025
Tickets are now on sale for Hops in the Hangar, Delta Flight Museum's annual fundraising event that celebrates the best craft brews from Georgia and across the country.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
