Delta Air Lines
Your PTO is going places with Delta in 2026
23 Dec 2025
To help kick off travel planning for 2026, Delta has mapped out popular PTO windows and paired them with destinations that shine during those exact moments.
Delta One Check-In expands across hubs
22 Dec 2025
Delta One Check-Ins, an exclusive space to check in for your flight, drop bags and relax, are now available at every U.S. hub offering Delta One service just in time for holiday travel.
Delta Air Lines announces webcast of December quarter and full year 2025 financial results
19 Dec 2025
TechOps delivers holiday cheer with record bike and toy donations
17 Dec 2025
On Dec. 10, Delta TechOps celebrated the holidays in a big way by presenting a record 2,123 bikes, over 3,000 new toys and a check for $50,000 from Delta to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Atlanta
Flying into the end zone: Delta adds college football playoff game flights
15 Dec 2025
Delta is adding additional flights for the College Football Playoff quarterfinals and building off the airline's well-positioned existing network to ensure fans can be there to cheer on their team.
Delta celebrates 80 years in Miami with event honoring legacy, global partnerships and future growth
15 Dec 2025
Celebration underscores Delta’s leadership in Miami, expanded global connectivity through partner airlines, and commitment to delivering a premium travel experience for customers.
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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?
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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.
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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
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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.
