Video: Delta Airlines First Class Cabin - Boeing 757

This is a short video I took of the first class cabin while awaiting departure from New Orleans to Atlanta.  The airplane is a Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 Transcontinental edition with PTV's (Personal TV's, which is Delta's name for IFE) and the flight flew from New Orleans Louis Armstrong International to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International.  It also sported the Susan G. Komen livary.  I was lucky to get the video before everyone was able to board.  It was a full flight, but still a good one.  Pre-departure drinks were served followed by more drinks and snacks from the Snack Basket after departure.

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New Orleans Int'l Airport Reaching Pre-Katrina Passenger Levels

In a recent article published by S. C. Hunter, Director of Aviation at the New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport, it was stated that air traffic levels are creeping slowly but surely back to Pre-Katrina levels.  At the moment, air operations are at approximately 80 percent of the Pre-Katrina levels.  This number, however, is expected to rise through the end of this year and in 2009.  One of the greatest reasons for the return of air traffic is conventions.  Conventions are vital to the survival of New Orleans and, respectively, the Armstrong International airport.  The Starbucks Leadership Conference, scheduled for this fall, will bring an estimated 12,000 people to the Crescent City.  The airlines that serve the Armstrong International Airport have been very willing to add extra seats on their routes to and from the city for conventions.  Officials are "optimistic about the growth and rebound of the convention/leisure traveler in our market," but are "curiously optimistic about air service return given the current volatile nature of the aviation industry."

Delta's New 777-200LR

Well, just when I thought that Delta Air Lines' service was on the lam, I was happily corrected when I saw the release of their new BusinessElite 777-2ooLR seats. Delta will be the first airline in the United States to offer a lie-flat business class seat. In fall of 2o08, Delta also plans to proliferate these new seats to all of their 777 aircraft. This year, Delta Airlines will receive two of these 777-200LR aircraft, and expects to order more in the future.

Winter Delays Greatly Affects Air Travel

The severe weather that has recently swept the entire nation is greatly affecting air travel. This has not only caused delays in northern cities such as Chicago, New York, Seattle, ecetera, but delays are also becoming more perfidious in cities such as New Orleans, Miami, Dallas (DFW), and Atlanta. Airline passengers across the nation are currently contending with delays that last up to 12 hours, some of those being spent abord the aricraft with no food or drink. Airlines such as JetBlue, American, and Continental have been hit the hardest. United, US, and Delta have also been affected, though not as greatly. So be sure to check those airline websites before you travel! They can save you a lot of trouble!