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.
Delta Airlines recently announced that it would instate a new daily nonstop service between New Orleans Louis Armstrong International (MSY) and New York - LaGuardia Airport (LGA). Before Katrina, American Airlines offered a daily nonstop service to LaGuardia, but terminated it afterwards. For quite a while, there was a major void in air service to New York, and Delta has helped to fix that problem. Shortly after Katrina, Continental was the only airline which offered service to the Big Apple. All of their flights were full, so prices were in the sky (no pun intended). Not anymore! Delta would plan to use the dominant aircraft in the fleet: The MD-88. In my personal opinion, this new flight will boost commerce and travel to New Orleans. This will also provide an opportunity for competition, which will lower airfares. Delta will begin the service immediately. 
After stumbling across several pictures of Delta's international first class cabin, also known as BusinessElite, I had to ask myself, "Does anyone actually pay to fly Delta's first class anymore?" This photograph is of Delta's 767-400ER BusinessElite cabin. Most airlines have begun to offer flat beds in their business class, but not Delta. Don't get me wrong, it's still very nice, but not nice enough to pay $7,000 for a transatlantic flight. It's not only Delta's international BusinessElite that needs updating, though. Their domestic "First" class has lost its last prayer. One major issue is that they only serve meals on flights longer than 3h45m (To give you a better perspective, other airlines like Continental and American serve meals on flights that are 1h30m long). Also, their seats have not been updated in about 10 years, so they're less comfortable than other airlines. If Delta would like to keep people in their domestic and international first class cabins, they'd better do something, and fast!
As travel between the United States and China becomes more and more imperative, the amount of flights between the nations have not risen to meet the demand. Delta Airlines, being the third largest carrier in the United States, wishes to add another route to ease the jam. The planned route would be a daily nonstop from Atlanta Hartfield International Airport (ATL) to the Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG). Delta would plan to use one of their Boeing 777's for the flight. This service to China would be the first to exist in the Southeast USA. Delta believes that this will not only have a substantial economic impact on the airline itself, but the entire Southeast. The average yearly revenue airlines make on China flights is about 100 million dollars, and this number is expected to go nowhere but up. This, in my opinion, will fill the large void in air service to China and link millions more to the intriguing nation.
