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Delta Vacation’s Top Dive & Snorkel spots

Published January 12th, 2010 in delta.com, Vacations | No Comments →

If you liked reading about our favorite beaches you’ll also like reading about our favorite dive and snorkel spots in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Hawaii.

There are many great places to dive and snorkel, but I was curious to find out some of my colleagues favorite dive and snorkel spots that they have experienced in these popular destinations.

Travel Tips for Diving

Cozumel, Mexico: You can snorkel out front of any hotel in the hotel zone and one of my favorites is the Cozumel Palace. Cozumel has amazing cave diving and wall dives. – David & Wendy

Ambergris Caye, Belize: Amazing colors and so many fish and sharks to see. Our guides caught fresh snapper for us and grilled it for us on the beach! – Sean

Hanalei Bay, Hawaii: This is great for snorkeling with its calm waters and great visibility. – Wendy

Kanapali Beach by Black Rock, Maui: This is great for snorkeling because of the great ocean conditions and the endless white sand. – Libby

Molokini, Maui: A partially sunken volcanic crater (that looks like a tiny Island) off the coast of Maui is a wonderful snorkeling and diving experience. – Jeannie

Big Island/Kona, Hawaii: You can do night diving with manta rays. Each diver is given an underwater light which attracts plankton. As the manta rays go after the plankton, they glide over and around you in the darkness. – Susan

Grand Cayman, Caribbean: The water is perfectly clear and warm and the fish are colorful. Also, many dive locations aren’t far from shore, so it doesn’t take long to get to the dive site. – Susan

Xel Ha National Park, Riviera Maya, Mexico: You can see almost every color of the rainbow when snorkeling. It’s a controlled environment so it’s excellent for beginners, yet large and deep enough if you are looking for adventure. – David

West Caicos Walls, Turks & Caicos: This is the best wall diving in the World! The diving conditions are excellent for all levels and the visibility is awesome. A very colorful variety of coral reef and fish. – Missy

Cow and Calf Rocks, US Virgin Islands: This is a great shallow dive, you can swim through natural arches and ledges attached to the reef. – Kathy

Grand Bahama Island: The island is bordered with these reefs, the Wall, the Caves (where a long-ago disaster known as Theo’s Wreck occurred), and Treasure Reef. – Kate

If you know of any other great dive or snorkel spots and would like to share them with us, please send a comment to this post or tweet us @deltablog and let us know your favorite spot!

Sean C.
Delta Vacations

Live Like A Rock Star – Or A Grammy Nominee

Published January 11th, 2010 in delta.com, Destinations, New York City, Promotions, Sponsorships | No Comments →

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If you believe variety is the spice of life, then you have to agree that music is food for the soul. It doesn’t matter what country you’re from or what language you speak, your life in some capacity is full of music. I believe that music is a universal language. The only true, global language.  As a sponsor of  the 52nd  GRAMMY Awards, the pinnacle of music excellence,  we’re bringing The GRAMMYs to you, and for two lucky fans, you to The GRAMMYs.

In celebration of music everywhere, Delta is providing our customers the gift of music. Visit www.pandora.com/delta where we’ve provided personal listening stations inspired by The GRAMMYs. While you’re there, enter-to-win a trip to the 52nd GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles, including flying in our new Business Elite service from JFK to LAX and staying with our partner Hilton Hotel with your own Avis car rental. And there are plenty of other prizes. You’ll find all the information in tiny little print at the bottom of this post. And don’t forget to tell your friends! From January 5th- January 22nd, for every tweet using #DeltaGRAMMYs we will donate $1 up to a total of $10,000 to The GRAMMY Foundation.

What’s your favorite artist or album of the year? Post below or tweet us @deltablog. Then follow me @deltablog as I tweet LIVE from The GRAMMYs.

Rachael R,

Manager, Marketing

DELTA “GRAMMY AWARDS” SWEEPSTAKES. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal residents of the U.S, 18 or older as of 1/4/2010. Void in Puerto Rico, U.S. territories and possessions, and where prohibited. Sweepstakes begins 12:00:01 AM, U.S. Eastern Time (U.S. ET), on 1/5/2010 and ends 11:59:59 PM, U.S. ET, on 1/22/2010, See official rules by visiting www.pandora.com/delta Sponsor–Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, GA 30354.

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DELTA “GRAMMY AWARDS” SWEEPSTAKES. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY – A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING A PRIZE. Open to legal residents of the U.S, 18 or older as of 1/4/2010. Void in Puerto Rico, U.S. territories and possessions, and where prohibited. Beginning 12:00:01 AM, U.S. Eastern Time (U.S. ET), on 1/5/2010 and ending 11:59:59 PM, U.S. ET, on 1/22/2010, enter by visiting www.pandora.com/delta and providing your First Name, Last Name, Delta SkyMiles number and e-mail address. Limit one (1) entry per person, SkyMiles number and/or e-mail address per day. Sweepstakes subject to complete Official Rules at www.pandora.com/delta Prizes: Two (2) Grand Prizes – 3 day/2 night trip to 52nd Annual Grammy® Awards in Los Angeles on 1/31/2010. Trip includes air travel, hotel accommodations, rental car, tickets to Grammy® Awards Show and after-party. Trip must be taken 1/30/2010 – 2/1/2010 or prize will be forfeited. Trip components, including rental car, are subject to additional restrictions; see Official Rules for details. (Approximate Retail Value $6,900 each). Actual Grand Prize value depends on various factors, including Winner’s city of residence. Two (2) First Prizes – Delta Gold Medallion Status in SkyMiles program for one (1) year. ARV: $6,000 each. All SkyMiles program rules apply to Medallion prize. Taxes and fees for any Award Travel are the responsibility of the Winner and must be paid at the time the ticket is booked. Please visit delta.com/fees for current fee schedule. Award Travel seats are limited and may not be available on all flights or in all markets. Five (5) Second Prizes – $50 Delta SkyMall® gift card. Five (5) Third Prizes – GoGo® inflight wireless Internet access pass. (ARV: $49.95 each.) Gift card and access pass prizes subject to terms/conditions of use. No more than 14 prizes will be awarded with a total Approximate Retail Value not to exceed $26,299.75. Odds of winning a prize depend on number of eligible entries received for drawing. Limit one (1) prize per person/SkyMiles number/e-mail address. SkyMiles account necessary (obtain one at no cost at delta.com/skymiles or call 1-800-323-2323). SkyMiles offers void where prohibited by law and other restrictions may apply. SkyMiles offers subject to change without notice. Sponsor–Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, GA 30354.

The Latest Wings With Wi-Fi

Published January 9th, 2010 in delta.com, Planes, Wi-Fi | 14 Comments →

Happy New Year! On the Wi-Fi front, Twenty Ten is off to a great start. We’ve installed Wi-Fi on all but one of the original Delta domestic mainline aircraft as announced in our press release and are preparing to begin installation of Wi-Fi on planes that were previously Northwest aircraft beginning the week of January 17 in TPA and DTW.

66% Complete – 343 of 528

MD88:  117 A/C

MD90:  16 A/C

B737-700:  10 A/C

B737-800:  71 A/C

B757-200:  102 A/C

B757-200 ETOPS: 17 A/C

767-300: 10 A/C

TOTAL: 343

Awaiting Supplemental Type Certificate (STC):

A319:  1 A/C

A320:  1 A/C

757-300: 1 A/C

Chris B., Sr. Product Manager

In-Flight Entertainment

Calling all Widget Heads!

Published January 8th, 2010 in delta.com, History | 8 Comments →

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Got your attention, didn’t it? :) Always wanted an excuse to post this Western ad (Western merged with Delta in 1987).

We want your input on the Delta Museum website’s new Delta Aircraft History section! Now under construction, it will feature all aircraft types flown by Delta way back to our crop-dusting days.

We are posting cool facts about Delta planes:  Did you know our first Airbuses were A310s from Pan Am in 1991 (14 leased & 3 owned)? You will see early paint schemes and cabin interiors. We will post links to rare photos and video of Delta aircraft found on other sites.  I am scanning colorful brochures and articles in the company magazine that introduced our new planes and will post them.

What are your favorite little-known facts about Delta’s aircraft?

Any burning questions you’ve always wondered about our planes?

What great videos & unique photos of our planes have you seen on YouTube, airliners.net and other sites?

Look forward to hearing from you!

Marie Force

Archives Manager

Documenting Northwest’s Pioneering Service to Asia

Published January 1st, 2010 in delta.com | 4 Comments →

Recently made a trip up to former Northwest Airlines headquarters in Minneapolis/St. Paul with Delta Museum Director Tiffany Meng. Side note: It was fun for this native Atlantan to see snow before January – not that we often see it then! We were there to collect some amazing Asian airport facilities drawings, found by Brian Ruppert in Corporate Real Estate, and bring them to Atlanta for preservation in the Delta Archives.

Northwest made the drawings for planning and early operations of its Asian service. I was able to scan some of the smaller ones in-house for you to see: Seoul terminal building 1950 and Shanghai & Manila airport layouts 1946.

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Another find this year was a rare snapshot from a Northwest survey flight in January 1947 made during preparations for service to Asia. Shown here is Northwest Douglas DC-4 Ship 422 refueling at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan. Photo by Clay Tice, Jr., retired USAF colonel, who donated it to Northwest in 1995.

It is a privilege to be able to preserve these records of Northwest’s pioneering work in airline service between the U.S. and Asia. Before Northwest in 1947, no airline flew the chilly, northern “Great Circle” shortcut to Asia. Drawing on wartime experience in the Artic, Northwest flew Douglas DC-4s from Edmonton, Canada, and Anchorage,  Alaska, refueled at the military airfield on Shemya at the tip of the Aleutian Islands, and crossed the Pacific by circling north of the earth’s equator to Tokyo, Shanghai and Manila.  Flying this route–2,000 miles closer to Japan than the warm weather, mid-Pacific route pioneered by Pan Am–Northwest planes could fly Twin Cities to Tokyo in 33 hours.

A special thank you to Blain Peters in Corporate Real Estate – MSP for his work this year to locate historical treasures like these and make sure that they were preserved to share the story of Northwest Airlines.

Marie Force

Archives Manager

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