Delta Air Lines offers free flights for stranded Amtrak passengers
May 15, 2015, 5:44 pm
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Delta Air Lines offers free flights for stranded Amtrak passengers
May 15 (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc said on Friday that Amtrak customers whose tickets were canceled because of Tuesday's train crash in Philadelphia can fly between New York and Boston or Washington for free on Delta's shuttle service for the next four days.
The Atlanta-based airline is adding seats along the Eastern Seaboard in response to the crash by flying more Boeing Co 717s on its shuttle routes, rather than smaller Embraer SA 175 aircraft. Amtrak customers can contact Delta Reservations to be booked and ticketed, Delta said.
It will not be seeking any compensation from Amtrak, the airline said.
ARTICLE: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-...233733054.html
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The Atlanta-based airline is adding seats along the Eastern Seaboard in response to the crash by flying more Boeing Co 717s on its shuttle routes, rather than smaller Embraer SA 175 aircraft. Amtrak customers can contact Delta Reservations to be booked and ticketed, Delta said.
It will not be seeking any compensation from Amtrak, the airline said.
ARTICLE: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-...233733054.html
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May 15, 2015, 5:48 pm
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May 15 (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc said on Friday that Amtrak customers whose tickets were canceled because of Tuesday's train crash in Philadelphia can fly between New York and Boston or Washington for free on Delta's shuttle service for the next four days.
The Atlanta-based airline is adding seats along the Eastern Seaboard in response to the crash by flying more Boeing Co 717s on its shuttle routes, rather than smaller Embraer SA 175 aircraft. Amtrak customers can contact Delta Reservations to be booked and ticketed, Delta said.
It will not be seeking any compensation from Amtrak, the airline said.
ARTICLE: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-...233733054.html
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The Atlanta-based airline is adding seats along the Eastern Seaboard in response to the crash by flying more Boeing Co 717s on its shuttle routes, rather than smaller Embraer SA 175 aircraft. Amtrak customers can contact Delta Reservations to be booked and ticketed, Delta said.
It will not be seeking any compensation from Amtrak, the airline said.
ARTICLE: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-...233733054.html
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May 15, 2015, 5:59 pm
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The economist part of me says it's Delta's way of marketing its northeast shuttle service.
There could not have been that many people who were delayed by the Amtrak crash, but everyone is going to read about how Delta offered its shuttle service as an alternative.
There could not have been that many people who were delayed by the Amtrak crash, but everyone is going to read about how Delta offered its shuttle service as an alternative.
May 15, 2015, 6:03 pm
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Delta haters will be in here shortly to belittle this move in 3...2....1.
(Can't we just look past the intention and see that they're actually providing value to the people affected?)
(Can't we just look past the intention and see that they're actually providing value to the people affected?)
May 15, 2015, 6:05 pm
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Win-win all around!
May 15, 2015, 6:05 pm
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Good move by Delta! Deserves a BIG ^!! I wonder if DL has a way to check/verify the AMTRAK tickets before they start booking affected pax over onto their shuttle service; and how it will affect their normal shuttle operations?!
May 15, 2015, 6:10 pm
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Email from Delta says nothing about giving the seats away for free:
Either the email department or Reuters got it wrong.
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/3...23/8a01d2a16b/
(I got the above email at 19.15)
Delta Air Lines is honoring existing tickets for previously scheduled Amtrak service in the Northeast Corridor...
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/3...23/8a01d2a16b/
(I got the above email at 19.15)
May 15, 2015, 6:12 pm
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Email from Delta says nothing about giving the seats away for free:
Either the email department or Reuters got it wrong.
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/3...23/8a01d2a16b/
Either the email department or Reuters got it wrong.
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/3...23/8a01d2a16b/
May 15, 2015, 6:25 pm
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It's certainly wonderful marketing. Generate some positive opinion among the public, and hopefully convert some of those Amtrak riders to the Shuttle. Even better that this is actually helping out some folks.
