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A Delta flight from Barcelona to Boston carrying 296 passengers made an emergency landing in Porto, Portugal, on September 27 after smoke appeared in the cabin; four passengers were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
Delta will launch nonstop Boston-Venice and Detroit-Athens service in summer 2027, upgrade Boston-Milan to daily, and extend several transatlantic seasons, deepening its bet on secondary US hubs reaching deeper into Europe.
Five weeks before Delta's first-ever nonstop between the US and Saudi Arabia is due to take off, a Houthi ballistic missile set an Aramco fuel depot ablaze near Riyadh's airport — while Delta was already discounting the route after selling just a handful of seats.
Delta Flight 394 from Maui to Seattle diverted to Honolulu late Saturday after fumes filled the cabin and crews reported fuel discharging from the Airbus A321neo on landing; three passengers were taken to hospital.
Delta Flight 45, a Boeing 767-300ER bound for JFK with a full load of transatlantic fuel, turned back to Dublin on September 15 after a passenger medical emergency, landing overweight on runway 28L.
Delta increased how many SkyMiles members earn on Aeroméxico, Aerolíneas Argentinas and LATAM tickets issued from September 10, 2026, with business-fare earning on Aeroméxico rising from 150% to 200% of distance flown.
Delta Air Lines is dropping five routes out of Las Vegas and New York this winter, pulling capacity from Harry Reid International by roughly 7% as the airport's passenger numbers keep sliding.
Delta restarted JFK-Tel Aviv on September 6 and United followed with Newark service on September 8, ending roughly six months of suspended US flying to Israel — while American Airlines has pushed its own return all the way to March 2027.
Delta Flight 2311, a Boeing 737-900ER carrying 174 passengers and six crew, made an emergency descent after a cabin pressurization problem and diverted safely to Las Vegas; the cause has not yet been determined.
The Eleventh Circuit vacated the Transportation Department's order stripping Delta and Aeroméxico of antitrust immunity, calling the agency's reasoning arbitrary and capricious. The joint venture and its immunity stay in place.