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Launched in 2000, Delta’s DREAM Flight – a special charter flight that transports Black students to an aviation-themed destination – remains a testament to the airline's commitment to exposing students from underrepresented groups to the world of aviation.
Delta Air Lines, along with partners KLM and Virgin Atlantic, took to the canals and the streets during recent Pride celebrations in The Netherlands and the UK expressing the airlines’ individual and collective commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion and their continued support of the LGBTQ+ community.
Delta connects with multigenerational, premium Black women travelers through a weekend of elevated customer experience touchpoints.
Now in its 23rd year, Delta’s Dream Flight – a special charter flight that transports Black students to an aviation-themed destination – remains a testament to the airline's commitment to exposing students from underrepresented groups to the world of aviation.
As an extension of our Faces of Travel initiative, Delta invited employees and members of the Los Angeles community to share accounts of memorable travel experiences, which were brought to life in real-time via digital sketch by seven commissioned emerging artists with diverse backgrounds.
As part of Delta’s work to reimagine its recruiting strategy and better reflect the diversity of the world it serves, the airline prioritizes partnerships with organizations, including HBCUs in Atlanta and beyond, that help build a diverse pipeline of top talent that may have historically been left behind.
Like EJI, Delta shares a commitment to creating equitable outcomes for all. Nearly 1,000 Delta people have traveled to the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama, creating an opportunity for employees to understand history and the need for individuals and corporations to be part of finding solutions.
Delta’s Close the Gap strategy tracks the gap between the diversity of hourly wage earners, or frontline talent, and leadership within the company, a prescriptive approach to increase equitable access to career growth at every level of Delta’s workforce.
In celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month and the 37th anniversary of the Air Carrier Access Act, Delta shares progress along the airline's journey that has made travel more accessible.
This is the second year Delta’s D.C.-based Government Affairs team has led important conversations at the CBCF conference, the leading policy event on issues impacting the global Black community. Participating in and contributing to the conference reflect Delta’s ongoing commitment to a journey to build a more inclusive and equitable workforce.
Delta's annual WING Flight is operated exclusively by women from the pilots to the flight attendant crew to the dispatcher, TSA, gate and ramp agents – allowing girls ages 11-18 to learn about careers in aviation and aerospace.
Delta's efforts to actively seek diversity, boldly pursue equity and consciously promote inclusion across every aspect of our business have been recognized this year by our people and industry experts – an honor as we continue to promote equitable outcomes for all and foster a sense of belonging from the frontline to the flight deck and beyond.
Delta Air Lines' appearance at Amsterdam's Canal Parade showcased the airline’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Delta supports the LGBTQ+ community and values the differences that make it stronger as a company.
While Delta has intentionally increased representation within its own marketing assets, Faces of Travel is a program that continues Delta’s long-term commitment to increase representation that the larger travel culture can tap into: from social media to tourism ads, and everything in between, while pushing against stereotypes that have been created and upheld.
Last June, for the inaugural year of this endeavor, a Delta Charter flight touched down in Deauville, France – a first for a U.S. passenger airline – to return WWII veterans to the site for D-Day commemorations. On May 31, the historic charter once again departed to return WWII Veterans to the beaches of Normandy for the 79th anniversary of D-Day.
April is World Autism Month. E.V.P. and Chief Customer Experience Officer Allison Ausband sat down for an intimate conversation with a customer and childhood friend to discuss traveling with autism, share advice for parents traveling with autistic children, and show how Delta is committed to making travel accessible for everyone.
Aluel Bol, now a 737 captain for Delta, and Khady Ndiaye, a 757/767 first officer, hope to inspire the next generation of women who aspire to take the flight deck. Bol earned her Delta pilot wings in 2018, and Ndiaye earned hers in 2022.
Last week, Atlanta’s leading business influencers joined Delta CEO Ed Bastian, OneTen CEO Maurice, Jones, incoming OneTen CEO Debbie Dyson, and Mayor Andre Dickens at the Delta Flight Museum for a reception and panel discussion – introducing Delta Air Lines’ formal commitment to OneTen as the Atlanta City Lead.
Delta Air Lines’ Propel Program has added Elizabeth City State University to its network of partner schools, emphasizing Delta’s commitment to strengthening the workforce pipeline and creating equitable opportunities in aviation.
Delta will now begin interviewing and extending conditional job offers to retiring full-time active-duty military and full-time Active Guard Reserve pilots as early as 24 months prior to their retirement date, expanded from six months.
As the airline works to better reflect the diversity of the world it serves, this partnership helps broaden diversity and builds upon the significant legacy people of color have contributed to aviation.
‘The future is just beginning:’ Ed Bastian and Ambassador Andrew Young honor Dr. King and his legacy
Delta CEO Ed Bastian and Ambassador Andrew Young reflect on history and use it to chart a course forward.
Through strategic partnerships with the Society of Women Engineers and Girls Who Code, Delta is working to play a role in solving systemic underrepresentation across industries.
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