Building on their partnership through Delta Sync, Delta and Paramount+ recently hosted SkyMiles Members for an exclusive experience at JetZero’s Design Center in Long Beach, California. Guests stepped into the world of Star Trek, exploring franchise artifacts and ideas that have inspired generations to dream about the future of flight. From there, guests viewed the aviation technologies taking shape today, including JetZero’s blended wing body aircraft and Joby’s electric air taxi.

Select customers also participated in a collaborative innovation workshop alongside the Delta Sustainable Skies Lab partners to explore real-world solutions for aviation decarbonization. The two-day event marked the first time Delta customers were invited inside JetZero’s facility, and heard more about the blended-wing-body aircraft concept, which has the potential to be up to 50% more fuel efficient than today's conventional aircraft designs. Customers also had the opportunity to share feedback on next-generation aircraft concepts designed to advance sustainability while enhancing the customer experience.

For 60 years, the Star Trek franchise has invited audiences to look beyond what seems possible and imagine how technology could transform the way people move, communicate and explore. Through Delta’s partnership with Paramount+, that spirit of imagination became the starting point for an immersive journey into the real-world aircraft concepts and technologies Delta and its partners are advancing today.

"We launched the Sustainable Skies Lab as an innovation incubator to partner with transformative companies bringing revolutionary technologies to life," said Amelia DeLuca, Chief Sustainability Officer for Delta Air Lines. "Where the future of flight once lived in imagination, today it is taking shape through collaboration and innovation. Working together with partners like JetZero and Joby, we're accelerating breakthrough ideas and giving customers a front-row seat to the work that will redefine travel."

“JetZero will deliver the world’s first all-wing airplane, which will be up to 50% more fuel efficient while elevating the customer experience,” said Tom O’Leary, CEO and Co-Founder, JetZero. “Delta Air Lines was our first airline collaborator, which helps ensure the passengers’ voice is heard in the design process as we eliminate major travel friction points. Hearing directly from Delta’s SkyMiles members is invaluable as we approach the Demonstrator’s first flight at the end of 2027.”

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Bringing the future of flight on board and home

To continue celebrating Star Trek’s 60th anniversary, Delta and Paramount+ launched new customer offerings across the travel journey:

• Six decades of Star Trek at 30,000 feet: Delta customers can explore a curated Star Trekanthology through the airline’s in-flight entertainment, bringing together beloved classics and newer favorites from across the franchise’s 60-year history, all at their seatback screens.”
• A one-of-a-kind SkyMiles Experience: Members redeemed miles for access to the event through Delta SkyMiles Experiences, connecting them with a passion point and opening the door to an experience made possible by Delta and its partners.

Through the Delta Sustainable Skies Lab, Delta continues to build cross-industry relationships that support its short-, medium- and long-term decarbonization goals while keeping customers connected to the ideas and innovations that could shape the future of flight.

Delta’s Sustainable Skies Lab partner, Joby Aviation, is developing an electric air taxi that reimagines how customers get to and from airports. Joby already completed demonstration flights across New York City earlier this year.