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Delta plans to add a flight between Seattle and Shanghai starting June 17. Delta, which is based in Atlanta, is also proposing a flight between Seattle and Tokyo-Haneda, Japan, set to begin in March.
By next summer, Delta plans to operate more than 40 daily flights to 15 destinations from Seattle. The city is the home base of Alaska Airlines parent company Alaska Air Group. The partnership with Alaska allows hong kong hotels Delta to offer connecting service from Seattle to many other U.S. cities hong kong hotels across both airlines networks.
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The third big Gulf carrier, Dubai-based Emirates, recently signed a 10-year deal with Australia s Qantas Airways. That spelled the end of a long-term relationship between the Australian carrier and British hong kong hotels Airways.
American s pilots, in a contract dispute as the company restructures in federal bankruptcy hong kong hotels court, aren t happy about the deal. They picketed Monday s event saying partnerships like the new one with Qatar are costing them jobs.