Skift Take
Business travelers have a new reason to consider Delta with the opening of the much-anticipated T4 today, but its stake in Virgin will be vital to building Delta's reputation as the go-to trans-Atlantic carrier.
Delta Air Lines Inc. sharpened the jockeying for the highest-paying passengers in New York, the biggest U.S. aviation market, as it opened a $1.4 billion international terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
A joint venture with Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., in which Delta is taking a 49 percent stake, will include seven daily JFK flights to London’s Heathrow airport once the purchase is completed this year, President Ed Bastian said in an interview before today’s inauguration of the new facility.
“JFK is going to be a big driver for us in getting international seats, a big driver in the Vi
