ʻO Boney M ke poʻo i nā palapala kiʻi, "Grease" aia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka lilo ʻana i kiʻiʻoniʻoni o ke kauwela a ke holo nei ʻo Delta i kāna lele mua i UK Akā ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo JR Ewing ʻino ma kā mākou TV a hāʻule nā perms a me nā bele lalo. ʻO ke ʻano, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o 40 mau makahiki ma Delta ma mua o ka UK
I Mei 1978, lele ʻo Delta i Lākana-Gatwick mai New Orleans ma Atlanta me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mokulele Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. Holo wikiwiki i ka 2018, a lele ʻo Delta i kāna A330 kaulana me nā mea i hoʻonui ʻia mai London-Heathrow a Atlanta, New York-JFK a me Detroit. Ke lawelawe nei ka mokulele i ʻehā mau kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika mai Heathrow, a me Edinburgh a me Glasgow mai JFK. Akā ʻo ka mea kupaianaha ka ʻike ma luna o ka papa. ʻO wai ka mea i wānana e lilo ka Wi-Fi i mea maʻamau a hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke hoʻomau me nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana ma ka honua - no ka manuahi - me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lawelawe leka uila a Delta?
No ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka milestone, hāʻawi ʻo Delta i nā hoʻomaikaʻi a me ke komo ʻana i ka lumi hoʻokipa i ka mea kūʻai aku 40th e nānā ana no nā mokulele koho i United States ma Heathrow Terminal 3 i kēia lā. ʻO ka hoa o Delta, ʻo Virgin Atlantic, ke hōʻailona nei i ka hanana. Hiki i ka poʻe kūʻai ke hoʻohana i ka Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse ma Heathrow i kēia mahina ke leʻaleʻa i ka ʻono o ʻAmelika ma mua o ko lākou lele ʻana me ka ʻoluʻolu o kahi ʻōpala moa i hoʻomoʻi ʻia i ka Hema.
"Ua hoʻonui mau mākou i kā mākou pūnaewele a ua hoʻopukapuka nui i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ma UK i nā mahina he 12 i hala me nā menus hou, nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā leka. A i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, mahalo i kā mākou hui ʻoluʻolu me Virgin Atlantic, loaʻa i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku kahi ʻike mokulele papa mua ma Heathrow, "wahi a Corneel Koster, ka Hope Pelekikena Nui o Delta - ʻEulopa, Middle East, Africa a me India. "He aha ke ala maikaʻi e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kā mākou ruby anniversary ma mua o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ma ke kahua mokulele ʻoi loa o UK, ʻo Heathrow?"
