Delta Air Lines Announces New Checked Bag Allowance
ATLANTA, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL)
today announced a new checked baggage allowance for domestic travel.
Effective Aug. 15, Delta customers can check a maximum of two bags free of
charge. Previously, customers could check three bags free, if they didn't
have a carry-on. Delta's revised baggage policy still will allow each
ticketed customer three bags free, but only two of the three bags may be
checked.
"Delta is changing its free checked baggage allowance to better manage the
dramatic rise in checked baggage in our system," said Rob Maruster, director,
Airport Strategy and Services. "Since Sept. 11, Delta customers are checking,
on average, 20 percent more bags."
Delta customers will be charged a fee of $40 for the third checked bag.
Customers checking any additional bags, or checking items which exceed other
excess restrictions, will be charged the appropriate excess baggage fees as
found on Delta's Web site at delta.com/baggage .
The new checked bag policy applies to passengers traveling on Delta, Delta
Express, Delta Shuttle, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Comair, Chautauqua
Airlines, Atlantic Coast Airlines and SkyWest Airlines. The new policy
includes passengers ticketed prior to Aug. 15. These guidelines may not be
applicable to Delta's codeshare partners. Additional restrictions may apply
on certain flights.
This new checked bag policy does not affect Delta's carry-on policy. The
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) regulations allow only one carry-
on bag and one personal item through airport security checkpoints and carried
aboard aircraft. TSA-approved personal items include a purse, briefcase,
computer bag, camera case and diaper bag.
Delta Air Lines, the world's second largest carrier in terms of passengers
carried and the leading U.S. airline across the Atlantic, offers 5,898 flights
each day to 429 destinations in 76 countries on Delta, Delta Express, Delta
Shuttle, Delta Connection and Delta's worldwide partners. Delta is a founding
member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with
extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. For more information,
please go to delta.com .
Roger
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