In this picture supplied by Delta Air Lines, a Delta Air Lines plane takes off on its inaugural Sydney-to-Los Angles flight from Sydney International Airport Friday June 3, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

In this picture supplied by Delta Air Lines, a Delta Air Lines plane takes off on its inaugural Sydney-to-Los Angles flight from Sydney International Airport Friday June 3, 2009.

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  1. Japan Airlines (R) and Delta Air Lines (L) jetliners taxi at the Narita International airport on September 12, 2009. Cash-strapped Japan Airlines could receive a capital injection worth hundreds of millions of dollars from US carrier Delta Air Lines under a business tie-up, a media report said September 11.
  2. Delta Air Lines' president Edward Bastian speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion-dollar offer intended to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its current affiliation with American Airlines.
  3. Delta Air Lines' president Edward Bastian listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion-dollar offer intended to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its current affiliation with American Airlines.
  4. Delta Air Lines' president Edward Bastian smiles as he listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion-dollar offer intended to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its current affiliation with American Airlines.
  5. Top managers from SkyTeam, the world's second largest airline network, pose for photographs after the SkyTeam CEOs meeting at a hotel in Incheon, west of Seoul November 5, 2009. South Korea's top airline and the world's biggest air cargo carrier Korean Air Co expects a significant recovery this and next year on stabilising oil prices and a stronger won, its CEO said on Thursday. The managers are Aeromexico's Senior Vice President Gabriel Parra, KLM's Senior Vice President Hans de Roos, Sky Team Managing Director Marie-Joseph Male, Southern Airlines' Chairman Si Xianmin, Delta Air Lines' CEO Richard Anderson, Korean Air's CEO Cho Yang-ho, Sky Team Chairman Leo van Wijk, Alitalia's Senior Vice President Giorgio Callegari, Southern Airlines' Executive Vice President He Zongkai and Aeroflot's Commercial Director Alexey Sidorov (L-R).
  6. Top managers from SkyTeam, the world's second largest airline network, pose for photographs after the SkyTeam CEOs meeting at a hotel in Incheon, west of Seoul November 5, 2009. Heads of members of a major airline alliance including Korean Air and Delta Airlines expressed some optimism about the industry's recovery but noted uncertainties from the H1N1 flu virus and the overall economy. The managers are Aeromexico's Senior Vice President Gabriel Parra, KLM's Senior Vice President Hans de Roos, Air France's Vice President Dominique Patry, SkyTeam Managing Director Marie-Joseph Male, Southern Airlines' Chairman Si Xianmin, Delta Air Lines' CEO Richard Anderson, Korean Air's CEO Cho Yang-ho, Sky Team Chairman Leo van Wijk, Alitalia's Senior Vice President Giorgio Callegari, Southern Airlines' Executive Vice President He Zongkai and Aeroflot's Commercial Director Alexey Sidorov (L-R).
  7. In this undated photo provided by Emily Gillette, she is shown with daughter, River. The New Mexico woman kicked off an airplane at the Burlington International Airport three years ago for breast feeding her baby is suing Delta Airlines. Negotiations failed to reach a settlement between the airline and Gillette. On Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009 Gillette.
  8. In this photo provided by Hard Rock International, singer Melissa Etheridge gives an in-flight performance for breast cancer survivors and fans aboard Delta's PINK plane from New York to Washington September 29, 2009 to launch Hard Rock International's Pinktober campaign. The 2009 Pinktober campaign benefits the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and partners with Sirius/XM radio and Delta Air Lines.
  9. A Japan Airlines aircraft flies behind a gas flare in a factory in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo September 14, 2009. Shares in Japan Airlines jumped 8 percent on Monday on news American Airlines and Delta Airlines are considering rival investments in the struggling carrier to secure partnership ties and boost revenue from Asia.
  10. A Japan Airlines aircraft flies near a factory in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo September 14, 2009. Shares in Japan Airlines jumped 8 percent on Monday on news American Airlines and Delta Airlines are considering rival investments in the struggling carrier to secure partnership ties and boost revenue from Asia.
  11. A man and woman walk past a logo of Japan Airlines (JAL) in Tokyo September 14, 2009. Shares in Japan Airlines jumped 8 percent on Monday on news American Airlines and Delta Airlines are considering rival investments in the struggling carrier to secure partnership ties and boost revenue from Asia.
  12. A man reading a newspaper, walks past a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo September 14, 2009. Japan's Nikkei stock average fell more than 2 percent in moderate trade on Monday, with Toyota Motor Corp and other exporters battered as the dollar hit a 7-month low against the yen. But Japan Airlines (JAL) climbed nearly 8 percent following news that the struggling airline was in talks on investment by American Airlines and Delta Airlines.
  13. Men take an escalator as a stock quotation board is reflected in a window in Tokyo September 14, 2009. Japan's Nikkei stock average fell more than 2 percent in moderate trade on Monday, with Toyota Motor Corp and other exporters battered as the dollar hit a 7-month low against the yen. But Japan Airlines (JAL) climbed nearly 8 percent following news that the struggling airline was in talks on investment by American Airlines and Delta Airlines.
  14. A man looks down in front of a stock quotation board displaying the Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo September 14, 2009. Japan's Nikkei stock average fell more than 2 percent in moderate trade on Monday, with Toyota Motor Corp and other exporters battered as the dollar hit a 7-month low against the yen. But Japan Airlines (JAL) climbed nearly 8 percent following news that the struggling airline was in talks on investment by American Airlines and Delta Airlines.
  15. In this photo taken Aug. 7, 2009, Japan Airlines passenger planes park on the tarmac of Tokyo's Haneda Airport, Japan. Kyodo News reported Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, struggling Japan Airlines Corp. is considering receiving capital contributions from Delta Air Lines Inc. and forming a capital and business tie-up on international flight operations with the U.S. airline according to industry sources.

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