Delta has served London Heathrow Airport since 2008. This coincided with the signing of the EU-US open skies agreement, which replaced the highly restrictive Bermuda II agreement. This meant the carrier could finally fly to the UK's busiest airport. Sixteen years later, Delta – and transatlantic joint venture partner Virgin Atlantic, of which it owns 49% – have a record number of US flights this summer.
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Global Airlines’ Founder’s 2021 Beef With Air France
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- July 9, 2025
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This isn’t exactly new news, as the actual event took place in 2021. However, It’s one of those interesting stories that we’ve been wanting to share with you for awhile now but other, more timely news has gotten in the way. It has to do with the founder and CEO of Global Airlines – James Asquith. Apparently, a few years ago, Asquith claimed that Air France was deliberately selling “fake” first class tickets and then downgrading passengers who purchased them to business class.