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What’s Delta Planning at LAX?

Madhu Unnikrishnan
April 1st, 2022 at 12:37 PM EDT

Photo credit:  Flickr / Anthony Quintano

Delta Air Lines is making a play for more premium passengers in Los Angeles. Our reporter Brian Sumers took a field trip to LAX to talk to Delta leaders to see what the airline thinks sets it apart at the country’s second-largest market. Then, Brian and Madhu Unnikrishnan use the “garden center index” to gauge how far the travel recovery has come.

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