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Delta Air Lines Has Just Signed a Sparkling New Deal With Taittinger Champagne. Here Are the Details
March 9, 2025
Delta Air Lines signed a sparkling new deal with Taittinger Champagne. The tagline of this clever collaboration is “cheers to 100 years,” and fans of both brands couldn’t be more delighted. Let’s look at what we know.
Delta Air Lines Is Saying ‘Cheers to 100 Years’
In a press release, the well-known airline revealed that it would collaborate with Maison Taittinger to commemorate Delta’s centennial year.
Taittinger and Delta Air Lines bring together the Champagne house’s heritage of luxury and craftsmanship with the airline’s dedication to providing top-notch service. During Delta’s centennial year, this alliance establishes a new standard for in-flight hospitality, marking a historic milestone for both brands.
“Not all Champagne is created equal. Taittinger is Champagne for those who know — it represents a quiet, sophisticated elegance that will ‘wow’ our Delta One customers,” said Kristen Manion Taylor, SVP of Inflight Service. “A family-owned Champagne house, Taittinger’s reputation for excellence mirrors our own, and we’re thrilled to partner with them as we elevate your travel experience.”
The finely balanced Champagne Taittinger Brut la Française is renowned for its consistently excellent quality. It is delicate, with the flavor of fresh fruit and honey and scents of peach, white blossoms, vanilla pod, and brioche. It has a light, pale gold color and fine, persistent bubbles.
“At Delta, we are never satisfied with the status-quo. Our teams are consistently pushing, testing and elevating our offerings with the goal of providing a best-in-class onboard experience. We are always working to surpass our own high standards,” said Manion Taylor. “Similarly, Taittinger is known for having the highest-quality production, exceeding minimum aging requirements and embodying sustainable practices in addition to creating excellent Champagne.”
A $30,000 Mistake?
According to FOX Business, passengers in a catastrophic crash that occurred at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Feb. 17 were fortunate to escape unharmed. The incident did not result in any fatalities, but 21 people were hurt, three of them critically.
The 80 individuals on Flight 4819 — 76 passengers and four staff members — have received an offer from Delta Air Lines of $30,000 per person. According to CBS News, the Delta Care Team stated that “this gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights.”
“It’s horrifying when you look at the video,” Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told CBS Mornings, per The Guardian. “You can imagine when I received the text minutes after it happened, hearing there was a regional jet upside down on an active runway.”
“The reality is safety is embedded into our system. Air travel in the United States is the safest form of travel,” he added.
According to FOX Business, some pundits who were skeptical of the Trump administration’s recent changes to the Federal Aviation Administration also blamed the president for some of the recent aircraft-related tragedies.
Bastian, for his part, disapproved of this line of reasoning.
“I’ve been in close communication with the Secretary of Transportation. I understand that the cuts at this time are something that are raising questions, but the reality is there’s over 50,000 people that work at the FAA. And the cuts, I understand, were 300 people, and they were in non-critical safety functions,” Bastian said.
“The Trump administration has committed to investing deeply in terms of improving the overall technologies that are used in the air traffic control systems and modernizing the skies. They’ve committed to hiring additional controllers and investigators, and safety investigators. So no, I’m not concerned with that at all,” the Delta Air Lines CEO concluded.
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