A Delta airplane carrying 200 passengers caught fire Monday at Orlando International Airport, but there were no initial reports of injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after a private jet carrying the Gonzaga University men’s basketball team nearly crossed a runway as another flight was taking off at Los Angeles International Airport.

About 6,000 people participated in The Life Time Turkey Trot Miami on Thursday at Tropical Park.

President Joe Biden is warning airlines and other companies not to overcharge people who are trying to get out of the path of Hurricane Milton.

Spirit Airlines is about to roll out tickets that include perks like free snacks and no fee for checking a bag.

A Pentagon official won't say whether U.S. military bases in the Middle East, Africa or the Indo-Pacific are at increased force protection levels similar to bases in Europe.

The aircrafts being used offers bigger windows for passengers to get a better view of the eclipse.

The aircrafts being used offers bigger windows for passengers to get a better view of the eclipse.

A dominant COVID variant has led to a rise in new cases.

Travel disruptions continued for passengers at South Florida’s airports on Tuesday as flights were canceled nationwide due to multiple storms in the area.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident that led to a flight being diverted from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport on Wednesday.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reaffirming the basis for a rule that requires “significant reductions” in mercury and other harmful pollutants from power plants.

NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated.

Starting on Wednesday, U.S. customers who link Delta SkyMiles and Starbucks Rewards loyalty programs will earn one mile on every $1 spent on eligible purchases at Starbucks.

The world’s first public database of fossil fuel production, reserves and emissions launched Monday.

The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers are central arms of California's water system.

The baby chicks were apparently unloaded from a plane and then left on the tarmac, baking in the sun on a day when the heat index hit 99 degrees.

How much would it take for you to give up your seat on a flight? For eight passengers traveling from Michigan to Minnesota, $10,000 was enough for their trouble.

Just ask anyone who has traveled in the past few weeks and they will tell you that having your flight changed, canceled or redirected is becoming more and more common these days.

In southeast Florida, there has been a drop in hospitalizations, which experts say could signal the peak in coronavirus omicron variant cases has passed.

The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.

A forecast of better weather means that the worst may finally be over for tens of thousands of air travelers who were grounded by flight cancellations that skyrocketed over the New Year’s Day weekend.

Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday.

Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Saturday because of staffing issues tied to COVID-19, disrupting holiday celebrations during one of the busiest travel times of the year.

Delta, United, JetBlue and other airlines nixed hundreds of domestic flights, and even more international ones. Their main reason for the cancellations is the spike in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant, leaving them short-staffed.

To protect yourself against the omicron variant, experts say to do what you would against any other variant.

Delta-8 THC is sold in several forms, including vapes, tinctures, candy gummies and versions that can be smoked.

The delta variant is causing a surge in infections among kids in the U.S. and elsewhere, but experts say there are no strong signs that it is causing more severe disease for young patients.

The Delta-variant-driven surge in COVID hospitalizations is putting pressure on both the production and distribution of oxygen, according to the Florida Hospital Association. To treat the new wave of COVID patients, some hospitals are having to use three to four times the amount of oxygen that they would have normally used.

Oregon's governor says she will deploy up to 1,500 National Guard troops to hospitals around the state to support healthcare workers as COVID-19 surges amid the rapid spread of the Delta variant.

The COVID-19 Delta variant has caused an explosion in new cases, and hospitals across Miami-Dade County are experiencing déjà vu.

The free distribution of COVID vaccines continued Monday at a temporary drive-through site at Tropical Park in Miami-Dade County amid the new surge in coronavirus infections by the fast-spreading Delta variant.

Fear about the COVID-19 Delta variant dropped the price of fuel last week, but demand for gasoline nevertheless remains strong, experts say.

Facing unease over the spread of a more-contagious variant of the coronavirus, the European Central Bank said it would maintain its stimulus in the form of ultra-low interest rates until inflation “durably” reaches its 2% target.

A key senator wants to know whether labor shortages are causing delayed and canceled flights at major U.S. airlines.

The fast spread of the Delta variant is delaying the end of the pandemic. It’s too early for South Florida residents to let their guard down. Coronavirus cases and COVID hospitalizations are on the rise.

The spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant revives the question of whether masks should be required for students and teachers when school resumes next month.

A Miami-Dade County commissioner remained hospitalized Tuesday after reporting COVID symptoms. It’s still unclear if he was the victim of the new more contagious Delta variant, the dominant strain in the U.S.

An American Airlines Boeing 777 is framed by utility wires as it prepares to land at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Miami. And now a halting rollout of vaccines threatens to further delay a recovery in travel and the travel industry. On Thursday as airlines reported results, a new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa was found in the United States for the first time, with two cases diagnosed in South Carolina. “Travel restrictions on international have resulted in a reduction in demand,” American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said. AdJETBLUE AIRWAYSJetBlue reported a loss of $381 million, after reporting a profit in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Delta, United and Alaska airlines said Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 they will bar passengers flying to Washington from putting guns in checked bags. The moves follow the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump and politically tinged confrontations on some flights. American Airlines is bringing back a ban on serving alcohol on flights to and from the Washington area — flights go dry starting Saturday through next Thursday. Price also said that it is “a good idea” to prohibit passengers from putting guns in checked bags if they are flying to Washington. Federal law allows passengers to put guns in checked baggage if they are unloaded and in a locked, hard-sided case, although airlines have the discretion to ban guns.

An Amazon logo appears on an Amazon delivery van, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Boston. Amazon said Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, that it bought 11 jets from Delta and WestJet airlines to boost its growing delivery network and get orders to shoppers faster. The company said its the first time it purchased planes for its delivery network. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)NEW YORK – Amazon said Tuesday that it bought 11 jets from Delta and WestJet airlines to boost its growing delivery network and get orders to shoppers faster. The company said it's the first time it has purchased planes for its delivery network.

– As southwest Louisiana recovers from the back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the region this year, signs of progress compete with lingering evidence of mass destruction. Hurricane Laura roared ashore in southwestern Louisiana on Aug. 27 as a Category 4 storm just south of Lake Charles. According to Louisiana government figures, nearly 47,000 homes were damaged by Hurricane Laura, with about 16,000 of those in need of major repairs. The bulk of those homes are in Calcasieu Parish, home to the state's fifth-largest city, Lake Charles, with 80,000 residents. A Facebook group set up after Hurricane Laura has become a lifeline for struggling residents.

Tourists walk on the beach as the tail end of Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, early Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Zeta, the 27th named storm of a very busy Atlantic hurricane season, was a hurricane when it began raking across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula early Tuesday. It emerged in the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm but was expected to regain hurricane strength before landfall south of New Orleans on Wednesday evening. Officials in two Mexican states hit by Zeta reported power outages and damage caused by downed trees, but no deaths. The extraordinarily busy hurricane season has focused attention on the role of climate change, which scientists say is causing wetter, stronger and more destructive storms.

Clouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, early Monday morning, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)MIAMI – Hurricane Zeta lashed Mexico's Caribbean coast resorts around Tulum with high winds and rain Monday night as it headed toward the Yucatan Peninsula and then a possible landfall on the central U.S. Gulf Coast at midweek. It was the second time this month that boat captain Francisco Sosa Rosado had to perform the same maneuver, after Hurricane Delta hit the resort in early October. Trees felled by Hurricane Delta barely three weeks earlier still littered parts of Cancun, stacked along roadsides and in parks. There was also a Tropical Storm Zeta in 2005, but that year had 28 storms because meteorologists later went back and found they missed one, which then became an “unnamed named storm."

MIAMI – A violent incident onboard a Delta flight from Miami to Atlanta ended with two passengers being escorted off the flight. Video shot by a witness appears to show a fracas between several passengers and a flight attendant. At one point, a woman is seen hitting the flight attendant in the face. “At this point we’re, like, two hours behind,” recalled passenger Lauryn England, who shot the video. The plane then moved back to the gate, when a woman started confronting the flight attendant.

Blue tarps cover houses in the aftermath of Hurricane Delta, Saturday Oct. 10, 2020, in Iowa, La. – Michele Vincent’s home was largely intact in spite of hurricanes Laura and Delta. Coastal Cameron Parish had about 9,800 residents when Hurricane Rita hit in 2005. “Leave Cameron Parish and go into Calcasieu it's bad there too. They were the only red lights we had in Cameron Parish.

A 70-year-old woman in Iberia Parish died in a fire likely caused by a natural gas leak following damage from Hurricane Delta, the Louisiana Department of Health said Sunday. Clair Hebert Marceaux lost her home in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, during Hurricane Laura and said the community was hard at work on rebuilding when Delta struck. “We can’t lose our momentum,” she said, though she added there was “utter devastation” in the area. Earnestine and Milton Wesley had decided to ride out Delta in their Lake Charles home, damaged by Laura. “And with God’s help we made it.”After blowing ashore, Delta moved over Lake Charles, a city where Laura damaged nearly every home and building.

Water levels are finally dropping in southwestern Louisiana where storm surge levels reached at least 8 feet above normal high tide. It was only five days ago at 8:00 a.m. on Oct. 5, that Delta became a tropical storm. A record 10 named storms made landfall in the U.S. this hurricane season, seven of them on the Gulf coast: Cristobal, Hanna, Laura, Marco, Sally, Beta, and now Delta. Way out in the Atlantic, a large tropical disturbance is tracking slowly in the direction of the Caribbean islands. There is a slight chance that it will get organized enough to become a tropical depression or tropical storm over the next few days.

Marcus Peterson walks past a downed tree in his yard after Hurricane Delta moved through, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Jennings, La. It then moved over Lake Charles, a city where Hurricane Laura damaged nearly every home and building in late August. While Delta was a weaker storm than Category 4 Laura, it brought significantly more flooding, Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter said. Forecasters warned that heavy rain, storm surges and flash floods continued to pose dangers in areas from Texas to Mississippi. They arrived back in Lake Charles last weekend, got a new roof on Monday and had to evacuate again Thursday.

Hurricane Delta pulled itself back together after its encounter with Mexico. There’s still a good chance it will weaken some in the hours before landfall late today, but it’s likely to come ashore as a powerful, damaging hurricane. Bizarrely, it looks like Delta is going to come ashore in southwest Louisiana, in almost exactly the same place where Hurricane Laura hit in August. Oct. 9 satellite image of Hurricane Delta. Hurricane Delta: 8 a.m. Friday advisory.

– Ripping tarps from already damaged roofs and scattering debris piled by roadsides, Hurricane Delta inflicted a new round of destruction on Louisiana as it struck communities still reeling after Hurricane Laura took a similar path just six weeks earlier. Delta's reach stretched as far west as Galveston, Texas, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from where the storm struck Louisiana. Tropical Storm Marco fizzled as it hit the southeast Louisiana tip just three days before Laura struck. And Tropical Storm Cristobal caused damage in southeast Louisiana in June. “The wind is much worse than what Hurricane Laura brought,” Gove said in a message on Twitter.

This Oct. 8, 2020 photo made available by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico at 12:41 p.m. EDT. Delta is the sixth storm this year and the second in a week to reach the threshold, Lillo calculated. Hurricanes Hannah, Laura, Sally and Teddy and tropical storm Gamma all gained at least 35 mph (56 kph) in strength in 24 hours. This year is particularly nasty and Delta is a good example, said study co-author Gabriel Vecchi, a Princeton climate scientist. “This season has given a lot of examples of these rapidly intensifying storms that we expect to be more common,” Princeton’s Vecchi said.

Louisiana residents who are still recovering from the devastation of a powerful hurricane less than two months ago braced for another hit as Hurricane Delta steamed north through the Gulf on Thursday after swiping Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, the Associated Press reported. “They do not retire Greek alphabet storm names -- at least so far,” Gross said. The last time we went through all the letters of the alphabet and moved on to the Greek alphabet was 2005. In 2005, a record-breaking year of devastating hurricanes, we made it through six Greek letters. The Committee also agreed that it was not practical to retire into hurricane history a letter in the Greek alphabet.

Louisiana residents still recovering from the devastation of a powerful hurricane less than two months ago braced for another hit as Hurricane Delta steamed north through the Gulf on Thursday after swiping Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula. The projected path included the southwest area of Louisiana where Category 4 Hurricane Laura made landfall less than two months ago. Randazzo watched pieces of one of his restaurants, Panorama Music House, fly past a meteorologist’s car on a Facebook Live video during Hurricane Laura. The most recent forecast for Hurricane Delta has the storm making landfall “almost precisely” where Hurricane Laura struck — a region where homes and electrical infrastructure are still damaged, Edwards said in a radio interview. New Orleans, well to the east of the projected landfall area, was expected to escape the worst of Hurricane Delta.

The storm being watched Wednesday was Hurricane Delta, the 25th named storm of the Atlantic's unprecedented hurricane season. Forecasts placed most of Louisiana within Delta's path, with the latest National Hurricane Center estimating landfall in the state on Friday. Along with getting hit by Hurricane Laura and escaping Hurricane Sally, Louisiana saw heavy flooding June 7 from Tropical Storm Cristobal. Tropical Storm Beta prompted tropical storm warnings in mid-September as it slowly crawled up the northeast Texas coast. “Not seeing any signs of any additional tropical weather in the extended which is OK with us because we are SO DONE with Hurricane Season 2020,” they wrote.

Early this morning, Hurricane Delta made a direct hit on the resort areas of Cancún and Cozumel in Mexico. The larger the diameter of the storm, the greater the storm surge on the northern Gulf coast. The Gulf water piles on top of the shelf and spreads inland. The consensus of the computer forecast models and the National Hurricane Center forecast brings Delta ashore in Louisiana. The longer, arcing track has delayed the Hurricane Watches and Storm Surge Watches for the northern Gulf coast, but they will be issued today.

CANCUN – Hurricane Delta emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and headed toward Louisiana after making landfall just south of the Mexican resort of Cancun, toppling trees and cutting power to residents of the Yucatan peninsula's resort-studded coast. Delta could make landfall, possibly as a Category 3 storm, sometime Friday south of Morgan City, La., the forecast said. The hurricane came ashore in Mexico around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday with top winds of 110 mph (175 kph). Officials said it caused no deaths or injuries, but did force hundreds of tourists to take refuge in storm shelters. It knocked out power to about 266,000 customers, or about one-third of the total on the Yucatan peninsula.

Fishermen pull in a boat before the arrival of Hurricane Delta in Puerto Juarez, Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Tuesday on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf coast this week. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 4 storm Tuesday while on a course to hammer Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. From Tulum to Cancun, tourism-dependent communities still soaked by the remnants of Tropical Storm Gamma could bear the brunt of Delta. Delta increased in strength 80 mph, more than doubling from a 60 mph storm at 2 pm EDT Monday to 140 mph at 2 pm EDT Tuesday.

MEXICO CITY – Tropical Storm Delta rapidly strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean Monday, aiming to hit Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula potentially as a major storm before continuing on to strike the U.S. Gulf coast later in the week. It continued to break up just north of the Yucatan Peninsula. The hurricane was moving into an area with very warm water and nearly calm high winds that forecasters at the hurricane center called “a very conducive environment for strengthening." The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday evening that a hurricane warning was in effect in Mexico, from Tulum to Rio Lagartos, as well as Cozumel. A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Cayman Islands and the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio.

Location 90 miles S of Knoxville Tennessee Wind 15 mph Heading E at 15 mph Pressure 29.77 Coordinates 84.1W, 34.5NDiscussionAt 1100 PM EDT (0300 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Delta was located near latitude 34.5 North, longitude 84.1 West. The post-tropical cyclone is moving toward the east near 15 mph, and this motion is expected to continue tonight and Monday morning. Maximum sustained winds are near 15 mph (30 km/h) with higher gusts. Some further weakening is possible tonight as a new surface low develops in the Carolinas, and Delta's surface low is expected to be absorbed by this new low pressure area on Monday. Moderate to major river flooring will continue across the Calcasieu and Mermentau river basins in Louisiana through much of next week

About 40,000 workers in the airline industry are facing layoffs on Thursday, Oct. 1, unless Congress comes up with another aid package. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)DETROIT – The worries are growing for United Airlines flight attendant Jordy Comeaux. Airlines in Europe are expecting years of trouble and have acted quickly to cut jobs even as they get government rescue loans. Allie Malis, an American Airlines flight attendant in Washington, D.C., also faces layoff Thursday. Many United flight attendants, he said, took special leaves with no pay to preserve jobs for others.

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has put out what some are calling an aggressive enforcement of mask-wearing on the company’s flights. ”If you board the plane and you insist on not wearing your mask, we will insist that you don’t fly Delta into the future,” Bastian told Today in an interview Wednesday. The CEO said the stance is one he’s taking in order to keep crew and passengers safe during the pandemic. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Delta flights have been booked to 60% of their capacity, Today reported after speaking with Bastian. “We’ve had some customers indicate that they have (an) underlying condition that makes wearing a mask dangerous for them,” Bastian said.

Delta celebrated International Girls in Aviation Day by carrying 120 girls from Salt Lake City to Houston for a tour of NASA. HOUSTON - Delta flies from Salt Lake City to Houston every day, but one recent trip was a little different, packed with girls getting a behind-the-scenes lesson about aviation. The airline took 120 girls between 12 to 18 to NASA's Johnson Space Center last week for International Girls in Aviation Day. Delta says that 5% of its pilots are women and that 7.4% hired over the last four years are women. Girls in Aviation Day was a worldwide effort, and organizers say that more than 20,000 people participated in the United States, Canada and Australia, as well as in countries in Africa, Asia and Europe.

NEW YORK (CNN) - A Delta employee was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport Thursday after he was seen taking a bag with approximately $250,000 cash instead of scanning and loading it onto a plane, according to a criminal complaint. Quincy Thorpe, a Delta Ground Services employee, was arrested and charged Thursday related to the alleged theft at JFK Airport. The FBI interviewed Thorpe at his home Thursday, where he admitted he was responsible for loading bags and knew the bags he was loading contained valuables, according to the complaint. Delta acknowledged Thursday that one of their employees was being investigated in the theft, and told CNN that it was conducting an investigation into the matter. "The alleged actions of this employee are unacceptable and in no way reflect the professionalism and values we expect from Delta team members," the airline said in a statement.

Passengers on a Delta flight this week were terrified when their plane plunged mid-air, dropping nearly 30,000 feet. The flight experienced a "cabin pressurization irregularity" during the journey, the airline said in a statement. "Air masks, the oxygen masks dropped from the top of the plane," passenger Harris Dewoskin told CNN affiliate WSB. One of the flight attendants repeatedly told passengers over the intercom not to panic, he said. At 15,000 feet in the air, it's a scary moment for sure," Dewoskin said.

A Delta flight attendant's note to a deaf teen who was traveling made her experience in the air one that she will never forget.

A Delta airlines plane is seen as it comes in for a landing at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 14, 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport plans to reopen Tuesday. Officials are advising that no one should come to the airport prior to the confirmation announcement. Travelers are urged to confirm flights with their airline before arriving at the airport. Additionally, access to airport parking garages to retrieve vehicles will not be allowed before 10 a.m."Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Some travelers were rescheduling flights Monday as Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport gets ready to close at noon ahead of Hurricane Dorian. The closure impacted thousands of travelers who were looking to leave town after a long Labor Day weekend. A Delta spokeswoman confirmed about 55 flights were canceled Monday as a result of airport closures in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Melbourne and Daytona Beach. She said 26 of those flights were departing from or arriving in Fort Lauderdale. "For existing customers with scheduled flights through cities affected by the projected path of the storm, JetBlue continues to waive change fees and differences in airfare for rebooking," the spokeswoman said.

Disgruntled passengers share their frustrations on social media after being forced to wait on the tarmac for hours on a Delta flight from New York to Miami. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Frustrated passengers on a Delta flight from New York to Miami are stuck on the tarmac for hours. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Police had to help calm passengers after a nearly eight-hour delay on a flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Miami. MIAMI - Frustration boiled over for passengers who were stuck on the tarmac for hours on a flight from New York to Miami. Delta flight 2385 was scheduled to depart New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport just before 4 p.m. Thursday, but it didn't actually take to the sky until shortly before midnight because of inclement weather. That left frustrated passengers stuck on the tarmac for almost eight hours. Two passengers told ABC News they weren't offered for water for about two hours and never offered food, but Delta denied those accounts.

The 42-year-old man from Bossier City, Louisiana is facing a weapons charge in Broward after a routine security screening revealed he was carrying the loaded .45 caliber Glock Model 21 on Sunday at the Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport. "Wilson stated that he'd forgotten that he put the handgun in his backpack," Broward Sheriff's Office Deputy Kevin Jurgens wrote in the arrest report. "He did recall placing the handgun in the backpack in order to hide it from his nephew." Wilson didn't have a concealed weapons permit. Records show Wilson was released from Broward County jail Monday on a $500 bond.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Deputies arrested a Delta mechanic who had a loaded handgun in his backpack Sunday at the Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. Frank Wilson, who didn't have a concealed weapons permit, told deputies he forgot the loaded .45 caliber Glock was in his backpack, according to the BSO arrest form. A guard working for Delta found the gun during a routine security check. Wilson told him he placed the gun in the backpack to hide it from his nephew, deputies said. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Anyone who has traveled on a long international flight knows how tedious it can be, so a little extra TLC, especially when you're seated in the main cabin and not first class, is always welcome. That's why it's super exciting that Delta announced a huge upgrade to its main cabin service and perks on long international flights. Starting in November, passengers who are on Delta international flights that are longer than 6 1/2 hours will get all sorts of new upgrades that are normally saved for business and first class passengers. The first thing that fliers will get when they board the plane is a free drink. Oh, and you get a second hot towel once you're finished.

Anyone who has traveled on a long international flight knows how tedious it can be, so a little extra TLC, especially when you're seated in the main cabin and not first class, is always welcome. That's why it's super exciting that Delta announced a huge upgrade to its main cabin service and perks on long international flights. Starting in November, passengers who are on Delta international flights that are longer than 6 1/2 hours will get all sorts of new upgrades that are normally saved for business and first class passengers. The first thing that fliers will get when they board the plane is a free drink. Oh, and you get a second hot towel once you're finished.