SEATTLE, Feb. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air
Lines (NYSE: DAL) has named John
Caldwell its new Vice President – Seattle as Mike
Medeiros transitions to his new role as Chief Operating
Officer at Aeromexico.
In this role, Caldwell will continue Delta's momentum and develop and achieve
Delta's strategic objectives for
Seattle and the Pacific Northwest
as Delta embarks on its fifth
consecutive year of growth. His responsibilities will include
oversight of financial performance, marketing, commercial sales,
sponsorships, community relations, and the customer experience at
Sea-Tac. Caldwell will also be heavily involved in Delta's state and local government affairs
within the region, including working with the Port of Seattle to begin construction on a world-class
international arrivals facility at Sea-Tac this spring. He will
report to Bob Somers, Delta's Senior Vice President – Global
Sales.
Caldwell and his family will return to Seattle, where he served as District Sales
Manager for Northwest Airlines from 1995-1997 and was a member of
the board of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau.
"Seattle is among the most
important markets in the country, and I'm energized and eager to
return after 20 years to continue the momentum Delta has established in the region," Caldwell
said. "Our Seattle team and local partners are the best of the
best. Together, we will continue to focus on demonstrating the
value of partnering with Delta and
earning the long-term trust of Pacific Northwest customers."
Caldwell most recently served as President of Delta Vacations, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines. Under Caldwell's
leadership, Delta Vacations has generated record revenues, profits
and margins and is considered to be one of the best tour operators
in the business – winning multiple industry awards including Travel
Weekly's Readers' Choice Award for Best Overall Tour Operator two
years in a row. Prior to joining Delta Vacations in 2012, Caldwell
was the Managing Director – National and Specialty Sales at
Delta. Caldwell began his airline
career in 1985 with Northwest Airlines where he held multiple
positions in reservations, marketing and sales. At the time of the
Delta-Northwest merger, Caldwell held the position of Managing
Director – Corporate and Agency Sales for North America.
Caldwell earned a Bachelor of Science in aviation management and
industrial relations from Minnesota State
University.
Delta will celebrate several
Seattle milestones in 2017,
including adding flights to seven new destinations – Austin, Texas; Eugene, Oregon; Lihue, Hawaii; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Redmond, Oregon. On March 26, Delta's joint venture partner Virgin Atlantic
will begin Boeing 787 service from Seattle to London-Heathrow, replacing the flight currently
operated by Delta and adding 50
seats as well as Premium Economy service. Additionally, the Port of
Seattle is expected to begin
construction on the IAF in spring 2017.
Delta is the largest global
carrier at Sea-Tac and has more than tripled flights and
destinations at its Seattle hub
since 2012. Every Delta flight
from Seattle features jet service with Delta One/First
Class and Delta Comfort+ seating. Free entertainment is available
via Delta Studio, and Wi-Fi is available on all long-haul
international flights and on nearly every domestic flight operating
in the contiguous U.S. The airline opened a 21,000 sq.
ft. Delta Sky Club – the third largest Sky Club in
Delta's system – located between
Concourses A and B in late 2016.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each
year. In 2017, Delta was named to
Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named
the most admired airline for the sixth time in seven years.
Additionally, Delta has ranked
No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an
unprecedented six consecutive years. With an industry-leading
global network, Delta and the
Delta Connection carriers offer service to 323 destinations in 57
countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 80,000 employees
worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft.
The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and
participates in the industry's leading transatlantic joint
venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture
with Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners,
Delta offers customers more than
15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including
Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St.
Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de
Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in
airport facilities, global products and services, and technology to
enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground.
Additional information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well
as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta, and
Facebook.com/delta.
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