A quick bit of news that might be
of interest to folks out there…and I post this partly, too, because a buddy of mine is headed to South Africa,
literally, today. Delta Airlines is proposing a new service from Atlanta to Africa, with routes to Dakar, Senegal, and
Johannesburg, South Africa. They still need approval from the Department of Transportation, but if they get it then
Delta would thus be the only mainstream U.S. carrier with scheduled service between the United States and the African
continent. As someone who as ALWAYS wanted to go to South Africa, I see this as bright news from an industry that has
not had a great deal of bright news lately.