Summary Delta Air Lines expands its Corporate Priority program to include LATAM, offering more benefits to business travelers and loyalty partners. Corporate travelers on Delta and LATAM flights now have access to priority boarding, denied boarding prioritization, and more valuable benefits. The joint venture between Delta and LATAM consolidates resources to provide a superior travel experience for business travelers on both airlines.
With airlines back at full capacity, competition is heating up, particularly in the chase for those elusive business travelers and long-term loyalty partners. This week, Delta Air Lines stepped up its efforts in that area by expanding its Corporate Priority benefits program to include LATAM Airlines. More benefits to corporate travelers In 2018, Delta Air Lines (Delta) became the first US global airline to align its corporate customer benefits globally when it partnered with Air France and KLM.
Just a year later, it teamed up with Aeromexico and Virgin Atlantic, and since then, the program has blossomed, with Delta adding LATAM Airlines (LATAM) to the program this week. Delta launched its Corporate Priority program in 2014, and the Global Corporate Priority benefits are built on those foundations. Over the last decade, Delta has taken onboard feedback from hundreds of customers and its partners' joint corporate customers to ensure the program evolves and stays relevant to the needs of today's business travelers.
The pair have about one in four non-stop London-US services. The new benefits will be available on LATAM flights this month, giving Corporate passengers on Delta and LATAM flights access to these exclusive benefits: Priority Boarding: Corporate travelers will be prioritized according to each carrier's boarding process. Denied Boarding Prioritization: If every confirmed passenger cannot be accommodated on a flight, corporate travelers receive priority status in involuntary denied boarding situations.
Downgrade Prioritization: In the unlikely event we cannot accommodate every ticketed passenger in a cabin of service, corporate travelers take priority over nonbusiness travelers of comparable status. Priority Service Recovery: Corporate travelers will be prioritized above other passengers during rebooking for flights and seats when loyalty status and booking class are the same. The carrier is also upgrading its inflight entertainment features.
Part of the joint venture Delta and LATAM are well known to each other, and the expansion of the Global Corporate Priority benefits program is a key part of their broader joint venture . Commenting on the expansion, Delta's Managing Director for Latin America, the Caribbean and South Florida, Luciano Macagno, said: "We are thrilled to expand the Global Corporate Priority benefits to LATAM Airlines, offering our corporate customers even more value and convenience. This expansion is a testament to our commitment to providing superior service and benefits to our business travelers, ensuring they receive the best possible travel experience.
" Bringing together the resources of two major carriers means there will be plenty of opportunities for travelers to enjoy the program's benefits. According to fleet data from ch-aviation , Delta Air Lines (DL) has a fleet of 1,000 aircraft, while LATAM Airlines (LA) has 319. The listing shows Delta has 169 widebody aircraft, including Airbus A330s , A350s, and Boeing 767s.
Delta's single-aisle aircraft include Airbus A220s, A320 Family, Boeing 737s and Boeing 757s. The LATAM fleet has 56 twin-aisle aircraft, including Boeing 767s, 777s and 787 Dreamliners, while its narrowbody fleet is comprised of Airbus A319s, A320s, A321s and A321neos. The Delta-LATAM partnership is the leading grouping for travel between the US/Canada and South America and offers faster connections to more than 300 destinations through partner hubs in Atlanta, Miami, New York JFK , Los Angeles, Bogota, Lima, Santiago and Sao Paulo.
The joint venture applies to select markets between North and South America, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay..
