ATLANTA, May 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE:DAL), a long-time supporter of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender (LGBT) community, celebrates Pride Month this June as
an official airline sponsor of seven Pride festivals across
North America.
For several years Delta has teamed up annually with some of the
largest regional Pride events around the world. Its 2015
partnerships include the Utah Pride Festival in Salt Lake City, Gold Corporate Sponsor; Motor
City Pride in Detroit, Gold
Sponsor; LA Pride, Official Airline; NYC Heritage of PRIDE,
Official Airline; Seattle PrideFest, Presenting Sponsor and
Exclusive Airline; Twin Cities Pride in Minneapolis, Official Gold Sponsor and
Exclusive Airline; and The 519's Green Space Festival at Toronto
Pride, Official Partner.
Delta is the Official Airline of Atlanta Pride, the presenting
sponsor of the GLAAD Media Awards and a Platinum Sponsor of the
International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association. Additionally,
Delta also supports LGBT efforts as a sponsor of GNETWORK 360 in
Argentina, the Brazilian
Association for Gay Tourism and the Attitude Pride Awards in
London.
"Delta has been a big presence at Pride events for several
years. It's one of the many ways we support the communities where
we live and work, as well as our Delta employees," said
Tad Hutcheson, Vice President
–Community Affairs. "We believe that a huge part of our
success is our culture of inclusion - it's a core value for Delta.
Our diverse people, thinking and styles strengthen and define
us."
Representatives of Delta's Employee Equality Network (DEEN) in
each city as well as friends, family and volunteers will don Delta
gear to march in the parades.
As part of this year's celebration, Delta is offering a special
First Class fare sale on flights from many domestic airports to
festival destinations in the U.S. Customers will enjoy these deals
for two days prior through two days after event weekends. First
Class amenities include added legroom, complimentary beer, wine and
spirits and complimentary Delta Studio entertainment. For details
and terms of the fare sale, visit delta.com/pridedeals.
With 80,000 employees worldwide, Delta has long been committed
to maintaining and supporting a culture of inclusion. In 2010 and
2011, the company was designated as one of the Human Rights
Campaign's "Best Places To Work" for LGBT employees, and it
continues to earn near-perfect scores on HRC's Corporate Equality
Index.
Delta employees in same-sex relationships have enjoyed health,
dental, life insurance, pension and flight benefits for domestic
partners for many years. The airline updated its policy in 2015 to
relieve employees of any federal or state income or payroll tax
burden associated with their coverage. The change resulted in
parity in health care coverage costs between same-sex domestic
partners and employees in legally recognized marriages, regardless
of U.S. location.
Delta also advocates for permanent removal of the barriers that
separate same-sex couples from some of the legal benefits enjoyed
by their legally married peers. Recently, Delta joined in support
of an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to support
marriage equality in every state. Delta has joined in similar legal
efforts in the federal appellate courts as well.
For more information LGBT travel destinations served by Delta,
visit delta.com/prideinflight.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 170 million customers each
year. Delta was named to FORTUNE magazine's top 50 World's Most
Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired
airline for the fourth time in five years. Additionally, Delta has
ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for
four consecutive years, a first for any airline. With an
industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection
carriers offer service to 327 destinations in 60 countries on six
continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees
worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft.
The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and
participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture
with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a newly formed 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, New
York-LaGuardia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle
and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport
facilities, global products, services and technology to enhance the
customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional
information is available on delta.com, Twitter @Delta,
Google.com/+Delta, Facebook.com/delta and Delta's blog
takingoff.delta.com.
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