On Monday, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL)’s shares inclined 1.83% to $50.18.
Corporate travel buyers are calling Delta Air Lines (DAL) the leading airline for the fifth successive year, rating it No. 1 in the Business Travel News (BTN) Annual Airline Survey. This is the first time BTN voters, who manage tens of billions of dollars in annual travel spend, have selected the same airline for five years in a row.
Delta swept all 10 survey categories for a second successive year, and recorded the largest average scoring margin between the airline and its competitors. BTN voters select the top U.S. carrier in the Business Travel News survey based on their perceptions of airline performance in negotiating and maintaining preferred programs, delivering service and providing value.
During Delta’s five-year BTN title run, the airline has solidified its domestic and international networks by making noteworthy airport upgrades and adding more than 300 total daily departures from key markets in New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Seattle. Additionally, Delta has further extended its global reach by adding partnerships with Virgin Atlantic, GOL, Aeromexico, China Eastern and Virgin Australia.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides planned air transportation for passengers and cargo worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its route network comprises various gateway airports in Amsterdam, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Tokyo-Narita.
BCE Inc. (USA) (NYSE:BCE)’s shares gained 1.15% to $39.74.
Bell and Cirque du Soleil Media declared a unique documentary about the creation of the new Cirque show, TORUK: The First Flight, inspired by James Cameron’s Avatar, which has its world premiere at Montréal’s Bell Centre on December 21 and will be presented in Toronto as of January 7, 2016 . The documentary, Toruk Takes Flight, is accessible now only on Bell Fibe TV community channel TV1.
In Toruk Takes Flight, viewers will meet Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon , the writers and directors of TORUK: The First Flight; Jean-François Bouchard. the show’s creative guide; Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté; and the director of Avatar, James Cameron .
Viewers will also go behind the scenes with several of the production’s main designers and performers and witness their struggles and uncertainties as the pressure builds towards the launch of this unprecedented multimedia experience.
Bell is wholly owned by Montréal’s BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For more information, please visit Bell.ca.
BCE Inc., a telecommunications and media company, provides wireless, wireline, Internet, and television (TV) services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in Canada. The company operates through Bell Wireless, Bell Wireline, and Bell Media segments.
At the end of Monday’s trade, CSX Corporation (NYSE:CSX)‘s shares dipped -1.63% to $25.30.
CSX Corporation declared that the company will voluntarily transfer its stock exchange listing from the New York Stock Exchange to The Nasdaq Global Select Market, effective after market close on December 21, 2015. The company’s common stock will continue to trade under its existing “CSX” symbol.
“Moving to The Nasdaq Global Select Market provides new opportunities and synergies for CSX, and more closely aligns with the platform where most of our trading activity already takes place,” said Frank Lonegro, executive vice president and chief financial officer, CSX. “This decision is compriseent with our commitment to reduce costs and uphold compriseently high standards of corporate governance.”
“CSX Corporation is a critical player in the global supply chain and represents the type of growth-oriented and industry-defining companies that call Nasdaq home,” said Nelson Griggs, Executive Vice President, Listing Services, Nasdaq. “We are proud to welcome CSX Corporation to the Nasdaq family and look forward to our long-term partnership with the company and its shareholders.”
CSX Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, provides rail-based transportation services in the United States and Canada. It offers traditional rail services, and transports intermodal containers and trailers.