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In-flight Media

Delta customers represent an affluent market that demands quality and convenience. Listed below are various travel-related media you can use to advertise your product or service with maximum exposure to our customers.

Also included are distribution details, submission requirements, and deadlines.

Print

Worldwide Timetable

Delta's Worldwide Timetable provides travelers with flight schedules for Delta, Delta Connection® carriers, and our Worldwide Partners®.

Distribution Details
Frequency: Quarterly
Distribution: All aircraft, airport ticket counters and lounges and Delta city ticket offices
Quantity: 500,000 quarterly
Ad Size: 4" x 9", 4-color
Rate: $35,300-Back cover
$29,415-Inside back cover
 
Submission Requirements
Deadline: Quarterly: March 15, July 15, September 15, January 15
Deliverable Specs:
  • Trim Size: 4" x 9"
  • Live Size: 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" (1/4" type-to-trim)
  • Bleed: Keep live matter 1/4" from borders
  • Color Density: 280% or less
  • Screen: 133-line
 

Meal Tray Cards

Placed on 200,000 First Class meal trays monthly, the Delta Meal Tray Cards provide an excellent opportunity for companies to reach an upscale, captive audience—people who purchase or influence those who purchase products and services like yours. Meal Tray Cards are an innovative and inexpensive way to increase brand recognition and revenue.

Distribution Details
Frequency: Monthly
Distribution: U.S. First Class
Placement: First-Class meal tray
Quantity: 200,000 per month
Rate: $19,000 per month
 

Submission Requirements
Deadline: Two weeks prior to insertion period
Deliverable Specs: Pre-printed single sheet or tent should fall within the following ranges:
  • Size: 2" width x 4" length
  • Weight Range: 60# to 70#
 

Onboard Entertainment Guide

Distributed to Delta's First Class and Business Class international customers, this upscale piece contains information on Delta's audio and video programs and movies. An innovative and inexpensive way to reach your elite international customer, Delta's Entertainment Guide, "Horizons," can be viewed in a comfortable, relaxed, and captive setting with few distractions.

Distribution Details
Frequency: Guide changed monthly
Distribution: First Class/Business Elite® class seat back pockets (international)
Audience: 255,565
Ad Placement: Back cover or inside back cover
Rate: $9,820 per month
 
Submission Requirements
Deadline: Six weeks prior to insertion period
Deliverable Specs:
  • Trim Size: 8" x 10 7/8"
  • Live Image: 7" x 9.875"
  • Screen: 150-line
  • Maximum Density: 300
 

Ticket-By-Mail Inserts

The automated Ticket-By-Mail program was designed to make booking airline reservations more convenient for passengers. Ticket packets are sent out within 72 hours of reservation, providing a rare opportunity to address your target audience with information about your product while they are still finalizing their travel plans.

Distribution Details
Frequency: Pre-printed inserts changed monthly
Distribution: Tickets distributed to residents and businesses
Quantity: 200,000 per month
Ad Size: 3" x 8", 2-sided insert
Rate: $12,000 per month
 
Submission Requirements
Deadline: Two weeks prior to insertion period
Deliverable Specs: Pre-printed single-sheet loose inserts should fall within the following ranges:
  • Size: 3" width x 8" length
  • Paper stock: 70# matte
 

Ticket Jackets

See your sales message on Delta ticket jackets used by all ticketing locations.

Distribution Details
Frequency: Material may be changed quarterly
Distribution: All ticketing locations
Quantity: 52,000,000 annually
Ad Size: Panel size (listed below)
Rates: $152,790 quarterly
 
Submission Requirements
Deadline: Quarterly: November 1, February 1, May 1, and August 1
Deliverable Specs:
  • Live Size: Back panel: 3 15/16" x 8 1/2"
    Inside panel: 3 3/4" x 8 1/2"
  • Bleed: No bleed; keep live matter 1/4" from borders
  • Color: 4-color process
  • Screen: Supplied film should be 150-line
 

Broadcast

In-flight TV

Delta Horizons™ in-flight programming delivers the largest in-flight audience in the world directly to you. Produced exclusively for Delta passengers, it offers fresh, engaging programming from some of the most respected networks in the business.

Domestic Distribution Details
Frequency: Monthly; program changes every 2 weeks
Placement: Domestic
Number of flights: 22,555 per month
Audience: 3.2 million passengers annually
Rates: :30 Spot-$23,700
:60 Spot-$39,500
 
International Distribution Details
Frequency: Monthly; separate programs for inbound/outbound flights
Placement: International
Number of flights: 1,974 per month
Audience: 327,261 per month
Rates: :30 Spot-$3,800
:60 Spot-$6,300
 
Submission Requirements
Deadline: All material must be received 5 weeks preceding first run date; subject to creative approval
Deliverable Specs:
  • Two BETA SP master tapes
  • One duplicate VHS work tape for screening purposes
 
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