Boston Pride Announces Delta Air Lines as a Pride Partner

Boston Pride announced today that Delta Air Lines has joined as a Pride Partner supporting this year’s Pride events during Pride Week 2017, June 2 – June 11, featuring the Annual Pride Parade and Festival on Saturday, June 10.

“Delta Air Lines is an important Pride Partner in our mission to provide safe spaces for the LGBTQ community and allies to be able to express their true selves in a supportive environment,” said Sylvain Bruni, President of Boston Pride. “This year’s theme ‘Stronger Together’ also includes the business community that aligns itself with Boston Pride and our message of inclusiveness, diversity and the need to stand together to fight for civil rights for all.”

“Equality, inclusion and partnership are core values at Delta and Virgin Atlantic. Those values are the reason we partner to support Pride celebrations throughout the world. Uniting to celebrate the communities we serve as they freely express themselves and reach new heights is how we define Pride in Flight. ” says Tad Hutcheson, Managing Director of Community Engagement.

Boston Pride Week 2017 will kick-off with the Pride flag raising on City Hall Plaza on Friday, June 2 and continue with events throughout the week, concluding with the annual Boston Pride Parade and Festival on Saturday, June 10, the “Stronger Together Rally and Pride Block Parties on Sunday June 11 in the Back Bay and Jamaica Plain.

About Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each year. In 2017, Delta was named to Fortune’s top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the sixth time in seven years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented six consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 323 destinations in 59 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry’s leading transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a 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 and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta, and Facebook.com/delta.

About Boston Pride

Boston Pride produces events and activities to achieve inclusivity, equality, respect, and awareness in Greater Boston and beyond. Fostering diversity, unity, visibility and dignity, we educate, communicate and advocate by building and strengthening community connections. Boston Pride Week 2017 will be held June 2nd – 11th.