Delta flying African trophies again

[PARA45]

I just read on here that Delta flew the mounts (trophies) of one of our members here. I hope this puts a dent on Turkish Airlines monopoly and hopefully the prices will come down.

Thread 'SOUTH AFRICA: First Time To The Eastern Cape!'

Jun 28, 2024

leaving in the morning for the eastern cape. hunting with @KMG Hunting Safaris for a week then heading to vic falls
Chobe and Hwange! Traveling with three girls, its going to be interesting to say the least.
Full report when we get back

• kevin masters
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• Forum: Hunting reports Africa

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It's towards the bottom of page 3, and on page 4.

 

[Hogpatrol]

AFAIK, They've been shipping trophies all along, just not certain animals.

 

[PARA45]

Thank you for clarifying that! I thought Delta was not shipping any trophies and why Turkish was being used by most shippers out of SA. Good to know.

 

[bashaw]

Delta will not ship the Big 5, I had to use Lufthansa to get them to PDX

 

[Tucketed]

Delta shipped my Kudu, Eland and Sable in the last month.

 

[Hunt anything]

It seems that many shippers are still using Turkish airlines, I’ve had 2 shipments that could have come on Delta but came over on Turkish, next year I’m going to ask about Delta before I commit to shipping and get some price comparisons.
Delta shipped my buffalo back in 2015 and the “Cecil” thing happened and that was the end to domestic carriers shipping big 5.

 

[Clifford Johnson]

Delta shipped my trophies last year to DFW. No big five were in the shipment. Turkish is OK, but their designated ground people are the worst to deal with. NO Turkish for me!