Delta flying African trophies again

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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.


It's towards the bottom of page 3, and on page 4.
 
AFAIK, They've been shipping trophies all along, just not certain animals.
 
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.
 
Delta will not ship the Big 5, I had to use Lufthansa to get them to PDX
 
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.
 
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!
 

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