ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it will buy 11,000Microsoft Surface 2 tablets for its pilots,
to replace the heavy bundlesof books and maps they haul around now.Other airlines have been buying Apple’s
iPad for that purpose.Deltasays the Surface tablets will save $13 million per year in fuel andother costs.
Right now, each pilot carries a 38-pound flight bag withmanuals and maps.Delta is testing the tablets on its
Boeing 757sand 767s, which are flown by the same group of pilots. Delta is hopingfor Federal Aviation
Administration approval next year to use themthroughout the flight, and it hopes to have approval for all of
itsother planes by the end of next year.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This
material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it
will buy 11,000Microsoft Surface 2 tablets for its pilots, to replace the heavy bundlesof books and maps
they haul around now.Other airlines have been buying Apple’s iPad for that purpose.Deltasays the Surface
tablets will save $13 million per year in fuel andother costs. Right now, each pilot carries a 38-pound
flight bag withmanuals and maps.Delta is testing the tablets on its Boeing 757sand 767s, which are flown by
the same group of pilots. Delta is hopingfor Federal Aviation Administration approval next year to use
themthroughout the flight, and it hopes to have approval for all of itsother planes by the end of next
year.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,
rewritten orredistributed.