Elephants are scattered throughout sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Elephantidae is the only surviving family of the order Proboscidea; other, now extinct, members of the order include deinotheres, gomphotheres, mammoths, and mastodons.
This in part because Delta goes directly to Sitka, while the Alaska Airlines flight usually bobs, making a stop in Juneau or Ketchikan that eats up an extra hour.
Alaska and Delta do still maintain a frequent flyer program partnership â for now, at least. On the route competition front, Delta just announced it will begin four daily flights between Seattle and Orange County, California on May 1 â a market currently dominated by Alaska and Southwest.