Delta is using a Porsche 911 GT3 RS to help fliers make tight connections

Twelve years ago, Delta hooked up with brand partner Porsche on a VIP transfer service at the airline's primary U.S. hub, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson, that whisked certain flyers from one plane to another in Stuttgart style. The program has since expanded to eight additional airports, and there appear to be two access tiers. The best is the one with mysterious access — no one's sure how to get it, but being Delta 360 or Diamond Elite helps — that puts a flyer in a very special Porsche. Last summer, Delta added a 918 Spyder to the car pool of Cayennes, Macans, and Panameras at the Atlanta airport. And now, there's a 911 GT3 RS at LAX.

Until February 26, passengers chosen at random — and who we suspect are traveling alone, with modest carry-on baggage, and possessing the appropriate stature — will get between gates in the 518-horsepower track monster. A Delta agent meets the passenger on the jetway, the duo descend the steps to the coupe, then traverse the tarmac to pull up next to the appropriate plane. As cool as it looks in the official photos, a picture in a Reddit thread makes plain that the second-best place to see this is from the seat of another plane.