Delta Air Lines

A Delta Air Lines flight returned to the Atlanta airport soon after taking off Monday when crew members reported a smoky haze inside the cockpit, according to federal officials. Delta Flight 876 to Columbia, South Carolina, returned safely to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Monday morning after the crew reported possible smoke in the flightdeck, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The FAA said it's investigating the incident, which came after a Delta plane flipped over last week while crash landing in Toronto, injuring 21 people. And on Saturday, another Delta flight returned to Los Angeles after departing for Sydney, Australia, when smoke was detected in the galley, according to the airline. Delta released a statement saying 94 passengers were on board the Boeing 717 aircraft departing Atlanta on Monday morning when a haze inside the aircraft was observed. It said pilots declared an emergency to get priority handling from air traffic controllers. O

Two workers were killed and another injured in an explosion early Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. Delta said it was working with local authorities to investigate what happened. WSB-TV reported that a tire on a plane exploded, killing one Delta employee and a contract worker. The television station cited unnamed sources. Several Atlanta fire units and police responded to the maintenance hangar near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after 5 a.m., The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The Delta family is heartbroken at the loss of two team members and the injury of another following an incident this morning at the Atlanta Technical Operations Maintenance facility," Delta said in a statement. We have extended our full support to family members and colleagues during this incredibly difficult time. Delta thanked first responders and medical teams. We are now working with local authorities and conducting a full ...

Delta Air Lines is facing a class action lawsuit, which claims the airline refused to give refunds following a global technology outage last month. Among airlines, Delta was by far the hardest hit hard by the outage, having to cancel thousands of flights, because key systems were crippled by the incident. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the US District Court Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division on behalf of Delta customers impacted by the outage. In it, the customers allege that Delta refused or ignored their requests for prompt refunds for their cancelled or delayed flights. The complaint also claims Delta didn't provide all impacted passengers with meal, hotel, and ground transportation vouchers and continues to refuse or ignore requests for reimbursements of those unexpected expenses. These unfair, unlawful, and unconscionable practices resulted in Delta unjustly enriching itself at the expense of its customers, the lawsuit states. The complaint states the plaintiffs

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said last week the outage had cost the US airline $500 million

US House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company's role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the world. CrowdStrike said this week a significant number of the millions of computers that crashed on Friday, causing global disruptions, are back in operation as its customers and regulators await a more detailed explanation of what went wrong. Republicans who lead the House Homeland Security committee said Monday they want those answers soon. While we appreciate CrowdStrike's response and coordination with stakeholders, we cannot ignore the magnitude of this incident, which some have claimed is the largest IT outage in history, said a letter to Kurtz from Rep. Mark E. Green of Tennessee and Rep. Andrew Garbarino of New York. They added that Americans "deserve to know in detail how this incident happened and the mitigation ste

Delta has offered no timetable for when normal operations would resume and has already canceled another 137 flights for Monday, according to FlightAware

Delta has orders for 100 Max 10 planes and options to purchase 30 more, and had expected to begin receiving the planes next year

Shares of other airlines also followed Delta's gains, with American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines all up about 1.8% before the bell

Delta Air Lines reported a USD 695 million third-quarter profit Thursday as higher average fares this summer and a lucrative credit-card business more than offset higher fuel prices. The airline forecast that revenue during the final three months of the year will top pre-pandemic levels. Delta's CEO said he sees no indication that anxiety over inflation and the economy will discourage people from travelling over the holidays. It's going to be a very strong holiday season Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, said CEO Ed Bastian. Consumers are still relatively healthy. They have deferred spending, but where they have deferred it is the acquisition of things. Delta's third-quarter numbers support that view. The airline's operating revenue rose 11 per cent above 2019 levels even with an 18 per cent drop in passenger traffic. That was possible because the average passenger paid 23 per cent more per mile than during the same months of 2019. Revenue from premium customers rose, while m

Delta Air Lines says it has invested $60 million in a startup that hopes to build electric helicopter-like air taxis to ferry passengers to the airport. Delta announced Tuesday that it has taken a 2% stake in Joby Aviation, and could invest up to another $140 million as the manufacturer hits key milestones. Joby is among several companies working on electric-powered aircraft that take off and land vertically, like helicopters. The company has said that it expects to begin flying in 2024. Current designs for electric air taxis are too small to use for airline flights the weight of batteries is among the huge obstacles facing manufacturers. But airlines believe the machines could be attractive as a time-saving ride to and from airports in big, traffic-clogged cities. Delta hopes to use the Joby aircraft first in New York and Los Angeles. Delta CEO Ed Bastian called the deal a groundbreaking opportunity to help customers in key markets that Delta has been building for many ...

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Delta said its cancellations were due to a combination of reasons, including potential inclement weather in some places and the impact of omicron

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Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against Covid-19

The Atlanta-based airline announced Monday that it will limit capacity on flights through April 30

Delta MEC, a unit of the Air Line Pilots Association, said the agreement - which still needs approval from Delta's nearly 13,000 pilots - will cut monthly minimum guaranteed hours by 5%

However, executives said passengers are starting to return and bookings for Thanksgiving and Christmas are looking up

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