Delta Airlines

2 workers killed in explosion at Delta Air Lines facility in Atlanta

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 Airlines faces lawsuit over tech outage, customers demand refunds

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

CrowdStrike rejects Delta Air Lines' claims for July 19 flight disruptions

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

Delta Air Lines faces widespread flight cancellations after IT outage

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

Delta CEO expects Boeing 737 Max 10 deliveries to be delayed until 2027

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

Delta warns of rising costs after missing earnings estimates in Q2

Carriers are struggling to ramp up capacity and get operations back on a smoother track, resulting in higher operational costs

Delta Air Lines loses $940 million in Q1, but bookings, revenue, surge

US reported that inflation in the past year rose at its fastest pace in more than four decades, led by soaring fuel costs, which is the second largest input costs for airlines after labour

US to ban Russian flights from American airspace, follow EU and Canada

United Airlines said it has suspended flying over Russian airspace, joining other major US carriers who have taken the step after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Airlines scramble to rejig US schedules amid concerns for 5G rollout

Air India, which serves four US destinations with Boeing 777s, said those flights would be curtailed or face changes in aircraft type starting from Wednesday.

Delta Air warns of rising jet-fuel cost, clouding profit rebound

Delta remains the lone holdout among the largest U.S. airlines when it comes to requiring employee vaccination against Covid-19

Covid-19 risk greater if passengers board flight back to front, says study

Back-to-front boarding is also twice as risky as letting passengers on at random.

Furloughs at US legacy airlines could help low-cost carriers like Southwest

Labor will be the biggest single cost for airlines struggling to weather the coronavirus crisis that has crushed air travel demand

US airlines reach deal on govt loans as Covid-19 threatens demand, jobs

Carriers reduce flight capacity and shore up capital while warning that tens of thousands of jobs could be at risk as industry braces for a slow recovery.

US, China to allow 4 weekly flights for airlines; Delta to fly next week

The United States had threatened to bar Chinese passenger flights on June 16 due to Beijing's curbs on US airlines

Trump admin to present airline rescue package soon, says US President

He did not rule out direct conversations with individual airlines in the coming days

In-flight connectivity: WiFi at 40,000 feet moves a step closer to reality

For passengers, this alliance may change the entire airport experience

Will look at any opportunity: Delta Air official on Air India stake sale

To revive the debt-laden Air India, the government is working on the modalities for 100 per cent stake sale in the national carrier

'Jet gives Delta Airlines convenient access to over 30 Indian destinations'

Delta and Jet Airways have a code share pact and there are discussions on equity investment too

US carrier Delta Airlines in talks for stake in Jet Airways

Mumbai-based airline has roped in JPMorgan to help raise funds