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Delta CEO Ed Bastian declares 'it's absolutely safe to sit in the middle seat' in defiance of CDC suggesting airlines should block them
Delta's seat blocking policy ends on May 1. It cost the airline up to $150 million in potential rev…
Thomas Pallini
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Major US airlines are on the warpath with Congress over a bill they say would gut flyer miles
Multiple airlines told Insider cutting revenues from Visa and Mastercard makes them less willing to…
Matthew Loh
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A new bill in Congress is going to 'kill' card rewards programs, says United CEO
"This would kill rewards programs," Kirby said in an earnings call. "It would not exist anymore."
Matthew Loh
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Delta says it 'went too far' with SkyMiles changes that caused an uproar
The airline will announce modifications to the program overhaul sometime within the next few weeks.
Hannah Towey,Sebastian Cahill
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Delta's CEO tells bosses who 'moan' to him about staff not coming into the office more: 'I know where they are – they're on my airplanes.'
The return-to-office push has met a worthy adversary in the travel plans of remote and hybrid worke…
Jordan Hart
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A Delta flight carrying 96 passengers made a dramatic emergency landing after its front landing gear failed
Photos show the Boeing 717 aircraft tilted with its nose touching the runway at Charlotte Douglas I…
Amanda Goh
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Delta CEO says proposed airline rules will lead to higher ticket prices
Proposed airline rules about compensating passengers for delays and cancellations will lead to high…
Bianca Giacobone
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Airlines are combating the pilot shortage by paying pilots more, making it easier to become one, and hiring from Australia
According to Management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, the industry is short about 8,000 pilots &mda…
Taylor Rains
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The Wall Street Journal ranked US airlines from worst to best. See the list.
Southwest Airlines ranked high despite its chaotic holiday meltdown, but the WSJ noted December com…
Taylor Rains
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Delta CEO called last week's FAA outage 'unacceptable' and said the agency needs more funding
Last's week FAA outage, which caused over 10,000 flight delays, was due to a data file "damaged by …
Taylor Rains
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Delta just gave the clearest indication yet of how electric flying taxis will change the experience of flying with airlines
Delta plans to use Joby's all-electric aircraft to fly customers between cites and airports, avoidi…
Taylor Rains
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United has ordered 515 electric and supersonic aircraft with the first carrying passengers as soon as 2024 take a look at the carrier's fleet of the future
United is one of the world's biggest investors of electric and supersonic aircraft, having already …
Taylor Rains
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Delta Air Lines has refunded more than 11 million tickets worth a total of $6 billion since the start of 2020
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian added that 20% of these refunds were made in 2022, which has been a …
Sarah Jackson
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When will the 'flightmare' end? Airlines may not fully catch up until 2024
"Airlines are soiling their own bed," travel analyst Henry Harteveldt told Insider. "They are killi…
Hannah Towey
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Delta is taking a different approach to futuristic aircraft like Boom's supersonic jet than its biggest competitors
Delta Air Lines is currently the only major US carrier not to invest in Boom Supersonic's Overture …
Taylor Rains
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A Delta flight attendant who says workers were abused by passengers calls for a better sick policy to help them recover from the stress
The Atlanta-based worker told The Guardian that she and her colleagues put up with being "abused by…
Beatrice Nolan
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Delta CEO says he doesn't regret encouraging 2,000 pilots to retire during the pandemic
Delta's CEO, Ed Bastian, said he didn't regret offering early retirement packages to 2,000 pilots d…
Beatrice Nolan,Ryan Hogg
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United warns of even more flight delays and cancelations this summer because of an air traffic controller shortage
United Airlines is blaming the FAA for continued flight delays and cancellations this summer, sayin…
Taylor Rains
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Delta CEO apologizes for cancelations and delays heading into the holiday travel weekend: 'This level of disruption and uncertainty is unacceptable'
The airline is also deploying its "Peach Corps" of office workers to help with holiday travel chaos…
Dominick Reuter
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Delta offered $10,000 to each passenger who volunteered to be bumped from an oversold flight out of Michigan, reports say
Delta's offer came amid a messy summer travel season with flight delays and chaos across the indust…