Delta could take $500M profit hit after Crowdstrike outage: analyst
Wall Street analysts say last week’s global CrowdStrike outage could take a $500 million hit to Delta Air Lines’ current quarter profits. Citi Research aviation analyst Steven Trent slashed his third-quarter profit forecast for the Atlanta-based airline by more than $500 million due to the meltdown, which is still causing flight delays and cancellations this […]
Delta cancellations, delays from IT outage should end by Thursday: CEO
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday that flight cancellations and delays caused by a major IT outage would continue into Thursday. Thousands of Delta Air Lines flights have been canceled or delayed since a global computer outage caused by security software CrowdStrike last Friday brought much of the airline industry to a halt. […]
Delta meltdown probed by feds as airline struggles days after global outage
The Transportation Department said Tuesday it was opening an investigation into Delta Air Lines after the company canceled more than 5,000 flights since Friday as it struggles to recover from a global cyber outage that has disrupted airlines around the world. While other airlines have been able to resume normal operations, Delta continues to cancel […]
U.S. Officials Investigating Delta Air Lines in Wake of Massive CrowdStrike IT Outage
Government authorities are investigating Delta Airlines following the recent CrowdStrike IT outage which caused massive disruption to the airline industry and other industries around the world. US Department of Transportation investigating Delta after flight cancellations, delays, Spectrum News 1 report on tuesday. In a social media post on Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said: Said“U.S. […]
DOT launches investigation into Delta Air Lines’ flight disruptions
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has launched an investigation into Delta Airlines following a large number of recent flight cancellations and delays. “The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Aviation Consumer Protection is investigating Delta Air Lines following continued widespread flight disruptions and reports of customer service issues,” the Transportation Department said in a statement […]
Delta cancels whopping 700 flights on Monday in wake of outage
Delta Air Lines continued to struggle to restore operations on Monday, three days after a global cyber outage disrupted flights around the world and stranded thousands of passengers across the country. The Atlanta-based airline canceled 828 flights, about 21% of its total scheduled flights, as of 4:15 p.m. ET on Monday. Flight AwareThis accounted for […]
Delta cancels nearly 700 more flights in wake of massive IT outage
Delta Air Lines is struggling to recover from a major technical outage that first froze air traffic across the nation on Friday, cancelling or delaying more than 1,100 flights on Monday. The airline canceled about 690 flights and delayed about 420 on Monday. Tracking service FlightAwareThis comes a day after Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg criticized […]
Engine Failure And Fuel Leak Caused Flames Shooting From Wings On Delta Flight
An official investigation published on Friday said a Delta Airlines flight from Edinburgh to New York experienced engine failure and flames erupted from the wing. This incident video Footage taken by passengers showed sparks and flames coming from the plane, leaving the 211 passengers shaken, some in tears. report It detailed the sequence of events, […]
Delta Airlines bans flag pins from other countries following Palestinian flag controversy
Delta Airlines is updating its uniform policy and will no longer allow its employees to wear flag pins from countries that are not in the United States. The news comes as Delta is receiving backlash from how the company handled a social media post regarding two Delta employees wearing a Palestinian flag. As a result, […]
Delta Airlines Faces Backlash Over Tweet On Palestinian Flag Pins, Issues Apology
Delta Airlines apologized on Thursday after facing public backlash over a Wednesday tweet in which a staff member was seen wearing a Palestinian flag pin. Delta Airlines came under fire after a post made via its X (formerly Twitter) account claiming that flight attendants were wearing Palestinian flag pins, which X users misidentified as “Hamas […]