Delta Air Lines

Sluggish demand, Russian airspace closure and growing competition from Chinese carriers are affecting airlines from other countries.

Delta Air Lines is strengthening its partnership with SAS by adding a new route to Copenhagen, while also planning to resume Los Angeles-Shanghai in June 2025.

The airline is seeing a decrease in maintenance-related cancellations this year.

Delta Air Lines expects to restore its regional jet capacity to pre-pandemic levels by summer 2025, having seen considerable improvements in pilot availability.

Delta Air Lines’ TechOps division has added the use of drone inspections into the AMM for its entire mainline fleet, with new acceptance from the FAA.

Delta Air Lines is adding Seoul to its network from Salt Lake City, starting in June 2025.

Delta Air Lines is adding seven new transatlantic routes in summer 2025 with a focus on Italy.

Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) opened 10 new gates Sept. 17, most of which will be used by Delta Air Lines.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will resume flights to Seattle next summer after a 15-year hiatus and has entered into a wet-lease agreement with Braathens Regional Airways (BRA) to strengthen its domestic operations in Sweden.

U.S. airlines are seeking to further push back the resumption of many flights to mainland China.

Long talked about European consolidation seems to be gaining traction, if governments can be reassured.

New SkyTeam alliance partners Delta Air Lines and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) have been cleared to offer codeshare flights.

A slowdown in bookings for Delta Air Lines due to the CrowdStrike issue that created chaos on its IT systems in July was brief.

A Delta Air Lines A350 and CRJ-900 collided on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Sept. 10; the FAA and NTSB are investigating.

Hard profitability lessons are being relearned by U.S. airlines.

Rewards programs are under scrutiny at American Airlines, Delta, Southwest and United Airlines as the U.S. DOT looks at whether they are transparent and fair.

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has detailed a $60 million investment aimed at appeasing customers following its July 19 global outage.

Carriers are bolstering resilience to growing cybersecurity threats, while regulators work to encourage collaboration around risks and harmonize standards.

In a statement, Delta distanced COO Mike Spanos’ departure from the airline's July operational disruption set into motion by the global IT outage.

Delta Air Lines and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) say JetBlue’s objection to their codeshare agreement should be disregarded.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

Delta is pursuing legal claims against the cybersecurity company as well as Microsoft to recover damages for an outage with cascading consequences.

Financial results for the four largest U.S. carriers during the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 revealed record high quarterly revenue and net profits.

CrowdStrike is pushing back against what it has termed a “misleading narrative” from Delta Air Lines.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.