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News Articles: Delta Air Lines

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Delta Air Lines pauses unaccompanied minor travel as IT meltdown continues

While most airlines and businesses affected by the Crowdstrike glitch in Microsoft have recovered, Delta’s IT crisis has continued to spiral and prompted an investigation by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

July 24, 2024
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By:
  • Logan Ritchie
Hundreds of suitcases are lined up near baggage claim at the airport in long lines

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Days after system outage, Delta air travelers still stuck in long lines — this time for their bags

Delta Air Lines passengers on Monday are still waiting in long lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to be reconnected with their luggage after a software update problem on Friday led to mass flight delays and cancellations industrywide.

July 22, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Travelers move through the terminal near a Delta Airlines desk at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

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UPDATE: Global tech outage continues to disrupt Atlanta airport

Friday’s massive IT glitch linked to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike on Microsoft cloud computing services continued to cause disruptions over the weekend. Thousands of passengers were stranded at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport overnight Friday into Saturday as hundreds of flights were canceled.

July 22, 2024
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By:
  • Logan Ritchie ,
  • Bob Pepalis ,
  • and 1 more
Delta ramp workers and their supporters rallied near Hartsfield Jackson on July 17, 2024 as part of a larger push for unionization.

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Delta workers rally in support of unionization during ongoing labor campaign

Delta Air Lines ramp workers and their supporters gathered near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday to rally for union representation.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Team USA weightlifting athlete, Hampton Morris reads an encouraging note from a local high schooler as they depart from the airport for the Summer Olympic Games, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Delta organizes send-off for Team USA Olympic athletes at Atlanta airport

Delta Air Lines is celebrating members of Team USA as the athletes head off to Paris for the Summer Olympic Games. The airline organized a send-off Wednesday for archers, fencers and other U.S. athletes at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press
 A Delta Air Lines jetliner is shown at Denver International Airport in Denver, June 26, 2019. Delta Air Lines is changing its employee uniform policy following a turbulent ride through a social media storm started by a passenger's outrage over two flight attendants photographed wearing Palestinian pins.

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Delta Air Lines adopts new rules for flight attendant uniforms after Palestinian pin flap

Delta Air Lines is changing its employee uniform policy following a social media user's outrage over two flight attendants photographed wearing Palestinian flag pins. The uproar over the July 10 post that described the Palestinian pins as "Hamas badges" prompted Delta to ban its employees from wearing pins representing any country or nationality besides the U.S.

July 16, 2024
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  • Associated Press

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Delta Air Lines' shareholders are the latest group asking the company to allow employees to organize

Delta investor Amalgamated Bank filed a resolution with Delta's board of directors asking the company to adopt a noninterference policy as employees consider choosing union representation.

June 12, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews and
  • Kristi York Wooten
Sen. Ossoff at the U.S. southern border on May 29, where he warned about the threats of terroism to U.S. national security without legislation or address unlawful entry at the border.

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Taxpayer dollars at work: Ossoff at U.S.-Mexico border, Warnock joins senators' security statement

For the week ending May 31, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff worked on protecting national security at the southern border, urging Delta Air Lines leadership not to hinder workers' unionization efforts, calling out pharmaceutical companies for high medication prices, and addressing law enforcement shortages.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Players and staff of the New York Liberty WNBA basketball team wait to board buses at Harry Reid International Airport, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Las Vegas.

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WNBA teams will travel on chartered flights for the next 2 seasons, the league says

Before, teams could travel on chartered flights during the postseason and for back-to-back games in the regular season. Many players said the change will make recovery easier and make them feel safer.

May 10, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A Boeing 767 passenger aircraft of Delta Air Lines arrives from Dublin at JFK International Airport in New York as the Manhattan skyline looms in the background on Feb. 7, 2024.

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Delta flight makes emergency return after exit slide separates from Boeing aircraft

The Los Angeles-bound flight was forced to make an emergency return to New York's JFK airport after an emergency slide came apart from the Boeing 767, the airline said.

April 26, 2024
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By:
  • C Mandler
A Delta Airlines plane leaves the gate on July 12, 2021, at Logan International Airport in Boston.

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Delta Air Lines, facing another union attempt to organize flight attendants, is raising their pay

Delta Air Lines is raising pay for flight attendants and other nonunion workers by 5%. And the airline is boosting starting pay for all its U.S. jobs to at least $19 an hour.

April 24, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A Delta Airlines plane leaves the gate on July 12, 2021, at Logan International Airport in Boston.

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Delta Air Lines posts a narrow Q1 profit and says travel demand remains strong despite flight scares

Delta Air Lines is reporting a small profit and says travel demand is strong heading into summer. The airline's CEO says recent flight scares seem to be having no effect on ticket sales.

April 10, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press
A passenger wears a face mask to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as he waits for a Delta Airlines flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Feb. 18, 2021. Delta Air Lines said Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, it will extend through 2023 the window for customers to rebook credits earned when they purchased but then canceled flights during the pandemic.

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Delta Air Lines is hiking checked-baggage fees 17% following similar moves by United and American

In case you needed yet another incentive to cram all your travel items into a carry-on, Delta Air Lines has just boosted the cost of your first checked bag by 17%.

March 06, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press
The sun is shown in the first phase of a total eclipse in this photo taken in August 2017 from Grand Teton National Park outside Jackson, Wyo.

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  • Space

Delta's special total solar eclipse flight sold out in 24 hours

An Austin, Texas-to-Detroit flight along April's path of totality is sold out. There are other flights with a view, though your best bet may actually be here on Earth, says one astrophysicist.

February 23, 2024
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By:
  • Diba Mohtasham

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Congress members join calls for Delta Air Lines to stop union-busting efforts

Over 100 members of Congress have signed a letter to the Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian urging the company to not interfere with employees' efforts to form a union

February 15, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
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