Delta Air Lines

Financial Q3 results for American Airlines, Delta, Southwest and United reveal strong operating performances and positive net results for three of the “Big 4.”

While the third quarter was not short on challenges, large U.S. airlines earned healthy revenue against a more constructive industry backdrop.

The traffic performance for all four major U.S. carriers in Q3 was higher than Q3 2023 and, for three of the four, greater than traffic recorded during Q3 2019.

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.

Over 80% of the world’s top 100 airlines by ASK will be in attendance at the 29th edition of Routes World

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.

Scheduled airline capacity, as measured in available seat kilometers, through to December 2024

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.