Delta chief operations officer departing for another company

Delta chief operations officer departing for another company

Delta Air Lines planes sit parked at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on June 28, 2024. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ chief operating officer is leaving at the end of the month, the company said in a securities filing on Friday. CEO Ed Bastian said in an employee memo that Chief … Read more

Delta CEO offers employees free flights after CrowdStrike-Microsoft chaos

Delta CEO offers employees free flights after CrowdStrike-Microsoft chaos

Ed Bastian, chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines Inc., speaks during a keynote at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian on Friday offered employees two free travel passes to thank staff members who were caught … Read more

CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline $500 million

CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline 0 million

Ed Bastian, chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines Inc., during an interview in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Bastian said that he sees ‘strong demand’ for flights carrying into 2023.  Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the massive IT outage earlier this month … Read more

Travel to Paris dropped because of the Summer Olympic Games

Travel to Paris dropped because of the Summer Olympic Games

Was it the Parisians who bluntly told travelers “do not come” to Paris during the Summer Games? Or did sky-high prices for hotel rooms, house rentals and event tickets turn travelers away?   For a multitude of reasons, many people — including residents — avoided Paris in the build-up to the Olympic Games, despite prognostications … Read more

DOT investigating Delta over IT outage chaos

DOT investigating Delta over IT outage chaos

Delta Airlines passengers line up for agent assistance at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on July 22, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.  Jessica Mcgowan | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection is investigating Delta Air Lines over chaos sparked by last week’s global IT outage, according to a statement. The DOT … Read more

CrowdStrike Outage Caused 46,000 Flight Cancelations Globally In Just One Day

CrowdStrike Outage Caused 46,000 Flight Cancelations Globally In Just One Day

Cybersecurity software Crowdstrike experienced a global outage on Friday, causing problems in a variety of industries, from financial to air travel and even taking down emergency services in some areas. It was an absolute disaster that, among other things, left thousands of travelers stranded, and it’s still causing canceled flights. On Friday alone, airlines canceled … Read more

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 27, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You … Read more

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  NYSE This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to know … Read more

Delta CEO says Paris Olympics will cost it $100 million

Delta CEO says Paris Olympics will cost it 0 million

This picture taken in Paris on March 3, 2024, shows the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower and the city skyline with cloudy weather. Stefano Rellandini | Afp | Getty Images For more than 10,000 Olympic athletes, making it to Paris this summer is a dream come true. Thousands of potential tourists feel otherwise. Delta Air … Read more

Immigrants help keep job growth high as inflation cools

Immigrants help keep job growth high as inflation cools

U.S. President Joe Biden greets members of the U.S. Border Patrol at the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., February 29, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Immigration — both authorized and unauthorized — has helped the U.S. job market sustain a fiery run in recent months without reigniting inflation, economists and analysts say. The effect … Read more