Early next month, Delta Air Lines announced that it would be re- home from schooling about 100 daily flights from its schedule. To achieve this, the airline took measures designed to “mitigate disruptions and find quicker fixes when they do arise.”
Delta announced on Monday that it would reduce its daily departures between July 1 and August 7, citing “rising demand and the challenges of ‘rebuilding Delta’s full-scale operation.'” The cuts will primarily affect markets in the US and Latin America.
Delta Airlines plans to continue adjusting its schedule in the coming weeks.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.’s chief customer experience officer, Allison Ausband, said in a statement that the factors currently impacting Delta’s operation — weather and air traffic control, vendor staffing and higher-than-average rates of unscheduled absences in some work groups — are resulting in an operation that is not consistently up to the standards Delta has set for itself in recent years.
Delta isn’t the first airline to trim its summer schedule due to operational issues, which can include mechanical issues or poor weather.
JetBlue Following The Same Way
JetBlue announced in April that it would cut 8% to 10% of its flights this summer because of “continued industry challenges.” Alaska Airlines made a similar announcement, saying it would reduce its schedule by about 2% through June to match “pilot capacity.”
Delta has issued a travel waiver for the Southeast and Northeast for Memorial Day weekend, effective May 26-28. The airline cited inclement weather forecasts in those regions as the reason for the waiver. Affected airports are listed in the waiver posted on Delta’s website.
Passengers with rebooked travel on or before May 31 will not be charged a fare difference.
Delta Airlines announced that it will resume nearly all of its operations today, a day after suspending flights in anticipation of stormy weather. The announcement comes as AAA estimates that 3 million Americans will travel by air over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. That figure is up 25% over last year, and is approaching the 2019 figure for air travelers over the holiday period.
The AAA estimates that 39.2 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday.
