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Tired of squeezing your ever-expanding frame into those ever-shrinking coach-class seats? So is Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Aviation. And he wants the government to do something about it.

It ain’t easy running a profitable airline, but listen to Delta CEO Ed Bastian and you’re left wondering why others are faltering. His laser focus on simplicity at all levels of the business has helped Delta become the kingpin of U.S. network carriers.

You might assume hosting the Olympics is great for a city's economy thanks to an influx of visitors staying in hotels, dining out, and enjoying the sights.

As earnings season draws to a close, we’re taking a closer look at the most lucrative arm of many major U.S. airlines: loyalty programs.

Delta Air Lines became the official airline of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) on August 20, extending the two organizations’ partnership and the airline’s focus on supporting women’s athletics. 

It seems Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle has heard enough criticism of the U.S. ultra-low-cost airline industry — even as the carrier projects more financial losses in the coming months and plans to reduce flights on certain days of the week and push back new aircraft deliveries by years.

Microsoft believes Delta has not “modernized its IT infrastructure,” which resulted in a five day-long meltdown for the carrier. 

In the latest salvo of a brewing public relations war, Microsoft joined CrowdStrike in pushing back against recent criticism from Delta Air Lines, claiming that the carrier rejected technical assistance in the aftermath of an outage that eventually led it to cancel more than 5,000 flights.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, August 6, and now here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. 

CrowdStrike is striking back.

CrowdStrike said Delta did not accept its offer of onsite help during the carrier’s meltdown that led to thousands of flight cancellations and delays. 

They are scenes straight out of a travel nightmare: Airline passengers, including unaccompanied minors, stranded for days in strange cities amid a cascading wave of flight cancellations—with little hope of catching a plane home in a hurry.

Delta Air Lines has offered its most substantial assistance to passengers yet following the IT outage that canceled thousands of flights last week.

Delta Air Lines has been in the spotlight of the airline industry this week following a five-day-long operational meltdown that led to more than 5,000 flight cancellations and stranded passengers and their checked bags for days.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday morning operations were beginning to improve after days of struggling to recover from a tech outage. 

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, July 24, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. 

Delta is facing increasing pressure from its customers and Washington as a meltdown caused by an IT outage on Friday continues. 

The Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that it is launching an investigation into Delta Air Lines as the carrier struggles to recover from a meltdown that has led it to cancel thousands of flights.

Cancellations at Delta Air Lines continue to pile up more than 72 hours after an IT outage affecting industries around the world first disrupted travel Friday.

During United’s second-quarter earnings call on Thursday, chief commercial officer Andrew Nocella declared that low-margin rivals have “largely run their course.” 

Delta Air Lines expects jets operating on most transatlantic routes will be equipped with fast, free Wi-Fi service by the end of this summer. However, it could be at least another year before the carrier completes the rollout of free internet to the rest of its fleet.

It appears Delta Air Lines is not, in fact, immune from a problem that's plagued most of the U.S. air travel industry over the past year: high costs and stiff competition.