VIRUS: Delta Air Lines Loses $ 60 Million a Day | 04/05/20

ATLANTA (dpa-AFX) – The US airline Delta Air Lines is expecting a 90 percent drop in sales in the second quarter due to the corona crisis. CEO Ed Bastian prepared employees for tough times in a memo on Friday (local time): Delta is currently losing more than $ 60 million (EUR 55.5 million) every day, … Read more

Airlines anticipate large losses from the coronavirus

Airlines are reducing their flights, freezing contracts and keeping their planes on the ground to cope with the significant decline in travel reservations and an increase in cancellations caused by fears of the new coronavirus outbreak. Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines said the outbreak could be worse for airlines than the terrorist attacks of … Read more

Delta and American Airlines suspend flights New York and Milan

NY. The American Airlines airline announced this Sunday in a statement that suspends its daily flights from NY Y Miami to Milan “for a reduction in demand”, a decision that occurs during the significant increase in the number of cases of coronavirus in Italy. The company also said it will resume flights from both US … Read more

A girl is pronounced dead when her flight landed back in Los Angeles due to medical emergency

(Credit: Mario Tama / Getty Images) – (CNN) – A medical emergency on Delta Airlines flight ended with a girl declared dead when the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday night, authorities said. Delta Flight 2423, which was headed to Seattle, had to return to Los Angeles for a medical problem on … Read more