All posts tagged "Delta"

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has a full-blown PR crisis on his hands.

The airline was among the worst affected by the global CrowdStrike outage, with flights being canceled in droves and passengers stranded without their luggage. After days in which people were frustrated by Delta's lack of transparency, news reports emerged that Bastian flew off to the Paris Olympics.

Delta scrambled to control public outrage. In a message to CNN, the company said, “Ed delayed this long-planned business trip until he was confident the airline was firmly on the path to recovery. As of Wednesday morning, Delta’s operations were returning to normal. Ed remains fully engaged with senior operations leaders.”...

For the US Coast Guard, the mighty Mississippi River is its "best friend" in the fight against the oil spill.