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Delta to cut workforce in August through buyouts, early retirements
Delta Air Lines is cutting its workforce through buyouts and early retirements to adjust to the decline in air travel due to COVID-19.
UPDATED: Delta extends change fee waiver
Delta Air Lines is allowing customers who cancel their flights due to the coronavirus two years to rebook.
Hartsfield-Jackson manager: Full airport recovery could take 2-5 years
Hartsfield-Jackson GM John Selden said air passenger traffic is starting to improve slightly amid COVID-19, but a full recovery won't be swift.
BREAKING: Boeing slashes 12,000 jobs as virus seizes travel industry
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming.
Delta gets tentative approval to suspend service to more small airports
Delta Air Lines has gotten tentative approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation to suspend service to a number of small airports.
The Latest: White House bans travel to the US from Brazil
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic.
Latam Airlines seeks bankruptcy protection as travel slumps
Latam Airlines, South America’s biggest carrier, sought U.S.
Expats return home from Bermuda, months into pandemic
A Delta Air Lines charter flight from Bermuda to Atlanta brought expats back home.
Huge cargo plane lands in Atlanta with mask shipment
An Antonov AN-124 chartered by supply chain operator GEODIS landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday with a shipment of PPE, or personal protective equipment.
Delta seeks OK for Atlanta flights to Cape Town via Johannesburg
Delta Air Lines is applying for U.S. DOT approval to fly to Cape Town from Atlanta via Johannesburg.
TSA considering temperature checks and thermal imaging, acting Homeland Security secretary says
After TSA rolled out a series of new measures Thursday to encourage social distancing and stop the spread of COVID-19, Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland...
TSA considering temperature checks and thermal imaging, acting Homeland Security secretary says
After TSA rolled out a series of new measures Thursday to encourage social distancing and stop the spread of COVID-19, Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland...
Hartsfield-Jackson airport delays some projects, speeds others up
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is delaying some projects and speeding others up in response to coronavirus.
Delta to resume more international routes in June
Delta Air Lines plans to relaunch a number of additional international routes from Atlanta and other cities in June.
Plexiglas barriers, floor markings added at Hartsfield-Jackson
Delta Air Lines and Hartsfield-Jackson International are adding plexiglas barriers and floor markings at the airport.
Delta to offer early retirements, buyouts to employees
Delta Air Lines plans to cut its payroll through voluntary separations and early retirements.
Atlanta airport again world’s busiest in 2019 — then travel plummeted
Hartsfield-Jackson International was again the world's busiest airport in 2019, before the coronavirus hit.
Delta to resume more international routes in June
Delta Air Lines plans to relaunch a number of additional international routes from Atlanta and other cities in June.
Some travelers still flying through pandemic, on mostly empty planes
Some people are still traveling, passing through mostly empty airport terminals and planes.
Hartsfield-Jackson budgets for plummeting parking, concessions revenue
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport expects a steep drop in parking and concessions revenue in fiscal 2020 as traffic plunges more than 50%
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McCarran airport rolls out PPE vending machines
Touting itself as the first airport to deploy the PPE machines, McCarran introduced them Thursday via its social media platforms.
Air National Guard to fly over Atlanta, other parts of Georgia to honor health care workers
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Angela Gittens, former Atlanta airport manager and current director general of Airports Council International, in this AXN article on the coronavirus pandemic: "I liken this more to how people felt in World War II. They were on rations, at least in North America. Their husbands were overseas, they didn’t know if their husbands were going to live or not. They didn’t know how long it was going to last. They didn’t know what the outcome was going to be. There was nothing to say your side was going to win. In some ways it’s more like that."
Gittens joins AXN's Andrew Tellijohn to discuss what airports can draw from past experiences as they weather the near-complete disappearance of air travel.
Delta Air retiring giant Boeing 777s from fleet amid travel plunge
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines plans to retire its Boeing 777 jets from its fleet in response to the steep decline in travel amid the coronavirus.
Consumer Reports shares some strategies to get airline refunds when your flight is canceled
A proposed law would require refunds for air travel canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. Consumer Reports explains the details, plus strategies for getting your money back now.
Another flyover will happen this week in Georgia to honor essential workers
On Thursday evening, aircraft from Marietta’s Dobbins Air Reserve Base will fly over North Georgia hospitals “to salute health care workers, first responders and essential workers for their efforts during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.”
Senators plan legislation to require refunds for airline customers during pandemic
Sens. Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, Chris Murphy and Kamala Harris said they plan to introduce legislation to require airlines to give refunds to passengers who cancel their tickets during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hartsfield-Jackson terminal connector shuttle contract cost rises
A contract for the terminal-to-terminal connector shuttle at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport costs more to operate, according to the airport.
Aviation maintenance student pleads guilty to bribing test administrator on FAA exam
A former aircraft maintenance student from Las Vegas has pleaded guilty to attempting to bribe a tes...
C-130 doing special flyover for north Georgia Thursday to honor frontline workers
North Georgia will get another flyover on Thursday evening – this time from a C-130 Hercules aircraft from Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Cobb County.
Exclusive: U.S. airlines tell crews not to force passengers to wear masks
The top three U.S. airlines have told their flight attendants not to force passengers to comply with their new policy requiring face coverings, just encourage them to do so, according to employee policies reviewed by Reuters.
With few people traveling, DOT allows airlines to cut more flights
The U.S. Department of Transportation is allowing airlines to cut more flights as few people travel. Delta Air Lines has asked for exemptions.
Nervous about a packed plane? United to notify passengers facing 'full' flights, offer options
United's move comes after a doctor criticized the airline's "relaxed'' social distancing on a packed Newark-San Francisco flight.
Coronavirus pandemic could force a major U.S. airline out of business, says Boeing CEO
"Something will happen when September comes around. Traffic levels will not be back to 100 percent. They won't even be back to 25 percent. So there will definitely be adjustments that have to be made on the part of the airlines," David Calhoun said.
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