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News and Research => Travel => Topic started by: Dev Sunday on 2024-07-22 07:40

Title: Delta still struggles after tech glitch, cancels thousands more flights
Post by: Dev Sunday on 2024-07-22 07:40
The latest developments in the Delta Airlines flight cancellations:
- Delta Airlines cancelled an additional 1,555 flights on top of the 3,500 flights it cancelled between last Friday and Saturday, affecting thousands of travelers across the United States.
- The cancellations equate to 44% of Delta's total flights.
- The decision comes after a global IT glitch that affected the company's crew tracking system.
- The outage also affected other airlines, but most have already recovered from the incident.
- Delta CEO Ed Bastian said the issue affected their Microsoft Windows systems.
- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reminded Bastian of the carrier's responsibilities to its customers.

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