In this week’s roundup, there are troubling new signs that the COVID-19 delta variant is resulting in more airline trip cancellations and fewer new bookings, reversing the industry’s summer revival and bringing new schedule reductions; after the European Union decided this week to remove the U.S. from its COVID “safe […]
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Delta Air Strains asks workforce to acquire furloughs amid new travel slump
ATLANTA – Delta Air Strains has managed to stay away from furloughs but is now asking extra staff to get unpaid leaves of absence, a sign of the deepening slump in air travel as coronavirus situations enhance throughout the United States. CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday that Delta will want […]