Global Outage: Delta Still Struggles, Cancels Thousands More Flights

The global giant airlines, Delta Airlines still cancelled 1,555 more flights as it works to recover from the global IT failure.

Reports indicated that Delta Airlines cancelled 1,250 flights on Sunday and an additional 305 flights on Monday, despite the fact that majority of other airlines have recovered from the crisis.

A statement at the weekend quoted Delta CEO Ed, Bastian, as saying that the airline has halted operations following the Friday disruption, which resulted in the cancellation of 3,500 flights through Saturday and into Sunday.

This was the airline’s “busiest travel weekend of the summer,” when the disruption occurred, according to Bastian.

The airline has not yet given a timeframe for the return of regular operations.

Airlines were among the businesses most impacted by a fault in the security programme CrowdStrike that brought down computer systems internationally on Friday.

The incident had an impact on nearly all major industries, including financial institutions, delivery services, merchants, and healthcare providers.

Airports and airlines took the brunt of the damage: According to FlightAware, there were almost 46,000 delayed flights and 5,171 cancelled flights on Friday alone. The hardest devastated region was Delta.

Bastian said, “Canceling a flight is always a last resort, and something we don’t take lightly.”

This is coming a day after Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called out Delta Airlines for continuing cancellations and delays following Friday’s outage.

“We have received reports of continued disruptions and unacceptable customer service conditions at Delta Air Lines, including hundreds of complaints filed with U.S. DOT,” Buttigieg wrote on the social media platform X on Sunday.

In response, Bastian apologized for the delays.

“I want to apologize to every one of you who have been impacted by these events. Delta is in the business of connecting the world, and we understand how difficult it can be when your travels are disrupted,” he wrote.

Earlier report stated that there have been reports of resumption of operation in services like banking, shipping, healthcare, and airlines after the global tech outage.