Delta loses $408 million; 8,000 employees hit with infection

[Sherman A1]

Delta Air Lines lost $408 million in the final quarter of 2021, dragged down by a COVID-19 surge that rocked the airline in December, and the carrier predicted Thursday that it will suffer one more quarterly loss before travel perks up in spring and summer.

CEO Ed Bastian said 8,000 employees have contracted COVID-19 over the last four weeks. Sick workers and winter storms have led to more than 2,200 cancelled flights since Dec. 24.

Cancellations have dropped sharply in the past few days, but the spate of spiked flights cost the airline $75 million and the latest outbreak, caused by the omicron variant of the virus, is expected to push the industry's recovery back by two months.

https://krcgtv.com/news/nation-world/delta-loses-408-million-8000-employees-hit-with-infection

[llmart]

1. Do they make it mandatory for their staff to wear masks?

I tried to get a straight answer out of someone at Delta back in November and couldn't.

[Emile]

2. Isn't Delta Airlines nonunion? If they were union, you know who they would blame. .

[CurtEastPoint]

6. Only their pilots are unionized.

[EastMeetsWest]

3. Delta at one time was my main airline for taking trips back to the US

All that ended 2 years ago, when this Covid crap started making international travel difficult. I calculate that Delta has lost at least $6000 from me alone in that time, since constantly changing immigration regulations have made it extremely difficult for me to make international travel plans.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. How is Delta doing things differently from any other airline that flies International?

[EastMeetsWest]

5. In the Tokyo area, Delta has moved from Narita to Haneda

Narita airport was FAR more convenient for me than Haneda. I can get to Narita in about an hour from my house, on regular roads with no problem. Parking at Narita is like ¥400 ($3.50) a day for long-term. Now that Delta has moved to Haneda, I'd have to pay ¥¥¥ for highway tolls, and the highway to the air port is fraught with traffic jams. Long-term parking is about 3X as expensive as Narita. I can't take public transportation from either airport anymore, so I'd have to provide my own transportation.

[sarcasmo]

7. Delta will be asking for another Government bailout this summer.