The Department of Transportation’s latest Air Travel Consumer Report published Friday shows Delta still strong in several operational metrics, despite a technology outage that disrupted flights over a three-day period in August. Domestic mainline completion factor—the metric that measures overall flight cancellations—trailed most of the 11 other mainline and regional ...

Delta carried a total of 16.8 million passengers in August, 4.6 percent more than the same period last year. The airline’s record-breaking operational performance continued with Delta people driving a remarkable 99.8 percent mainline completion factor and on-time performance of 85.5percent for the month. Delta reported a 6.5 percent drop ...