Operations

With icy conditions throughout the Gulf Coast and Southeast region, many airports remain closed Wednesday. Delta teams are in constant contact with all aviation stakeholders to safely resume operations as quickly and safely as possible. 

The safety of Delta people and customers is of the utmost importance as we manage flight delays, cancellations and the resumption of service when conditions allow.

Delta is the first U.S. commercial operator to receive FAA Certificate Management Office concurrence for our plans to use these drones for maintenance inspections across our fleet.

The Ground Support Equipment team is responsible for maintaining Delta’s machinery on the ground at airports all over the world, working around the clock to keep our people safe, our systems moving and our customers satisfied. 

Delta is expecting nearly 9 million customers from Dec. 21-Jan. 7 as the airline builds on a strong November and Thanksgiving holiday travel period.

Final numbers for the full holiday period of Nov. 17-28 are still pending**. However, from Friday, Nov. 17, through Sunday, Nov. 26, Delta carried more than 5.3 million customers on more than 43,000 flights systemwide.

Official Delta projections put the total estimated customer count between 6.2 million and 6.4 million from Friday, Nov. 17-Tuesday, Nov. 28 – averaging 515,000-530,000 customers a day.

Warren Weston, one of Delta’s lead meteorologists, gives an inside look at every role Delta’s in-house meteorology team plays, from updating the Weather Information Tool and helping flight crews avoid turbulence to forecasting the weather both around major airports and up to 40,000 feet.