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  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    FT SeriesLeading in a crisis
    Delta’s Ed Bastian: building staff loyalty to survive a crisis

    The airline chief focused on protecting the company’s workforce and liquidity in the face of aviation’s worst downturn

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Airlines
    Several US airlines to ban packing guns on flights to Washington

    Companies and federal regulators take greater precautions after US Capitol assault

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Lex
    Delta: cleared for take-off Premium

    Airline will almost certainly avoid bankruptcy, thanks to allies in Washington and Wall Street

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Delta chief expects return to profitability by summer

    Bastian forecasts break-even in second quarter, but warns business travel recovery to take at least another year

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Airlines
    Investors see lower risk of default by US airlines

    Credit default swap prices tumble as lawmakers discuss aid package and vaccine nears

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Delta and Alitalia to launch ‘quarantine free’ flights from US to Italy

    Airlines open first travel corridor between the two continents since Covid rules were introduced

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Airlines
    Aviation chiefs intensify calls for testing despite vaccine optimism

    BA, Delta, Airbus and easyJet say move to replace quarantine with pre-flight tests should remain priority to boost air travel

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    Airlines
    Delta casts doubt on NY-London Covid ‘air corridor’

    Airlines struggle to establish routes that can be exempted from stringent coronavirus quarantines

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Delta Air Lines boss warns of 2-year business travel recovery

    US carrier suffers plunge in corporate revenues as it burns through more than $20m of cash a day

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Airlines
    Airlines pine for roar of jet engines over the Atlantic

    Big carriers face growing threat on what was one of the busiest and most lucrative routes

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    LexAirlines
    US airlines: points win prizes Premium

    Opening up about the economics of frequent-flyer programmes should lead to a rise in valuations

  • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
    News in-depthAirlines
    US airlines reveal profitability of frequent flyer programmes

    Recent deals show how reliant carriers have become on their loyalty schemes

  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    Delta Air Lines pledges loyalty programme to raise $6.5bn

    US carrier is the latest to get creative in the hunt for cash to survive the pandemic

  • Saturday, 18 July, 2020
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    US airlines fly in different directions in middle-seat debate

    Carriers diverge on whether to maintain social distancing and run aircraft at partial capacity

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
    Delta steers 17,000 staff into early retirement

    Carrier reports $7bn second-quarter loss and makes plans for reduction in flying

  • Wednesday, 3 June, 2020
    Airlines
    US threatens to bar Chinese airlines

    Trump administration to halt flights unless American carriers are allowed back into China

  • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
    Airlines
    American Airlines and Delta move to cut thousands of jobs

    World’s two largest carriers have been barred from compulsory lay-offs until October

  • Friday, 22 May, 2020
    News in-depthCorporate bonds
    Debt investors lay claim to islands, cruise ships and theme parks

    Companies pledge all manner of assets as collateral for Covid-19 rescue deals

  • Friday, 15 May, 2020
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc
    Warren Buffett dumps most of his Goldman Sachs stake

    Famed investor backed the bank in 2008 but sold bulk of shares as pandemic developed

  • Thursday, 14 May, 2020
    Airlines
    US airlines eye job cuts once bailout strings expire

    Other countries’ carriers wielded axe, but Treasury restrictions limit executives’ room to act

  • Monday, 4 May, 2020
    Aerospace & Defence
    GE cuts 10,000 more aviation jobs

    New blow to industry after Mnuchin casts doubt on restart for US air travel and Buffett exits airline stocks

  • Monday, 27 April, 2020
    Delta taps debt markets for $5bn to replace lost cash flows

    Atlanta-based airline raised size of deal in light of investor demand

  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2020
    Delta suffers plummeting revenues as it burns through cash

    US airline’s boss says ‘it could be up to three years before we see a sustainable recovery’

  • Thursday, 16 April, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Inside the US airline bailout Premium

    Did US taxpayers get a good deal on airline bailouts? Meh.

  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Revolvers at dawn: Inside the corporate dash for cash Premium

    Companies rush to pull on emergency funding once considered taboo 

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