Delta Air Lines August Traffic, Capacity Rise

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Thursday, September 6th, 2018

Delta Air Lines reported operating performance for August 2018. The company carried 18.3 million customers across its broad global network, a record for the month of August.    

Monthly highlights include:

  • Opening a new 127,000-square-foot state-of-the-art engine repair shop, which will support the next-generation Rolls-Royce powerplants featured on Delta’s Airbus A350 and the forthcoming A330-900neo through the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul business 

  • Installing seat-back entertainment on its 600th aircraft, giving more customers than ever convenient access to free in-flight entertainment on Delta Studio, and offering more aircraft with seat-back entertainment than any airline in the world

  • Announcing new Summer 2019 trans-Atlantic flying to include expanded service to Paris and Amsterdam from Los Angeles; expanded service to Paris and Tel Aviv from New York-JFK, and new service to Amsterdam from Tampa

  • Aligning the corporate customer program with joint venture partner Air France-KLM in an industry-first program to enhance benefits for the corporate travel experience, including better seats and priority boarding

The company’s operating performance is detailed in the table here.