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NBC News • Mirna Alsharif

Hailstorm at Atlanta Grounds Flights, Spurs Inspections on 100+ Delta Jets

A severe hailstorm at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport forced Delta Air Lines to pull more than 100 aircraft for hail damage inspections and triggered nearly 400 flight cancellations, as thunderstorms also prompted the evacuation of the airport’s ATC tower and left dozens of flights waiting on taxiways for hours.

2025-06-28T11:49:15.115395-07:00

Skift

IndiGo Doubles A350-900 Order to 60 Jets, Inks Transatlantic Deals with Delta, Air France-KLM and Virgin Atlantic

2025-06-01T08:10:23.042688-07:00

Air Data News

Delta and Korean Air to Acquire 25% Stake in WestJet for $550M; Delta to Reallocate 2.5% to Air France-KLM

2025-05-09T04:30:25.474672-07:00

CBS News

Delta Air Lines Airbus A330 Evacuated in Orlando After Engine Fire

2025-04-21T09:30:52.352745-07:00

Hype Analysis

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Wall Street Journal

Severe Storm System Snarls Delta’s US Hubs, Cancels Over 2,800 Flights A powerful storm system that swept U.S. airports since June 29 battered Delta Air Lines’ operations—particularly its Atlanta hub—forcing the carrier to delay or cancel more than 1,500 flights on Sunday and contributing to a total of over 2,800 U.S. cancellations since Friday.

2025-06-29T10:43:26.005976-07:00

Severe Storm System Snarls Delta’s US Hubs, Cancels Over 2,800 Flights

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Delta Grounds 100 Jets at Atlanta Hub for Hail Damage Inspections Delta Air Lines grounded 100 jets at its Atlanta-Hartsfield hub Friday for emergency inspections after a severe hailstorm swept through the airport, raising concerns over structural damage to planes parked on ramps. The carrier canceled hundreds of flights as maintenance teams worked to clear affected aircraft.

2025-06-29T01:46:09.316016-07:00

Delta Grounds 100 Jets at Atlanta Hub for Hail Damage Inspections

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Hailstorm at Atlanta Grounds Flights, Spurs Inspections on 100+ Delta Jets A severe hailstorm at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport forced Delta Air Lines to pull more than 100 aircraft for hail damage inspections and triggered nearly 400 flight cancellations, as thunderstorms also prompted the evacuation of the airport’s ATC tower and left dozens of flights waiting on taxiways for hours.

2025-06-28T11:49:15.115395-07:00

Hailstorm at Atlanta Grounds Flights, Spurs Inspections on 100+ Delta Jets

One Mile at a Time

Delta doubles down on Seattle with Rome and Barcelona nonstop routes and new lounges In a direct response to Alaska Airlines’ entry into the market, Delta Air Lines will launch daily nonstop flights between Seattle–Tacoma and Barcelona-El Prat and Rome–Fiumicino in summer 2026, deploying Airbus A330-900neos, and will debut a new 24,000-square-foot Delta One and Sky Club complex at SEA.

2025-06-24T14:44:01.572707-07:00

Delta doubles down on Seattle with Rome and Barcelona nonstop routes and new lounges

Cranky Flier

Delta to End SkyMiles and Codeshare Partnership with Hawaiian Airlines on June 30 Delta quietly updated its partner page to confirm the end of SkyMiles earn-and-burn and MQD credits, plus interisland codeshare on Hawaiian Airlines flights effective June 30. The move follows Hawaiian’s acquisition of Alaska Airlines and leaves Delta without a local conduit for its Hawaii services.

2025-06-23T03:53:59.539748-07:00

Delta to End SkyMiles and Codeshare Partnership with Hawaiian Airlines on June 30

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Unruly Passenger Smashes Door, Injures Self on Delta MSP–Honolulu Flight An unruly passenger on a recent Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis–Saint Paul to Honolulu turned violent by smashing an exit door and cutting himself on the aircraft’s reinforced glass, leaving the cabin looking like a ‘gruesome crime scene.’ No other passengers were hurt in the incident.

2025-06-21T08:31:25.567426-07:00

Unruly Passenger Smashes Door, Injures Self on Delta MSP–Honolulu Flight

FlightGlobal

Delta Introduces First A350-900 Powered by Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB-84 EP Engine Delta Air Lines has taken delivery of the first Airbus A350-900 fitted with Rolls-Royce’s new ‘EP’ variant of the Trent XWB-84, marking the start of an engine improvement plan aimed at cutting fuel burn, CO₂ emissions and maintenance costs across A350 fleets.

2025-06-09T11:39:31.569862-07:00

Delta Introduces First A350-900 Powered by Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB-84 EP Engine

Dallas Morning News

DFW Airport Launches Joint Biometric Screening with CBP, TSA and American Airlines On June 7, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Transportation Security Administration and American Airlines, unveiled a new facial recognition system to speed passenger identity checks across security and CBP entry points, aiming to cut wait times and streamline processing.

2025-06-08T21:15:47.878001-07:00

DFW Airport Launches Joint Biometric Screening with CBP, TSA and American Airlines

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