Delta Wants Someone To Pay For Its Losses In Atlanta Airport Outage

The CEO of Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian, said he found it “shocking” that it took so long to get power restored at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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The CEO of Delta Air Lines says the company will seek compensation for its losses after a power outage knocked out the Atlanta airport’s power supply and also its backup electricity for about 11 hours Sunday.

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The blackout stranded thousands of passengers and led to the cancellation of more than 1,500 flights just ahead of the frenzied holiday travel period.