Carriers are scrambling to hire and train staff to match surging travel demand.
Delta's roughly 20,000 flight attendants are the largest non-union cabin crew of any U.S. airline.
The union said"pretty much every other U.S. Flight Attendant knows what to count on as detailed in their contract. Instead, we're waiting and wondering, wishing and hoping that management, and management alone, will wake up one day and decide to give raises." Delta said in a statement to CNBC the pay increase was not related to the flight attendant union drive.
"Delta has a long track record of taking care of our people, and as the CEO said, this is a well-deserved base pay increase for our people who continue to excel at safely taking care of our customers with a travel experience that sets us apart," an airline spokesman said.
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