Delta Air Lines expects to add about 1,000 flights in August but not many more for the remainder of the year, Chief Executive Ed Bastian said in an internal memo on Thursday that mentioned a resurgence of COVID-19 in parts of the country.
FILE PHOTO: A customer puts on a protective face mask while talking with a Delta Air Lines, Inc. employee at Los Angeles International Airport on an unusually empty Memorial Day weekend during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 23, 2020. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon/File Photo
Airlines including Delta have added back some summer capacity after modest improvements in domestic travel demand in May and June, but analysts say a spike in cases in some states, which have prompted three Northeast states to order quarantines for some travelers and Disneyland to delay its reopening, could dampen the recovery.
“While it’s encouraging to see flights returning we likely remain at least two years away from a return to normal,” Bastian said.
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