Delta Air Lines has hired a law firm and will seek compensation from Microsoft and CrowdStrike over the global cyber outage earlier this month that disrupted flights around the world, CNBC reported on Monday.
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Analysts have been cutting expectations for the premium airline after it struggled to bounce back from mass delays.
Delta Air Lines Inc DAL is about to face significant financial repercussions this quarter due to a recent system failure that resulted in thousands of flight cancellations and triggered a federal investigation into the airline's response.
Delta Air Lines expects flight cancellations and delays that resulted from a global technology breakdown last week to be resolved by Thursday, the carrier's chief executive said.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) is officially being investigated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) over its response to Friday's global tech outage that caused the cancellation and delay of thousands of flights in recent days.
While other carriers have been able to resume normal operations, Delta has continued to cancel hundreds of flights daily.
U.S. regulators are investigating how Delta Air Lines is treating passengers affected by canceled and delayed flights as the airline struggles to recover from a global technology outage.
Transportation department says move aims to ensure care of passengers after global cyber outage snarled operations
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Aviation Consumer Protection is investigating Delta Air Lines over chaos sparked by last week's global IT outage, according to a statement. The DOT cited widespread flight disruptions and customer service failures in which Delta did not uphold commitments to its passengers, it said.