Alison Sider

The cybersecurity company says it isn't to blame for the airline's dayslong meltdown, calling it a “misleading narrative”.

The assertion, in a letter from a lawyer for the tech giant, is a response to Delta’s claims that exposure to Microsoft and CrowdStrike was at the root of its problems from a July IT outage.

The airline says CrowdStrike is shirking blame for the mid-July glitch, which led Delta to cancel about 7,000 flights.

The Justice Department had been reviewing the planned merger for months, after the two airlines struck a roughly $1 billion deal last year.

Mike Spanos is leaving weeks after the airline struggled through the CrowdStrike tech outage; the company said he was already looking to move on.

Sleeping bags, s’mores and the sound of engines draw a special breed of camper who pitch tents under their aircraft wings across the U.S.

After the CrowdStrike outage grounded thousands of flights, CEOs from the airline and software companies are sparring over footing the bill.

The U.S. Transportation Department is stepping up its probe into airline loyalty programs, homing in on the four largest U.S. carriers and whether they are engaging in practices that harm consumers, the department said Thursday. The department's inquiry centers on practices that it describes as potentially unfair, deceptive or anti-competitive, with a focus on four areas: changes to the value of points that the agency said can make it more expensive to book tickets using rewards; lack of fare transparency through dynamic pricing; fees for redeeming and transferring rewards; and reduction in competition among programs due to airline mergers. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has asked American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines to submit records and reports on those topics.

The CrowdStrike IT outage hasn’t lingered over bookings at Delta Air Lines, executives said Thursday. What was a relatively brief disruption for some airlines in mid-July turned into a five-day ordeal for Delta. Typically the most reliable U.S. airline, Delta scrubbed thousands of flights.

Executive Chairman Gary Kelly plans to retire as part of a shake-up of the airline’s board, under pressure from activist investor Elliott Management.