Delta flew more than 3 million customers on more than 28,000 flights around the world during the holiday period from last Thursday to Christmas Day achieving three Brand Days without a cancellation across the combined mainline and Delta Connection operations.
Amid the inclement weather stretching across the Eastern Seaboard and bringing rain and gusty winds to the region, the airline maintained a strong operational performance of four mainline and five Delta Connection 100 percent completion factor days. The airline also accomplished a 73 percent mainline and 72 percent Delta Connection on-time arrival rate (A0)*1.
Looking ahead to this week, as a winter storm tracks across the Upper Midwest potentially affecting customers returning home after the holidays, Delta proactively issued a weather waiver Monday for eleven airports, some of which may see several inches of snow.
While normal operations are expected at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, regional airports throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas may see operations impacted from winter weather conditions.
The weather waiver allows customers traveling to, from or through the affected cities on Wednesday, Dec. 26 and Thursday, Dec. 27, to make a one-time change to their travel plans without incurring a fee.
Customers looking towards New Year’s travel plans can expect snow along the northern and western edge of Minnesota and western Great Lakes, as well as widespread rain showers extending across the Northeast to the Central Gulf Coast Thursday until Friday as th e storm system moves further east. Rain showers will continue across the Southeast Saturday and Sunday.
As always, customers are encouraged to check Delta.com or the Fly Delta Mobile App for the latest flight status.
[*1] Based on Delta internal flight operations reporting for Dec. 20 to Dec. 25, 2018, based on flights scheduled and operated across Delta’s mainline and Delta Connection system.
