A Delta flight takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, the company’s hub. Delta had previously said that large group discounts were routine, and that it “has more than 2,000 such contracts in place.”As the #BoycottNRA movement spread, NRA members — including some Georgia lawmakers — wondered why Delta wasn’t discontinuing any of those discounts, too. We are in the process of a review to end group discounts for any group of a politically divisive nature.”The memo was issued hours after Georgia lawmakers carried out the threat that Lt. Gov. Delta, one of the state’s largest employers, would have been the primary beneficiary of the exemption. On Friday, Bastian wrote: “I have tremendous respect and admiration for Governor Nathan Deal, and thank him for the work he has done on the jet fuel tax exemption.

Source: Washington Post March 02, 2018 16:35 UTC