The Atlanta airport is Delta’s biggest and busiest hub, and the delays left the airline facing a sudden, heavy backlog — not only of passengers, but of flight crews — and it affected airports across the country. A Delta spokeswoman, Morgan Durrant, said the crews’ own disrupted transit schedules were the primary cause of the delays that lingered into Friday. “Things got so heated with the 40-plus passengers who deplaned that they eventually called the marshal service,” he said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyOn Wednesday, some Delta workers in airports like the one in Nashville tried to cheer delayed passengers with free pizza. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyGil West, Delta’s chief operating officer, issued a statement on Thursday thanking passengers for their patience.

Source: New York Times April 07, 2017 19:52 UTC