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U.S. East Coast Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 28 through 2022 January 29
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2022 January 26
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Allentown, PA (ABE)
  • Asheville, NC (AVL)
  • Baltimore, MD (BWI)
  • Bangor, ME (BGR)
  • Boston, MA (BOS)
  • Charleston, SC (CHS)
  • Charleston, WV (CRW)
  • Charlotte, NC (CLT)
  • Charlottesville, WV (CHO)
  • Columbia, SC (CAE)
  • Fayetteville, NC (FAY)
  • Greensboro, NC (GSO)
  • Greenville, SC (GSP)
  • Hartford, CT (BDL)
  • Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR)
  • New York – Kennedy, NY (JFK)
  • New York – LaGuardia, NY (LGA)
  • Newark, NJ (EWR)
  • Norfolk, VA (ORF)
  • Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
  • Portland, ME (PWM)
  • Providence, RI (PVR)
  • Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU)
  • Richmond, VA (RIC)
  • Tri-Cities, TN (TRI)
  • Washington D.C. - Dulles (IAD)
  • Washington D.C. - Reagan (DCA)
  • White Plains, NY (HPN)
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Southeastern U.S. Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 21 through 2022 January 22
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2022 January 18
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Asheville, NC (AVL)
  • Charlotte, NC (CLT)
  • Columbia, SC (CAE)
  • Fayetteville, NC (FAY)
  • Greensboro, NC (GSO)
  • Greenville, SC (GSP)
  • Raleigh, NC (RDU)
  • Richmond, VA (RIC)
  • Norfolk, VA (ORF)
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Northeast Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 16 through 2022 January 17
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2022 January 14
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Albany, NY (ALB)
  • Allentown, PA (ABE)
  • Baltimore, MD (BWI)
  • Boston, MA (BOS)
  • Buffalo, NY (BUF)
  • Charleston, WV (CRW)
  • Charlottesville, VA (CHO)
  • Harrisburg, PA (MDT)
  • Hartford, CT (BDL)
  • New York – Kennedy, NY (JFK)
  • New York – LaGuardia, NY (LGA)
  • Newark, NJ (EWR)
  • Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
  • Portland, ME (PWM)
  • Roanoke, VA (ROA)
  • State College, PA (SCE)
  • Syracuse, NY (SYR)
  • Washington – Dulles, DC (IAD)
  • Washington – Reagan, DC (DCA)
  • White Plains, NY (HPN)
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Southeast Winter Weather – Bulletin 2
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 16 through 2022 January 17
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2022 January 14
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Asheville, NC (AVL)
  • Atlanta, GA (ATL)
  • Augusta, GA (AGS)
  • Charlotte, NC (CLT)
  • Columbia, SC (CAE)
  • Fayetteville, NC (FAY)
  • Greensboro, NC (GSO)
  • Greenville, SC (GSP)
  • Knoxville, TN (TYS)
  • Little Rock, AR (LIT)
  • Memphis, TN (MEM)
  • Nashville, TN (BNA)
  • Raleigh, NC (RDU)
  • Tri-Cities, TN (TRI)
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Minneapolis/St. Paul Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 14
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2022 January 13
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
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Southeast Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 16 through 2022 January 17
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2022 January 13
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Asheville, NC (AVL)
  • Atlanta, GA (ATL)
  • Augusta, GA (AGS)
  • Charlotte, NC (CLT)
  • Columbia, SC (CAE)
  • Fayetteville, NC (FAY)
  • Greensboro, NC (GSO)
  • Greenville, SC (GSP)
  • Knoxville, TN (TYS)
  • Little Rock, AR (LIT)
  • Nashville, TN (BNA)
  • Tri-Cities, TN (TRI)
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Unmatched travel flexibility: Delta extends ticket validity through year-end 2023

Delta is redoubling its efforts to give customers more flexibility in their travel plans with another industry-leading ticket validity extension through year-end 2023.

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Northeastern U.S. Winter Weather – Bulletin 2
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 06 through 2022 January 10
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2022 January 07
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Allentown, PA (ABE)
  • Baltimore, MD (BWI)
  • Boston, MA (BOS)
  • Charlottesville, VA (CHO)
  • Charleston, WV (CRW)
  • Harrisburg, PA (MDT)
  • Hartford, CT (BDL)
  • New York – Kennedy, NY (JFK)
  • New York – LaGuardia, NY (LGA)
  • Newark, NJ (EWR)
  • Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
  • Portland, ME (PWM)
  • Washington – Dulles, DC (IAD)
  • Washington – Reagan, DC (DCA)
  • White Plains, NY (HPN)
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Northeastern U.S. Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 06 through 2022 January 08
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2022 January 04
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Allentown, PA (ABE)
  • Baltimore, MD (BWI)
  • Boston, MA (BOS)
  • Charlottesville, VA (CHO)
  • Charleston, WV (CRW)
  • Harrisburg, PA (MDT)
  • Hartford, CT (BDL)
  • New York – Kennedy, NY (JFK)
  • New York – LaGuardia, NY (LGA)
  • Newark, NJ (EWR)
  • Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
  • Portland, ME (PWM)
  • Washington – Dulles, DC (IAD)
  • Washington – Reagan, DC (DCA)
  • White Plains, NY (HPN)
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Minneapolis/St. Paul Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 04 through 2022 January 05
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2022 January 03
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
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Mid-Atlantic Winter Weather - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 03
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2022 January 02
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Baltimore, MD (BWI)
  • Washington D.C. – Dulles (IAD)
  • Washington D.C. – Reagan (DCA)
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Detroit Winter Weather – Bulletin 2
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 01 through 2022 January 02
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 31
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Detroit, MI (DTW)
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Midwest Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 01 through 2022 January 02
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 31
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Bloomington-Normal, IL (BMI)
  • Des Moines, IA (DSM)
  • Fort Wayne, IN (FWA)
  • Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)
  • Kansas City, MO (MCI)
  • Lansing, MI (LAN)
  • Madison, WI (MSN)
  • Milwaukee, WI (MKE)
  • Moline, IL (MLI)
  • Omaha, NE (OMA)
  • South Bend, IN (SBN)
  • St Louis, MO (STL)
  • Wichita, KS (ICT)
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Chicago Winter Weather – Bulletin 2
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 01 through 2022 January 02
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 31
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Chicago-O’Hare, IL (ORD)
  • Chicago-Midway, IL (MDW)
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Rocky Mountain Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 31
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 30
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Albuquerque, NM (ABQ)
  • Aspen, CO (ASE)
  • Colorado Springs, CO (COS)
  • Denver, CO (DEN)
  • Grand Junction, CO (GJT)
  • Montrose, CO (MJT)
  • Steamboat Springs / Hayden, CO (HDN)
  • Vail / Eagle, CO (EGE)
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Chicago Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 01
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 30
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Chicago-O'Hare, IL (ORD)
  • Chicago-Midway, IL (MDW)
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Seattle Winter Weather – Bulletin 3
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 25 through 2022 January 03
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 29
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Seattle, WA (SEA)
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Detroit Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2022 January 01
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 29
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Detroit, MI (DTW)
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Salt Lake City Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 30 through 2022 January 03
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 29
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:

Salt Lake Cit, UT (SLC)
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Seattle Winter Weather – Bulletin 2
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 25 through 2021 December 31
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 27
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Seattle, Washington (SEA)
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Winter Weather in Salt Lake City - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 26
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 23
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)
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Seattle Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 25 through 2021 December 26
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 23
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Seattle, WA (SEA)
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Israel Travel Restrictions - Bulletin 3
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 28 through 2022 January 09
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 20
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV)
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Detroit Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 18
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 17
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Detroit, MI (DTW)
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Salt Lake City Winter Weather – Bulletin 2
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 14 through 2021 December 15
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 15
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Salt Lake City, Utah (SLC)
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Salt Lake City Winter Weather - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 14
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 13
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)
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For 11th consecutive year, Delta named No. 1 in Business Travel News Survey

In recognizing Delta ahead of its peers, corporate travelers cited the airline’s innovations around flexibility, timely responses to customers’ needs and its continued response to the pandemic.

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South Africa Travel Restrictions - Bulletin 2
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 27 through 2021 December 31
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 10
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB)
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Japan Travel Restrictions - Bulletin 2
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 29 through 2021 December 31
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 10
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Nagoya, Japan (NGO)
  • Tokyo – Haneda, Japan (HND)
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Israel Travel Restrictions - Bulletin 2
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 28 through 2021 December 22
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 10
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV)
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News

Delta to update policy and add more flexibility to Basic Economy

Delta to introduce added flexibility option for customers purchasing Basic Economy fares and Award tickets after Jan. 1, 2022.

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Minneapolis/St. Paul Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 10
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 08
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
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Salt Lake City Winter Weather – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 December 09
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 December 08
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Salt Lake City, Utah (SLC)
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What Dr. Henry Ting - Delta's Chief Health Officer -Wants Your Travelers to Know About the Omicron Variant: A Time for Vigilance, Not Panic

As researchers work to understand even more about the COVID-19 Omicron variant, Delta’s Chief Health Officer, Dr. Henry Ting, shares that while early data shows the variant is likely more contagious, it’s associated with less severe illness than earlier strains.

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Japan Travel Restrictions - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 29 through 2021 December 12
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 November 29
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Nagoya, Japan (NGO)
  • Tokyo - Haneda, Japan (HND)
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Israel Travel Restrictions - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 28 through 2021 December 12
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 November 28
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV)
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South Africa Travel Restrictions - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 27 through 2021 December 12
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 November 27
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:

Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB)
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Industrial Action in Guadeloupe - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 19 through 2021 November 26
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 November 22
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Guadeloupe, FR (PTP)
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Atlanta Airport Security Situation – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 20
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 November 20
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Atlanta, GA (ATL)
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Industrial Action in France - Bulletin 2
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 16 through 2021 November 21
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 November 18
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • All flights departing from France
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Industrial Action in France - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 November 16 through 2021 November 18
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 November 15
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • All flights departing from France
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Northeast Weather - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 October 25 through 2021 October 26
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 October 25
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Boston, MA (BOS)
  • Hartford/Springfield, MA (BDL)
  • Newark, NJ (EWR)
  • New York, NY – John F Kennedy (JFK)
  • New York, NY – LaGuardia (LGA)
  • Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
  • Portland, ME (PWM)
  • Providence, RI (PVD)
  • White Plains, NY (HPN)
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Northern California Weather - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 October 24
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 October 23
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Oakland, CA (OAK)
  • Sacramento, CA (SMF)
  • San Francisco, CA (SFO)
  • San Jose, CA (SJC)
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Argentina Travel Restrictions – Bulletin 3
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 August 06 through 2021 October 31
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 September 29
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE)
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Tropical Storm Nicholas – Houston Area - Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 September 14 through 2021 September 15
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 September 13
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • Houston – Intercontinental, TX (IAH)
  • Houston – Hobby, TX (HOU)
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New Orleans Recovery – Bulletin 1
Date(s) of Impacted travel: 2021 September 02 through 2021 September 12
Applicable to tickets issued on or before: 2021 September 02
Affected Area(s) to/from/through the following:
  • New Orleans, LA (MSY)
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COMPLETION FACTOR YTD1
FlightStats (Jan - Dec 2020)
95.7%
Delta Air Lines
93.8%
United
92.4%
American
ON-TIME PERFORMANCE ytd1
FlightStats (Jan -Dec 2020)
79.4%
Delta Air Lines
78.7%
United
74.6%
American
MISHANDLED BAGS
per 1,000 passengers2 (Jan - Oct 2020)
3.85
Delta Air Lines
4.75
United
6.37
American

1Based on December 2020 “Year to Date” statistics for on-time arrival (A0) and completion rate as provided by FlightStats for all flights scheduled and compared to other U.S. global carriers flying transoceanic routes: United Airlines and American Airlines. 2 DOMESTIC MAINLINE PERFORMANCE: Based on October 2020 “Year to Date” statistics for mishandled bags per 1,000 passengers enplaned as provided in the December 2020 DOT Air Travel Consumer report for domestic flights scheduled and compared to other U.S. global carriers flying transoceanic routes: United Airlines and American Airlines. 01/21

 
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