Delta’s CEO recently gave an interview where he proactively volunteered what it’ll take for airfare to go down. He claimed airfare is high due to capacity constraints, and he stated the solution to that is air traffic control reform. That strikes me… as a bit of a stretch.
He talked about how everything at Delta is great, since the airline caters to the very top end of the economy. He praised the administration for their awesomeness. He talked about how airfare has increased by around 10-15% due to the Iran conflict, and he doesn’t expect for it to go up much beyond that.
But here’s what I find interesting. Around 10min35sec into the interview, while talking about general air traffic control reform, he made the following statement, which wasn’t even in direct response to a question:
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