Delta Air Lines flew more than 2.3 million customers between Wed. and Sun. 25th. The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is one of the busiest of the year.
Delta operated 23,114 flights around the world during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, including an estimated 646,000 passengers on Sunday. It was an all-time record for the month of November.
The record number of travellers was accommodated by 5,986 flights taking the sky on Sunday. It was about 800 more than an average Sunday in November.
The number is close to the carrier’s peak summer day, which totalled 6,091 flights on July 20.
Delta could turn in record figures despite 50 flights being impacted by the winter storm that caused delays and cancellations across the Midwest, including in Chicago and Kansas City.
Delta and its regional carriers also remained cancellation free Wednesday through Saturday.
Despite the impacted flights Sunday, Delta still maintained a completion factor of 99.77 per cent and an on-time arrival score of 70.3 per cent from Wednesday to Sunday.
Completion factor is the measure of scheduled flights that were not cancelled.
Gil West, Delta’s Chief Operating Officer said, “each year Delta people are ready to tackle any challenges that come our way, including those from Mother Nature, to take care of the volume of customers trusting us with their holiday travel.”
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