Delta operations recovering; Trump puts blame on airline

Associated Press

DALLAS

Delta Air Lines, recovering from a weekend technology outage, canceled more flights Monday but said that the issue has been resolved.

The airline said Monday that 110 flights had been canceled and more could be scrubbed. That followed the cancellation of about 170 flights Sunday night.

By late Monday afternoon, Delta had not offered an explanation for the cause of the outage.

President Donald Trump blamed Delta for weekend problems at many airports, where large protests took place to oppose his executive order that temporarily banned travel to the U.S. by refugees and citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries. Federal judges blocked part of the order.

Trump tweeted early Monday that only 109 people were detained for questioning under the order out of 325,000 coming to the U.S.

“Big problems at airports were caused by Delta computer outage,.....protesters and the tears” of Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who criticized the travel restrictions, Trump tweeted.

Just two weeks ago, Delta CEO Ed Bastian praised Trump, saying that he was “very excited” about the possibility that the new administration might upgrade airport facilities, reduce taxes and cut regulations.

On Sunday, Delta asked the Federal Aviation Administration to delay its departures at six major airports including Atlanta, Kennedy and LaGuardia in New York, and Los Angeles International, for several hours.