Delta says CrowdStrike outage cost the company $100 million each day

Published July 31, 2024 3:34pm ET



The CEO of Delta Air Lines said the CrowdStrike outage cost the airline $500 million over the course of five days.

The outage last week caused information technology problems worldwide and canceled thousands of flights, but Delta was hit much harder than other U.S. airlines. Delta was forced to cancel more than 5,000 flights during the five-day span, which was more than the airline canceled in all of 2019.

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