Ed Bastian

Ed Bastian said Delta fares will depend on what the market can bear, and that Delta sees no demand slowdown because its consumers remain resilient.

The fares will be a function of what the market bears," he said in a CNBC interview, as reported by The Points Guy. "We're not seeing any slowdown at all — our consumer is resilient.

Ed Bastian criticized Heathrow's plan to move Delta to Terminal 4 in 2028, separating it from Virgin Atlantic, as short-sighted and harmful to consumers.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian called the decision short-sighted, deeply disappointing and bad for airline consumers.

Bastian argues that Heathrow's plan to split Delta from Virgin Atlantic undermines years of investment and the integrated customer benefits of their co-located terminal, calling the decision deeply disappointing and short-sighted.

Separating our operation undermines years of investment and disregards the tightly integrated customer benefits that we offer in our co-located terminal

Ed Bastian criticized Heathrow's plan to move Delta to Terminal 4 away from partner Virgin Atlantic as short-sighted and harmful to consumers.

Chief Executive Ed Bastian called the decision short-sighted, deeply disappointing and bad for airline consumers.

Ed Bastian criticized Heathrow's plan to move Delta to Terminal 4 as short-sighted and harmful to airline consumers, saying Delta would pursue all available remedies.

Chief Executive Ed Bastian called Heathrow's decision short-sighted and said it was bad for airline consumers.

Bastian criticized Heathrow's decision to move Delta away from Virgin Atlantic as short-sighted and harmful to consumers.

Heathrow Airport Limited’s decision to relocate Delta’s operation to Terminal 4, away from our partner Virgin Atlantic, is short-sighted, deeply disappointing and bad for airline consumers

Bastian said Delta will pursue all available remedies, including possible legal action, and urged Heathrow to reconsider.

We are committed to preserving the seamless travel experience for which Delta and Virgin Atlantic are known and will pursue all available remedies to correct this decision. We urge Heathrow Airport Limited to reconsider their decision in favor of a more prudent and thoughtful outcome that puts travelers first and allows competition to flourish at Heathrow.

Ed Bastian argued that Delta's premium positioning gives it the best ability among airlines to price in higher fuel costs, since premium customers tolerate higher fares.

the best ability to be able to price for

Ed Bastian said Delta is managing the business for margins rather than passenger volume amid soaring fuel costs.

managing the business for margins

Ed Bastian said fuel costs forced Delta to raise fares and fees, and that carriers cannot grow their way out of a high-cost environment.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said fuel costs forced higher fares and fees and that in a high-cost environment carriers cannot grow their way out of it.

Ed Bastian says Delta will compete by offering the best product rather than the lowest price, reflecting a premium-focused strategy.

"We can't win by trying to provide the cheapest. We have to be able to win by providing the best," Delta CEO Ed Bastian recently said.

Bastian warned that airlines may have to rein in capacity growth further next year to keep fares high and protect profits amid soaring fuel costs.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian warned that airlines may need to further restrain flight growth next year to sustain higher fares and protect profitability.

Ed Bastian pledged that Delta cockpits will always have at least two pilots, addressing traveler concerns about flight safety amid AI adoption.

there will never be less than two pilots

Ed Bastian said customers have broadly accepted double-digit fare increases with limited resistance.

Generally, customers have accepted double-digit fare increases with a “limited amount of resistance,” Delta’s CEO, Ed Bastian, said on an earnings call this month.

Bastian reportedly told staff Delta did not want to partner with Elon Musk after testing Starlink.

We do not want to be with Elon Musk. Trust me.

Ed Bastian rejected claims that Delta's choice of Amazon's Leo over Starlink was personal, saying he is a big fan of Starlink and drives a Tesla.

All this nonsense about it being personal is not true at all,

Bastian expects fuel costs to stay higher for longer and argues Delta's premium positioning gives it the best ability among airlines to pass costs on through fares.

If this continues to go higher for longer—which I think it will—as the premium airline in the industry, we have the best ability to be able to price for that,

Ed Bastian warned that airlines may need to curb capacity growth next year to sustain higher fares and protect profitability.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian earlier this month warned that airlines may need to further curb flight growth next year to sustain higher fares and protect profitability.

Ed Bastian said airlines may need to slow capacity growth further in 2027 to protect fares and profitability.

To maintain fares and profitability, airlines may have to slow flight growth further in 2027.

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達美航空執行長巴斯蒂安（Ed Bastian）本月稍早表示，為維持票價及獲利能力，航空業者2027年可能必須進一步放緩航班成長。

Ed Bastian said Delta may need to restrain flight growth again next year to keep fares high and protect profitability.

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said earlier this month that the airline might need to rein in flight growth again next year to keep fares elevated and maintain profitability.

Ed Bastian said airlines may need to restrain capacity growth further next year to sustain higher fares and protect profitability.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said earlier this month that airlines may need to curb flight growth further next year to sustain higher fares and protect profitability.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said consumers have shown only limited resistance to higher fares and still view airfare as reasonably affordable, which he called a good sign for the future.

limited amount of resistance

Ed Bastian said consumers show limited resistance to higher fares and still see airfare as reasonably affordable, which he views as a good sign for the future.

In an earnings call this month, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said consumers have put up a "limited amount of resistance" and still view airfare as "reasonably affordable" even after fare increases. "I think that's a very good sign for the future," Bastian said.

Ed Bastian said consumers show only limited resistance to higher fares and still view airfare as reasonably affordable, which he sees as a good sign for future demand.

I think that's a very good sign for the future,

Bastian told investors in 2021 that airlines are investable partly because Delta had shown governments will back airlines again if needed.

that governments will be there for us if ever needed again.