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.Original (zh)
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。
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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.