Delta Air Traces to extend worker pay by 5% within the type of journey reductions

Delta Airways is growing worker pay by 5%, the second time in lower than a 12 months, that it’s elevating worker wages, as a increase in journey boosts the service’s earnings and the US labor market stays tight.

Delta raised workers’ pay by 4% in Might, the primary enhance since earlier than the pandemic.

“Given the depth of losses incurred in the course of the pandemic, together with a lack of $1 billion within the first quarter of final 12 months, that is actually a exceptional achievement,” CEO Ed Bastian wrote in a workers be aware Tuesday. “I’m assured that within the months and years forward, our high-performance tradition will propel us to new heights, and the payout pool will proceed to develop.”

Delta stated the brand new hikes would go into impact April 1 and apply to floor staff and flight attendants. The Affiliation of Flight Attendants-CWA launched a unionization marketing campaign for Delta’s cabin crew members in late 2019.

The pay enhance doesn’t apply to Delta’s pilots, who’re voting on a brand new contract proposal that features a 34% elevate over 4 years. If ratified, pilots would obtain an 18% elevate on the date of signing.

Delta posted a revenue of $1.32 billion final 12 months, recovering from a report lack of greater than $12 billion in 2020 in the course of the depth of the pandemic.

Bastian stated Tuesday that Atlanta-based Delta additionally plans to pay greater than $550 million in shared earnings to its workers later this month.