The CrowdStrike outage had an outsized impact on Delta, analysts say—and its rivals are soaring because of it - WeirdReads

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The CrowdStrike outage had an outsized impact on Delta, analysts say—and its rivals are soaring because of it - WeirdReads

But while competitors like United and American Airlines were able to pick themselves back up only a few days later (United canceled nearly 1,500 flights by comparison), Delta was still scrambling. A Thursday note from Bernstein Research illuminates what went so wrong.  Delta scuttled about 30% of its flights the weekend of July 19, according to the note, while United canceled about 12%, and American canceled about 5%. The primary reason for this…