TR0UBLING: 500 airline staff test positive for coronavirus
Afnews Editor
Jun 24, 2020
About 500 employees of Atlanta-Based Delta Airline have tested positive for coronavirus.
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The CEO Ed Bastian, confirmed this during the company's annual shareholder meeting.
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He added that ten employees have also died from the virus.
Bastian said, "We lost ten employees to the Coronavirus, every one of them breaks my heart.
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"Among other 500 employees who contracted the virus, the vast majority have recovered.ÔÇØ
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He added that the airline is testing its approximately 90,000 employees for COVID-19 would provide better protection for our people and then, eventually, certainly, our customers as we go forward.ÔÇØ
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Speaking on the economic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, Bastian said the aviation industry has been hit badly.
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"We shut operations in 10airports since May until at least September.
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"We could never have predicted how quickly the coronavirus pandemic would upend our plans as demand for near-term air travel dropped to almost zero in a matter of weeks,ÔÇØ he added.
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According to him, it could take two to three years to recover revenue and return to a new level of normal as it is so uncertain.
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