At least one airline is reaping the benefits of a robust global tourism industry.
Delta Air Lines announced this week that it flew more passengers in June than it has in any other month in the airline's history. The airline handled some 17.7 million people, flying on mainline and Delta Connection flights around the world.
"We've made a commitment to our customers to be a reliability leader, delivering a safe, on-time product and the 80,000 employees of Delta are doing just that," said Dave Holtz, Delta's Senior Vice President - Operations and Customer Center. "We're seeing customers fly Delta in record numbers this summer and it's a resounding testament to the hard work and focus of our employees."
Speaking of records, the airline also enjoyed its best quarter ever from April through June, flying more than 50 million passengers for the period.
Although Delta Air Lines' best passenger day ever was June 30, 2017-when the airline handled 646,000 customers in one day-the Friday before the Fourth of July holiday in 2018 just missed that mark by a few thousand customers.
What's more, June 2018 clocked in six of the airline's top ten passenger days in history, which says the airline, proves once again, that it's summer and not the Thanksgiving and winter holidays that takes the cake for busiest days of the year.
While the airline industry has announced airfares may be increasing, due to soaring gas prices, that news hasn't seemed to affect Delta's future business.
Based on the current schedule, Delta and Delta Connection expect to operate 6,092 flights systemwide on July 20 - the highest one-day total for the year.
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