Two of the world’s largest airlines have ended a financial agreement that allows them to transfer passengers onto each other’s flights during emergencies, such as storms or hurricanes.
Delta Airlines and American Airlines last week announced the end to their “interline agreement,” a contract to pay each other an agreed-upon price for carrying each other’s passengers under special circumstances.
Such agreements exist between most major carriers so that airlines can put stranded passengers on a competitor’s flight and get reimbursed for the cost.
Delta blamed the breakup on American, saying American was sending five passengers to Delta for every one flier that Delta sends to American.