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Delta’s bottom line is taking a hit from the CrowdStrike outage as it seeks legal recourse for a meltdown that led to thousands of flight disruptions.
Delta Air Lines cut its third-quarter revenue forecast due to the CrowdStrike outage that caused the carrier to cancel thousands of flights.
The airline now expects its revenue to be flat or up 1% for the quarter. Previous guidance had revenues up between 2% and 4%.
A software update from CrowdStrike on July 19 spurred a massive IT outage that affected industries ranging from airlines to healthcare. As a result, airlines worldwide canceled th