Higher costs and low base fares send Delta’s profit down 29%
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The airline still earned more than £1 billion from April through to June.
Americans are travelling in record numbers this summer, but Delta Air Lines saw a second-quarter profit drop of 29% due to higher costs and discounting of base-level fares across the industry.