Delta first US airline to slash growth as trade war takes its toll on travel

The rapid expansion of U.S. airlines since the COVID-19 pandemic has come to a “self-imposed” end, as Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian put it Wednesday. Macroeconomic uncertainty around global trade has brought Delta’s multi-year expansion — which has included new international markets and an expanded focus city at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) — to …