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Techie Exodus At Bankrupt Delta Caused Flight Delays, Broader Chaos

Author: informationweek.com Published: 13th Jan 2007 Visited: 194 times

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In October 2005, the system used to set daily pricing on major flight segments went down for more than 12 hours, costing the company more than $4 million in lost revenue. IT outages also led to numerous flight delays, which cost the airline about $38 per minute. nnnn

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