Delta CEO Ed Bastian on growth, environment and Sky Club

Talking Points

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Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Delta CEO Ed Bastian joins Talking Points during the Skift Global Forum to talk about the airline's growth since going bankrupt in 2005, the pains of airport infrastructure, and how Delta is freezing its carbon footprint.

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0:00.0	What's up my favorite talking points listeners? I'm Brian Kelly the
0:05.4	points guy and today is episode two of our special Delta Week. If you haven't heard
0:10.4	episode one drop with some exclusive Delta SkyMiles and Amex News.
0:15.0	Amex and Delta announced they are completely revamping their entire portfolio of co-branded
0:19.6	credit cards starting this January, but we have the news now now so make sure you check that out and
0:24.7	then head over to the points guy dot com slash delta cards for all the details in
0:29.6	text on what's in store for their whole co-branded portfolio.
0:33.0	But on this episode you're in for a treat.
0:36.0	We recently stopped by the Skiff Global Forum,
0:38.0	which is the largest travel industry intelligence
0:41.0	and marketing platform on the planet.
0:44.8	They provide news info, data, and services to all sectors of the industry, and that includes
0:50.2	airlines.
0:51.2	So lucky us, we got this exclusive one-on-one time with
0:54.4	Ed Bastion, the CEO of Delta Airlines. We talked economy.
1:00.3	Over the last two years we've been in the top 25% of growth companies in the Fortune 100 Delta Airlines has.
1:06.4	Delta's future. The biggest thing you're going to see at Delta is you're going to see the face of our airports change dramatically.
1:12.2	And more.
1:13.4	We made a decision as a company to freeze our carbon footprint at 2012 levels
1:19.2	a number of years ago and to this point we've grown as an airline 25% yet our carbon footprint has remained intact.
1:25.0	Here's episode 2 of Delta Week on Talking Points with Ed Bastion, the CEO of Delta Airlines.
1:32.0	Today we've got the CEO of Delta Airlines.
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