Summary The chief executive of CrowdStrike shared his willingness to sit down with Delta Air Lines and resolve any issues related to the IT outage. Previously, Delta Air Lines said that it would pursue legal action against CrowdStrike and Microsoft. Between July 19 and July 24, Delta Air Lines canceled over 7,000 flights during and after the IT outage.
The chief executive of CrowdStrike has stated that he was open to a conversation with its customers, including Delta Air Lines, following the global IT outage that the company had caused in July. Open to sitting down In an interview with CNBC , George Kurtz, the chief executive officer (CEO) of CrowdStrike, remarked that people could sit down, have a business conversation, and potentially reach a resolution. “Delta’s a customer, and like any customer, you want to try to get this resolved [.
..] in the most expeditious way, and we’re certainly willing and open to do that.
” While the global IT outage affected many airlines in the world, especially in the United States, Delta Air Lines’ operations collapsed for almost a week, with the airline’s software issues resulting in severe disruptions across its network. According to data from Flightradar24 , airlines in the US canceled 16,334 flights between July 19 and July 21, while Delta Air Lines had been forced to ax more than 7,000 flights from July 19 to July 24. However, a class action lawsuit brought forward by three individuals on August 6 alleged that while Delta Air .