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If you have planned a vacation in recent months, you've probably heard of the current problemsafflict the air transport industry. Delays and cancellations are crawling and to make matters worse, ticket prices are high. While we reach the top of the summer trip season, many of us are wondering if there is an end in sight, or if we have to continue to expect dispersed schedules and at swollen prices. CEO of Delta AirlinesEd BastianActually responded to these concerns and provided an update on future plane trips. Read the rest to hear what to say, and how the airline delays delays and cancellations now and goes forward.

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In the light of the Boom des Voyages, Delta published an official announcement on May 26, which said that the airline would cut around 100 daily flights from July 1 to August 7. It was done to try toreduce potential logistical problems, while building "additional resilience" and improving the "operational reliability of our customers and employees," said a Delta press release, according to the points guy.

And at the end of June, a spokesperson for the airline confirmed to the guy points that Delta would becutting flights BetweenSeven major cities In the United States, including flights between Atlanta (ATL) and Colorado Springs (COS), Atlanta and Oakland (OAK) and Detroit (DTW) and Sacramento (SMF). The plans have also been deleted for the service between Boston (BOS) and Memphis (MEM).

Before being able to define preventive plans in motion, between May and June, Delta canceled more than 4,000 flights and had the most cancellations of any airline during the Memorial Day, Father's Day and Week- Ends Juneteenth, the Guy Points reported. The criticisms abounded and now the CEO of the airline is a certain responsibility.

During a conference call on July 13,Bastian apologized to customers Who have been affected by Delta's delays and operational problems, and those who have had longer waiting times for customer service, the Guy points reported.

"The operational performance of this quarter was not up to our advanced standard," said Bastian.

Before the investor's call, he also told CNBC: "We pushed too hard. We have reduced a little."

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After having previously announced that it would remove 100 daily flights, Bastian confirmed that Delta limits the capacity to levels lower than those observed in 2019, remaining between 83% and 85%. This will continue that the airline hires and forms new employees.

With these measures, Delta's services have improved and continue to search, said Bastian, according to the points guy.

"July left very good with a completion factor of 99.2% in the first 11 days of the month, which is exactly equal with the same vacation period in 2019," said Bastian. "During the last seven days of this period, we have only had 25 cancellations worldwide on more than 30,000 departures."

Regarding luggage, Delta also works on this, in order to prevent passengers from reporting lost luggage when they then fly. Bastian said that because of problems in European hubs, the luggage connection was difficult, but on July 11, Delta sent a ferry flight to recover lost luggage in London.

"We had a separate charter just to repatriate the bags to customers, which were blocked due to some of the operational problems that European airports had," added Bastian.

The airline also announced a profit of $ 735 million for the last quarter, according to the points guy. This suggests that passengers have not been dissuaded by higher prices set by the airline to compensate for other expenses. And president of DeltaGlen Hauenstein suggested that they do not provide for this thirst for travel to be extinguished in the immediate future.

"Momentum has accelerated throughout the June quarter, allowing the recovery of higher fuel prices," he said. "We find that demand and price strength are transported at the end of summer and fall because the demand remains strong."

But according to Bastian, all hope is not lost with regard to the prices of theft. Later during the July 13 call, Bastian hinted that prices could drop by fall, the points guy reported.

"We believe that there is a lot of repressed request for people who may not have arrived in summer or who have defeated in summer, who will be able to travel in the fall," said Bastian.

So, if you have not yet reserved your summer getaway and you can plan for later this year, it could be worth waiting.