Ed Bastian Biography

As CEO of Delta Air Lines Ed Bastian leads a team of 80000 global professionals that is building the world’s premiere international airline powered by a people-driven customer-focused culture and spirit of innovation.
Under Ed’s leadership Delta is transforming the air travel experience with generational investments in technology aircraft airport facilities and most importantly Delta’s employees worldwide. A 20-year Delta veteran Ed has been a critical leader in Delta’s long-term strategy and champion of putting Delta’s shared values of honesty integrity respect perseverance and servant leadership at the core of every decision.
Since being named Delta’s CEO in May 2016 Ed has expanded Delta’s leading position as the world’s most reliable airline while growing its global footprint and enhancing the customer experience in the air and on the ground. During his tenure as CEO Delta has become the world’s most awarded airline having been named the Wall Street Journal’s top U.S. airline; Fortune’s most admired airline worldwide; the most on-time global airline by FlightGlobal; a Glassdoor Employee’s Choice company and more. Delta has returned to sustained profitability regaining its investment-grade credit rating with all three major ratings agencies and paying out more than $1 billion in profit-sharing to employees every year over the past four years. In 2018 Fortune magazine named Ed among “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” and in 2019 he was elected to the membership of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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