The Brief Delta Air Lines will implement a 4% pay raise for most employees starting June 1. The raise follows a $1.4 billion profit-sharing payout earlier this year. This marks Delta’s fourth ...

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines is pressing ahead with plans to raise employee pay, even as the airline lowers its profitability projections for the year and faces growing concerns about travel demand.

Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, agreed to pay $8.1 million to settle claims related to a payroll program started during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Delta employs more than 12,000 in Minnesota, many of whom joined the company as a result of its merger with Northwest Airlines in 2008. The company employs more than 80,000 workers worldwide.

Delta Air Lines agreed to pay $8.1 million over allegations it violated the False Claims Act by exceeding employee compensation limits it agreed to when taking federal pandemic aid money. The U.S.

This summer’s spate of weather disruptions to Delta Air Lines’ operations has driven an increase in union interest among the carrier’s flight attendants, organizers say.