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Delta Adding Staff, Funding to Ease Summer Security Lines
The airline investing nearly $5 million in staffing at security checkpoints at 32 airports.
ATLANTA, GA -- Delta Air Lines is investing up to $4 million in additional staffing at 32 airports across the U.S. to ease long security lines and supplement TSA staffing.
Earlier this year, Delta and the Transportation Security Administration began collaborating to take steps to improve the security process at the national and airport levels. Delta also invested nearly $1 million in the research, development and implementation of two new checkpoint lanes at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The redesigned lanes, which opened this week, are expected to increase throughput.
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Additionally, Delta has created a video for customers noting travel tips provided by an Atlanta-based airport customer service employee.
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Since Delta implemented supplemental staffing in early May, the airline has seen a 10 percent increase in throughput at TSA security lanes.
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