Delta Air Develops Artificial Intelligence Tool to Address Weather Disruptions

Disruption is widespread in almost any sector as technology like artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into core businesses to improve processes, including airline operations. In a keynote speech at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian used the forum to discuss the operational structure for Delta, which will be driven by an AI machine learning tool. Per an Avionics International report, Bastian "did not provide a specific product name for the technology, but instead called it a proprietary tool that will mainly be focused on helping passengers and flight crews overcome weather occurrences that impact the routes they fly on a daily basis. The keynote speech is a familiar strategy across all of the divisions of Delta, including their maintenance team whose predictive maintenance leadership gave a speech on how the airline is shifting towards the adoption of AI at the 2019 AEEC/AMC annual conference." Broadly speaking, the AI tool will help improve airline operations in the midst of extreme weather conditions.