Q: I have read that Delta Air Lines has stopped offering discounts on its flights to members of the National Rifle Association for travel to annual meetings. How much were these discounts? Does Delta offer similar discounts to other national organizations?
—Tony Gardner, Cumming
A: Following calls to boycott the NRA in the aftermath of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, Delta released a statement on Feb. 24 announcing it would stop offering discounted flights to the organization's 2018 annual meeting. The Atlanta-based airline also asked the NRA to remove its name from the meeting's website.
“Out of respect for our customers and employees on both sides, Delta has taken this action to refrain from entering this debate and focus on its business. Delta continues to support the 2nd Amendment,” the statement said.
Michael Thomas, a spokesman for the airline, told Q&A on the News he could not specify the exact value of the discounts. The AJC previously reported that only 13 passengers took advantage of the reduced fares.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian also wrote in a March 2 memo to employees, “We are in the process of a review to end group discounts for any group of a politically divisive nature.”
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