DAL - U.S. commercial airlines tapped to help move Afghanistan evacuees

The Biden administration has ordered six domestic airlines to contribute 18 total planes to help with the evacuation of Americans and Afghans seeking to leave country after the Taliban takeover, only the third time in 70 years for such a request. American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL), Atlas Air (NASDAQ:AAWW), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and the Omni Air unit of Air Transport Services (NASDAQ:ATSG) will provide three planes each, while Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ:HA) will send four and United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) will pitch in with two planes. The commercial aircraft will not fly in and out of Kabul, but will ferry evacuees to the U.S. from bases in Germany, Qatar and Bahrain to ease transport bottlenecks. American says it will seek to minimize the impact to customers of its temporary removal of three planes from its operation; United expects minimal operational impact from its use of two planes in the evacuation effort. The first

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U.S. commercial airlines tapped to help move Afghanistan evacuees