Air Freight News

Delta’s COO is leaving after one year on job

Delta Air Lines, Inc.’s Chief Operating Officer Mike Spanos is leaving the company after a little over a year in the job, the company said in a filing Friday. 

The airline doesn’t currently have plans to replace Spanos, according to a memo from Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian. Instead, two of his executives will now report to the CEO: John Laughter, chief of operations, and Allison Ausband, who heads the customer experience division.

Spanos is leaving Delta in early September to take a position at another company, Bastian said in the memo.

The Wall Street Journal first reported news of Spanos’s departure. 

Bloomberg
Bloomberg

© Bloomberg
The author’s opinion are not necessarily the opinions of the American Journal of Transportation (AJOT).

Similar Stories

https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/WACD_25_1.jpg
Weekly Air Cargo Trends – June 15 to 21, 2026
View Article
https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/portoakmansel-4949-oak_crop.jpg
Port of Oakland promotes Mansel to Assistant Director of Aviation
View Article
Byline Bank provides $26.5 million construction loan for industrial development on Florida’s Space Coast

NASA Causeway Logistics Center will add modern industrial inventory to one of Florida’s fastest-growing logistics and aerospace corridors

View Article
https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/Royal_Air_Maroc_Cargo_named_%E2%80%9CAirline_of_the_Year_-%C2%A0Africa%E2%80%9D_a_strong_recognition_for_African_air_cargo.jpg
Royal Air Maroc Cargo named “Airline of the Year - Africa”
View Article
https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/Dainius_Staniulis.jpg
ACMI may offer airlines the fastest path to rebuilding capacity after the fuel shock
View Article
https://www.ajot.com/images/uploads/article/Silk_Way_West_Airlines_signs_digital_partnership_agreement_with_CargoAi_at_Air_Cargo_China_2026.jpg
Silk Way West Airlines signs digital partnership agreement with CargoAi at Air Cargo China 2026
View Article