Pinnacle Digs Deeper for Labor Concessions
Pinnacle now flies 41 Bombardier CRJ900s as Delta Connection, but wants to compete for a contract to fly as many as 54 more under the same banner.
Pinnacle now flies 41 Bombardier CRJ900s as Delta Connection, but wants to compete for a contract to fly as many as 54 more under the same banner.

Pinnacle Airlines has resumed talks with its employee groups over contract concessions, following a recalculation of the cost savings it says it needs to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to Pinnacle, it now needs to shed $76 million to return to viability due in large part to Delta Air Lines’ plans to shed more than 200 fifty-seat regional jets from the Delta Connection system. It originally asked for $43 million in concessions.