Delta Air Lines CEO to Retire, Names Insider as Successor

By Reuters
A Delta Air Lines plane taxis toward a gate between other De
A Delta Air Lines plane taxis toward a gate between other Delta planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, U.S., on Monday, July 20, 2009.
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U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines Inc said President Ed Bastian would replace Richard Anderson as chief executive.

Anderson will retire as CEO effective May 2 and become Delta’s executive chairman after that, the company said in a statement.

This is a developing story.