Spandan Mahapatra
Pathway one

AI for flight operations

End-to-end agentic AI across crew scheduling, maintenance, ground operations, and flight dispatch — transforming Delta's 5,400+ daily flights into a self-optimizing network.

$60-90MAnnual savings opportunity
5,400+
Daily flights
900+
Aircraft in fleet
103K
Employees
9
Hub airports
325
Destinations
Use cases
4 use cases
Agentic AI agents
10 agents
TCS agentic AI agents — operations
Key initiatives & priorities
Priority

Post-CrowdStrike crew modernization

Modernize crew scheduling to eliminate single-vendor OS dependency and build redundant recovery capabilities after the $550M CrowdStrike outage.

Integration

Trax eMRO integration

Connect predictive maintenance AI directly into Trax eMRO workflows, enabling automated work order generation and condition-based maintenance across 900+ aircraft.

Innovation

Computer vision for baggage

Deploy CV + RFID fusion tracking across 9 hub airports to reduce mishandled bags by 35% and enable proactive rerouting during IRROPS.