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Delta Air Strains stated Friday that its chief working officer will depart the corporate subsequent week after just a little greater than a yr within the airline enterprise to take one other job.

The departure of Michael Spanos comes just a few weeks after Delta canceled hundreds of flights throughout a botched restoration from a worldwide expertise outage,

Spanos spent most of his profession at PepsiCo and the Pepsi Bottling Group and was CEO of amusement-park operator Six Flags Leisure earlier than becoming a member of Delta in June 2023. He’s certainly one of three government vice presidents of the Atlanta-based airline.

In a regulatory submitting, Delta gave no cause for Spanos’ departure — solely that he would obtain severance advantages that he’s due beneath the corporate’s plan for officers and administrators. Spanos obtained compensation valued at $8.6 million final yr, principally in inventory awards.

CEO Ed Bastian stated in a notice to workers that Spanos instructed him “earlier this summer time” he was contemplating leaving Delta. A spokesperson stated this occurred earlier than the expertise outage.

Bastian wrote that Spanos will transfer in September to a different firm, which he didn’t establish. The CEO credited Spanos with enhancing Delta’s efficiency, and added that Delta won’t title a brand new chief working officer.

Chief working officers usually run the day-to-day affairs of an organization and report on to the CEO. They’re usually thought of the second-ranking government, however at Delta, President Glen Hauenstein is usually seen as enjoying that function.

Delta was hit tougher than another U.S. service by final month’s expertise outage that began with a defective improve from cybersecurity-software supplier CrowdStrike to computer systems operating on Microsoft Home windows.

Different airways recovered inside a pair days, however Delta canceled about 7,000 flights over 5 days because it struggled to reposition crews and match them with planes.

The U.S. Transportation Division is investigating the meltdown, and Delta is pursuing $500 million in damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft. The tech firms say Delta refused assist and made deceptive claims.