Delta CEO calls government shutdown 'inexcusable', assures flights will resume 'very, very soon'

The ongoing government shutdown has ensnarled US airports just weeks away from the holiday travel season. The shutdown officially ended Wednesday evening amid a House vote. "It's been very disruptive for the last week — when you go in with no notice and you just arbitrarily reduce the amount of flying in the system for all of us, it's incredibly disruptive for our customers," Delta (DAL) CEO Ed Bastian said at Yahoo Finance's Invest event on Thursday. Bastian added, "It's our industry that forces, I gues ...