By David Shepardson
2026年3月24日 美国东部时间下午4:18 更新于5分钟前
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华盛顿，3月24日（路透社） – 达美航空公司周二表示，将暂停为国会成员提供特殊服务，理由是部分政府停摆对美国航空旅行造成了扰乱。
“由于长期政府停摆对资源造成的影响，达美将暂时暂停为乘坐达美航班的国会成员提供特殊服务。除安全外，达美最优先考虑的是照顾我们的员工和客户，而在当前环境下这变得越来越困难，”这家总部位于亚特兰大的美国航空公司在一份声明中表示。
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与其他美国航空公司一样，达美通常会为频繁往返华盛顿并监督国家航空旅行系统的议员提供特殊服务。
航空公司表示，国会成员将不再获得机场护送或座位升级、改签等其他服务的VIP待遇，但议员仍可使用特殊预订专线。
由于自2月中旬以来，国会因移民执法争议未批准国土安全部的资金，美国运输安全管理局（TSA）员工因无薪工作而离职人数增加，旅客近几日在安检站经历了数小时的等待。尽管遭到TSA工作人员反对，称他们未接受过相关工作的适当培训，总统唐纳德·特朗普仍已部署移民局人员前往十多个机场协助人群控制。
达美航空首席执行官埃德·巴斯蒂安上周告诉CNBC，现在是给TSA工作人员发工资的时候了。
“这是不可原谅的，”巴斯蒂安指出，去年秋天TSA官员也被迫错过工资，“看到他们被当作政治筹码使用是荒谬的。我们感到愤怒。”
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Delta suspends special treatment for Congress as shutdown sows chaos in airports
By David Shepardson
March 24, 2026 4:18 PM UTC Updated 5 mins ago
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WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines said on Tuesday it would suspend special services for members of Congress, citing the impact of a partial government shutdown that has disrupted U.S. air travel.
“Due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying Delta. Next to safety, Delta’s no. 1 priority is taking care of our people and customers, which has become increasingly difficult in the current environment,” the Atlanta-based U.S. air carrier said in a statement.
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Delta, like other U.S. airlines, typically provides special services for lawmakers who fly frequently back and forth from Washington and oversee the nation’s air travel system.
Members of Congress will not get airport escorts or VIP treatment for other services like seat upgrades or rebooking, the airline said, though lawmakers will still have access to a special phone line for reservations.
Travelers have endured hours-long waits at security screening checkpoints in recent days as resignations and have risen among Transportation Security Administration employees, who have gone without pay since mid-February, when Congress allowed funding for the Department of Homeland Security to expire due to a dispute over immigration enforcement. President Donald Trump has deployed immigration agents to more than a dozen airports to help with crowd control, over the objections of TSA workers who say they are not properly trained for the job.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC last week that it was time to pay TSA workers.
“It’s inexcusable,” Bastian said, noting that TSA officers were forced to miss paychecks last fall as well. “It’s ridiculous to see them being used as political chits. We’re outraged.”
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Andy Sullivan and Mark Porter
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