Airline has raised more than $18M since 2003.
The competition really took off this year at the Delta Jet Drag and Relay For Life event on Wednesday, May 3. Teams of 25 rallied for the 12th annual Jet Drag – the ultimate plane-pulling contest to see who could move a Boeing 757 25 feet in the shortest amount of time. In total, both events garnered 4,500 pullers and 8,500 attendees.
CEO Dr. Karen Knudsen and members of Delta’s leadership, including CEO Ed Bastian, pictured below, participated in the opening ceremony before 155 teams took to the runway. Several Atlanta-based ACS leaders were also onsite to join the pull and show their support. In addition to the annual Jet Drag, Delta’s corporate Relay For Life event also took place onsite at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, which is one of the largest corporate Relay in the U.S. This year, the Delta Jet Drag and corporate Relay For Life event raised more than $1,070,830 for the American Cancer Society, an increase of more than 31% over last year.
Besides this fun video tweeted by Atlanta News First journalist Madeline Montgomery, news media coverage included:
