Delta’s Chief Operating Officer Is Leaving After Year on Job (1)

Delta Air Lines Inc.’s Chief Operating Officer Mike Spanos is leaving the company after a little over a year in the job, the company said in a filing Friday.

The airline doesn’t currently have plans to replace Spanos, according to a memo from Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian. Instead, two other executives will now report directly to the CEO: John Laughter, chief of operations, and Allison Ausband, who heads the customer experience division.

Delta said the COO’s departure is effective as of Aug. 31 and Bastian’s memo said Spanos plans to take a position at another ...