Delta and United have ended travel discounts with the NRA amidst growing consumer backlash

The discounts were offered to members traveling to the NRA’s annual convention in Dallas

The NRA has faced a consumer backlash following a school shooting in Parkland, Florida last week that left 17 people dead. Companies such as Symantec, First National Bank of Omaha, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and others have also ended their discount partnerships with the organization. The NRA’s travel page still lists the airlines as partners for its convention.

Unlike other organizations that have severed ongoing partnerships with the NRA, the airlines were offering one-off travel discounts for group members. A spokesperson for Delta toldThinkProgress that these types of contracts are routine for groups of 10 or more are “routine,” while United said it does not have a partnership with the organization, and that its discount was a standard policy. While these might have been standard arrangements, that both airlines are backing off helps show the considerable controversy that the NRA has attracted in the days since the attacks.

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