Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On April 15, 2008, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announced a merger agreement. [1] The merger of the two carriers formed what was then the largest commercial airline in the world, with 786 aircraft. The Delta Air Lines brand was retained, while Northwest's brand officially ended in 2010. [2]
1991 - Purchase of Pan Am's European routes, and acquired Pan Am's shuttle, forming what is today Delta Shuttle; 1996 - Delta Express began service, ended November 2003; 2003 - Song began service, ended May 2006; 2008 - Merged with Northwest Airlines, was world's largest carrier at time of merger, keeping the Delta Air Lines brand and name.
In 2003, Eaton's Electrical Distribution and Control business (formerly known as Cutler-Hammer) acquired the electrical division of Delta plc. This acquisition brought Delta's brands Holec, MEM, Tabula, Bill and Elek under the Eaton nameplate [11] with the previous Westinghouse divisions and gave the company manufacturing facilities to meet IEC ...
Delta, along with its regional subsidiaries and contractors operating under the brand name Delta Connection, operate over 5,400 flights daily and serve 325 destinations in 52 countries on six continents. [8] [9] Delta is a founding member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. [9] As of the end of 2023, it had 100,000 employees. [10]
Delta Connection was founded in 1984 [4] as a means of expanding the Delta network to smaller markets via partnerships with regional airlines.. Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) began Delta Connection service on March 1, 1984, from their hub at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and soon had a substantial presence at Delta's hub at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
Delta has historically preferred purchasing or leasing used aircraft or using older-generation models to keep initial acquisition costs down. To support this business model, Delta has also invested in an extensive MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) organization called TechOps. However, Delta has acquired lower-priced newer aircraft via ...
Delta added jet airliners to its fleet in the 1960s; the Douglas DC-8 entered service in September 1959. Delta's new red, white, and blue triangle logo (the "widget") on their aircraft represented the jet's swept wing, as well as the Greek letter delta. [32] Convair 880s were added in 1960 (they set a coast-to-coast record) [33] and in 1965 the ...
These steps of production and marketing of the Delta faucet began in 1954, and four years later Delta Faucet's annual sales exceeded a million dollars. [3] This was the last year that the company would be referred to as Masco Screw Products Company. Alex Manoogian, founder, acted as president and chief operating officer (COO) from 1929 until ...