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A Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-300, shortly before the merger with Delta in 2008. Delta Air Lines as it exists today is the result of numerous mergers over its history. Predecessor carriers include: Chicago and Southern Air Lines (formed in 1933, merged into Delta in 1953). [24]
Delta Air Lines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. [1] It is the United States's oldest operating airline and the seventh-oldest operating worldwide . [ 7 ] Delta, along with its regional subsidiaries and contractors operating under the brand name Delta Connection , operate over 5,400 flights daily and ...
Woolman was a member of the board of directors for Delta Air Service, and again when Delta Air Corporation formed its board in 1930. [9] Delta secured an air mail contract and returned to airline operations in 1934. Doing business as Delta Air Lines over Mail Route 24, stretching from Ft. Worth, Texas, to Charleston, South Carolina.
Delta Air Lines. 1924 - Started as Huff Daland Dusters; 1928 - Huff Daland Dusters was purchased by C.E. Woolman and renamed Delta Air Service after the Mississippi Delta; 1953 - Purchased the Chicago and Southern Air Lines, and flew under the name Delta C&S for the next two years until the summer of 1955 [6]
November 10, 1946: Delta Air Lines Flight 10, a Douglas DC-3 which departed Jackson, Mississippi attempting to land at then Meridian Key Field (MEI) in a thunderstorm and winds, had a runway excursion after landing, going beyond the end of the runway and up the western slope of a ditch adjoining the highway adjacent to the airport, bouncing over a highway, and coming to rest with the nose ...
Maddux Air Lines: September 22, 1927: November 16, 1929 United States: Merged with TAT to form TAT-Maddux Air Lines, itself merged to form T & WA. Grand Canyon Airlines: October 3, 1927: Still in operation United States: Founded as Scenic Airways; name changed to Grand Canyon Airlines in 1930. Bunavad: October 25, 1927: 1930 Kingdom of Bulgaria
Delta Air Lines aircraft parked on a taxiway at Kansas City International Airport. As of January 2025, the Delta Air Lines fleet consists of 987 mainline aircraft, making it the second largest commercial airline fleet in the world, after United Airlines. [1] [2] [3] Delta Air Lines operates a fleet manufactured by Airbus and Boeing. [4]
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]