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Subleased to Delta Air Lines in mid-2013 and remain in service there. [1] [2] American Airlines United States: 29 Taken over from Trans World Airlines and sold to AirTran Airways: Bangkok Airways Thailand: 3 Blue1 Finland: 9 Phased out in 2015; sold to Volotea and Delta Air Lines [4] Germanwings Germany: 2 Leased from Aerolíneas de Baleares ...
Delta operates the largest fleets of the Airbus A220, Boeing 717, and Boeing 757, the largest passenger fleet of the Boeing 767, and the largest Airbus A330 fleet of any US airline. [ citation needed ] Alongside United Airlines , it is one of only two airlines operating the Boeing 767-400ER.
Delta Air Lines is the largest operator of the 717, flying over 70 percent of all in-service jets as of 2024. In 2013, Delta began leasing the entire fleet of 88 jets previously operated by AirTran Airways from Southwest Airlines , who had purchased AirTran, but wanted to preserve its all-Boeing 737 fleet rather than taking on another class of ...
The shrunken derivative of MD-80 or shorter variant of MD-90, originally marketed as MD-95, was later renamed the Boeing 717 following McDonnell Douglas' merger with Boeing in 1997. Production ended in 2000 after 116 deliveries. Delta Air Lines flew the final MD-90 passenger flight on June 2, 2020.
The shorter and final version, the MD-95, was renamed the Boeing 717 after McDonnell Douglas's merger with Boeing in 1997; it is powered by Rolls-Royce BR715 engines. The DC-9 family was produced between 1965 and 2006 with a total delivery of 2441 units: 976 DC-9s, 1191 MD-80s, 116 MD-90s, and 155 Boeing 717s.
Delta Air Lines aircraft parked on a taxiway at Kansas City International Airport. As of January 2025, the Delta Air Lines fleet consists of 986 mainline aircraft, making it the second largest commercial airline fleet in the world, after United Airlines. [63] [64] [65] Delta Air Lines operates a fleet manufactured by Airbus and Boeing. [66]
A Delta Shuttle Boeing 727-200 at Washington National Airport. Delta Air Lines purchased Pan Am Shuttle (including several Boeing 727s) for $113 million, thereby securing Delta's position as the third largest U.S. airline. [4] Delta relaunched the service under the Delta Shuttle brand on September 1, 1991. [5]
In March 2015, it was announced that Blue1 was to sell their entire fleet of Boeing 717-200s to Volotea and Delta Air Lines and was to replace them with Boeing 737-600s from its parent, Scandinavian Airlines, [12] however Scandinavian Airlines later cancelled the plan and considered to transfer some Bombardier CRJ900 from Cimber. [13]