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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 ...
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 ...
The Delta Flight Museum is an aviation and corporate museum located in Hapeville, Georgia, United States, near the airline's main hub, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The museum is housed in two 1940s-era Delta Air Lines aircraft hangars at Delta's headquarters, designated a Historic Aerospace Site in 2011. [1]
On April 25, 2008, it was reported that US Airways was in talks to merge its operations with either American Airlines or United Airlines, partially as a response to the recent Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines merger. [64] Then, on April 28, 2008, reports stated that US Airways would announce its intent to merge with United within two ...
Ticketing and baggage claim were on each side of an open space that bisected the building north to south, and a mezzanine restaurant and airline offices overlooked this open space. Delta Air Lines began scheduled passenger service in 1956. The OAG for April 1957 shows 57 weekday departures on Eastern, 7 Piedmont, 6 Capital, 4 Delta and 2 ...
In July 1986 Delta Air Lines acquired 20% of Comair stock. The airline began operating a second hub at Orlando International Airport (MCO) during the late 1980s in support of the Delta hub at the airport. [3] In 1992, Comair moved into Concourse C at CVG, as Delta Air Lines gradually continued to acquire more of the airlines stock.
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. [1] [2] [3] Delta Air Lines operates a fleet manufactured by Airbus and Boeing. [4]