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Delta Air Lines is a major United States airline based in Atlanta, Georgia. As of December 31, 2021, Delta's mainline aircraft fly to 242 destinations, serving 52 countries across six continents. The airline operates nine domestic hubs. [1] In the summer 2024 Delta operated 893 daily flights out of its Atlanta main hub. [2]
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 ...
Delta Air Lines aircraft parked on a taxiway at Kansas City International Airport. As of February 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. [63] [64] [65] Delta Air Lines operates a fleet manufactured by Airbus and Boeing. [66]
Since 2013, Delta has been working to reduce the age of its fleet by purchasing or leasing newly built aircraft or newer model used aircraft. [citation needed] Since launching the effort, Delta has preferred to purchase aircraft from Airbus, a major change for the company which had been a loyal customer of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (which merged with Boeing in 1997).
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 ...
In response to this, on August 20, 2014, Delta Air Lines upgraded to a Boeing 717 with daily service to Atlanta. Delta further upgraded to a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 at the beginning of summer in 2015, in addition with current 717 service, occasionally replacing the smaller aircraft on some flights. Currently Delta runs the 717 service for its ...
Delta operates Boeing 717 and Boeing 737-800 and 900ER aircraft to Atlanta. The airline previously flew Douglas DC-9-50s nonstop to Atlanta with some flights being flown by ExpressJet Canadair CRJ-700 and CRJ-200s as Delta Connection service to ATL; however, all services to ATL have been switched to mainline jets.
The last member of the DC-9 family, the Boeing 717, was produced until 2006. [15] The DC-9 family was produced in total 2441 units: 976 DC-9s (first generation), 1191 MD-80s (second generation), 116 MD-90s, and 155 Boeing 717s (third generation). [20] This compared to 2,970 Airbus A320s and 5,270 Boeing 737s delivered as of 2006. [21] [22]