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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).
The giant US airline Delta operates some of the oldest aircraft in the skies, including a Boeing 767 that will celebrate its 35th birthday early in 2025. The venerable jet mainly shuttles between ...
In 1983, it became the first European airline to fly non-stop to Tokyo, with DC-10 aircraft. Five years later, Finnair was the only European airline with a direct flight between Europe and China.
At the time of its retirement in 2013, it was the oldest aircraft in the Delta fleet. Replica of the first Delta station in Monroe, Louisiana. The forward fuselage of the first Lockheed L-1011 TriStar built. Delta at one time operated almost 60 of the type, although the museum's example was not among them. Delta Ship 6301 .
As of September 2025 Delta flies the second-oldest fleet among the legacy carriers with an average age of 14.9 years. [67] [68] Before its 2008 merger with Northwest Airlines, Delta's fleet was made up solely of American manufacturers' aircraft (except the Airbus A310, which was acquired from the collapsed Pan American World Airways). Aircraft ...
On Jan. 6, 2014, Flight 2014 will depart Minneapolis/St. Paul for Atlanta. But what seems like an ordinary flight will mark the end of service for a staple of airline fleets over the past few decades.
Name changed to B. F. Mahoney Aircraft Corporation. Delta Air Lines: March 2, 1925: Still in operation United States: Founded as Huff Daland Dusters for crop dusting, renamed 'Delta Air Service' in 1928, operated scheduled services from 1928 to 1930 and since 1934. National Air Transport: May 21, 1925: 1934 United States
In 1973 the TriStar entered service for Delta. Because of its favorable economics and advanced systems, the L-1011, fifty-four in all, became the mainstay of Delta's wide-body fleet. The TriStar was the plane that supported Delta's expansion in domestic, transcontinental, and international markets.