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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. [citation needed]
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 ...
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 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]
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 ...
The aircraft involved was a 16-year-old Bombardier CRJ900LR with the tail number N932XJ [11] and fleet number 932.. The CRJ900LR is a modified sub-variant of the CRJ900 series of regional jets produced by Bombardier, designed for longer-range flights due to its higher maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) as compared to the base variant of the CRJ900, a jet commonly used to operate short- to medium ...
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 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]