Delta Air Lines 767-400ER
Missing imageDelta.b747.anet.arp.750pix.jpg Delta Boeing 747 at London (Heathrow) Airport, operated by Pan Am, in May 1974
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Delta Air Lines is an airline based in Atlanta, Georgia, operating a large domestic network within the USA, as well as an international network that spans Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In addition to its main hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Delta operates hubs at Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, Salt Lake City International Airport, and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Delta also operates mini-hubs at John F. Kennedy International Airport and at Orlando International Airport. It is the largest carrier in the SkyTeam alliance.
Delta operates several airline brands. The mainline Delta brand serves long-haul, high-volume flights and most international services. Delta Connection feeds the airline's hubs with connecting traffic and is operated by Delta's wholly-owned subsidiaries Comair and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, as well as Atlantic Coast Airlines in the northeast and mid-Atlantic states, Chautauqua Airlines in Florida, and SkyWest Airlines in the mountain states. Under a code share agreement, American Eagle also operates Delta Connection service out of Los Angeles. Short-haul, non-reserved services between major Northeastern U.S. cities are operated under the Delta Shuttle brand. Delta also owns Song, a no-frills, low-cost brand connecting northeastern cities with Florida, Puerto Rico, and Las Vegas.
Delta Air Lines' mainline division currently employs more than 60,000 people, and serves 138 cities in 34 countries, with an additional two cities in two countries slated for the future. Many more cities are served by the Delta Connection carriers, and by Delta's codeshare partners, including SNCF French Rail to rail stations in France.
Delta also awards the annual Delta Prize for Global Understanding in conjunction with the University of Georgia.
History
The company has its roots in Huff Daland Dusters, which was founded in 1924, and through a number of mergers and acquisitions became the company it is today. In 1941, Delta moved its headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia, near the center of its route network that connected Chicago and New Orleans to Florida.
In the 1950's, Delta began flights from New Orleans to the Caribbean and Venezuela, becoming the #2 US carrier in the region after Pan Am. By the early 1960's, Delta's route network stretched to the West Coast, and Dallas was emerging as its second hub city.
Delta purchased Northeast Airlines in 1972 to strengthen its market share in the northeastern United States. In 1978, Delta began flying from Atlanta to London with new Lockheed L-1011 aircraft: Frankfurt was added the following year.
In 1987, Delta took over Western Airlines and absorbed its large hubs at Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. That year, Delta began flights from Portland, Oregon to Tokyo, Seoul, and Bangkok, its first transpacific routes.
Delta's most dramatic expansion came with its purchase of Pan American's European routes in 1991, shortly before Pan Am declared bankruptcy. The purchase gave Delta the largest transatlantic route network through most of the 1990's.
Delta operated its last MD-11 flight on January 1, 2004, Flight 56 departing New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) at 4:45pm. The aircraft arrived in Atlanta at 3:20pm. This concluded MD-11 service in the fleet, with Delta having retired the other three-engined aircraft, the Boeing 727, in 2003. Its entire active fleet is now comprised of twinjets. Delta had 14 MD-11's at the time of the aircraft's retirement.
Disasters
On the morning of August 2, 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, on a Fort Lauderdale-Dallas-Los Angeles route, crashed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 133 of the 164 passengers on board. The crash would later become the subject of a television movie.
On August 31, 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1411, bound from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport, crashed after take-off.
Delta Air Lines Fleet
Excludes aircraft operated by Delta Connection subsidiaries ComAir and Atlantic Southeast Airlines.
Delta Air Lines Fleet (in order of aircraft size, in terms of cargo capacity)
| Type | Number | Total # of seats | Cargo capacity | Engine Model | Audio/Video
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| Boeing 737-200 | 52 | 107 | 850 cu ft | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A | No
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| Boeing 737-300 | 26 | 128 | 850 cu ft | CFM International CFM56-3B1 | No
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| McDonnell Douglas MD-88 | 120 | 142 | 1,253 cu ft | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 | No
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| McDonnell Douglas MD-90 | 16 | 150 | 1,300 cu ft | International Aero V2525-D5 | Yes
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| Boeing 737-800 | 71 | 148 | 1,555 cu ft | CFM International CFM56-7B26 | Yes
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| Boeing 757-200 | 121 | 180 | 1,670 cu ft | Pratt & Whitney PW2037 | Yes
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| Boeing 767-200 | 15 | 204 | 2,875 cu ft | GE CF6-80A | Yes
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| Boeing 767-300 | 28 | 252 | 3,770 cu ft | GE CF6-80A2 | Yes
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| Boeing 767-300ER | 59 | 195 | 3,770 cu ft | GE CF6-80C2B6F / Pratt & Whitney PW4060 | Yes
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| Boeing 767-400ER | 21 | 287 | 4,580 cu ft | GE CF6-80C2B7F | Yes
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| Boeing 777-200 | 8 | 277 | 5,656 cu ft | Rolls-Royce Trent 892 | Yes
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Destinations
The list does not include cities only served by Delta Connection.
Asia
- Japan
- Tokyo (Narita International Airport)
- India
- Mumbai (Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport)
- Belgium
- Brussels (Brussels International Airport)
- France
- Germany
- Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt International Airport)
- Munich (Munich International Airport)
- Stuttgart (Echterdingen Airport)
- Greece
- Athens (Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport)
- Ireland
- Italy
- Milan (Malpensa International Airport)
- Rome (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport)
- Venice (Marco Polo International Airport)
- Netherlands
- Amsterdam (Schiphol International Airport)
- Russia
- Moscow (Sheremetyevo International Airport)
- Spain
- Barcelona (El Prat International Airport)
- Madrid (Barajas International Airport)
- Switzerland
- Zurich (Zurich International Airport)
- Turkey
- Istanbul (Atatürk International Airport)
- United Kingdom
United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and Mexico
- Canada
- Ontario
- Quebec
- Montreal (Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport)
- Mexico
- Baja California Sur
- Federal District
- Mexico City (Benito Juarez International Airport)
- Guanajuato
- Jalisco
- Quintana Roo
- United States
- Alabama
- Birmingham (Birmingham International Airport)
- Huntsville/Decatur
- Mobile/Pascagoula, Mississippi (Mobile Regional Airport)
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Little Rock (Little Rock National Airport)
- Arizona
- Phoenix/Scottsdale (Sky Harbor International Airport)
- Tucson (Tucson International Airport)
- California
- Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport)
- Oakland (Oakland International Airport)
- Ontario (Ontario International Airport)
- Palm Springs
- Sacramento (Sacramento International Airport)
- San Diego (San Diego International Airport)
- San Francisco (San Francisco International Airport)
- San José (San José International Airport)
- Santa Ana, Orange County (John Wayne Airport)
- Colorado
- Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs Airport)
- Denver (Denver International Airport)
- Hayden/Steamboat Springs (SEASONAL)
- Montrose/Telluride (SEASONAL)
- Vail (Eagle County Airport, SEASONAL)
- Connecticut
- Hartford/Springfield, Massachusetts (Bradley International Airport)
- Florida
- Daytona Beach
- Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport)
- Fort Myers (Southwest Florida International Airport)
- Fort Walton Beach (Okaloosa Regional Airport)
- Jacksonville (Jacksonville International Airport)
- Miami (Miami International Airport)
- Orlando (Orlando International Airport, Mini-hub)
- Pensacola (Pensacola Regional Airport)
- Sarasota (Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport)
- Tampa/Saint Petersburg/Clearwater (Tampa International Airport)
- West Palm Beach (Palm Beach International Airport)
- Georgia
- Atlanta (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Hub)
- Savannah/Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport)
- Hawaii
- Honolulu (Honolulu International Airport)
- Kahului (Kahului Airport)
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Indianapolis (Indianapolis International Airport)
- Kentucky
- Cincinnati, Ohio suburbs (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Hub)
- Lexington
- Louisville (Louisville International Airport)
- Louisiana
- Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport)
- New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
- Maine
- Portland (Portland International Jetport)
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Boston (Logan International Airport)
- Michigan
- Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
- Minnesota
- Minneapolis/Saint Paul (Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport)
- Rochester (Rochester International Airport)
- Mississippi
- Jackson (Jackson International Airport)
- Missouri
- Kansas City (Kansas City International Airport)
- Saint Louis (Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport)
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Las Vegas (McCarran International Airport)
- New Jersey
- Newark (Newark Liberty International Airport)
- New Mexico
- Albuquerque (Albuquerque International Sunport)
- New York
- Albany (Albany International Airport)
- Buffalo (Buffalo Niagara International Airport)
- New York City (John F. Kennedy International Airport, Mini-hub)
- New York City (LaGuardia Airport)
- Rochester (Greater Rochester International Airport)
- Syracuse (Syracuse Hancock International Airport)
- North Carolina
- Charlotte (Charlotte Douglas International Airport)
- Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem (Piedmont Triad International Airport)
- Raleigh/Durham (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)
- Ohio (For Cincinnati, see Kentucky)
- Cleveland (Hopkins International Airport)
- Columbus (Port Columbus International Airport)
- Dayton (Dayton International Airport)
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City (Will Rogers World Airport
- Tulsa (Tulsa International Airport)
- Oregon
- Portland (Portland International Airport)
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia (Philadelphia International Airport)
- Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh International Airport)
- Puerto Rico
- San Juan (Luis Munoz Marin International Airport)
- Rhode Island
- Providence (T. F. Green Airport)
- South Carolina
- Charleston (Charleston International Airport)
- Columbia (Columbia Metropolitan Airport)
- Greenville/Spartanburg (Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport)
- Myrtle Beach (Myrtle Beach Airport)
- Tennessee
- Knoxville (McGhee Tyson Airport)
- Memphis (Memphis International Airport)
- Nashville (Nashville International Airport)
- Texas
- Austin (Austin-Bergstrom International Airport)
- Dallas/Fort Worth (Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Hub)
- El Paso (El Paso International Airport)
- Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport)
- San Antonio (San Antonio International Airport)
- US Virgin Islands
- Utah
- Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City International Airport, Hub)
- Virginia
- Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Williamsburg (Norfolk International Airport)
- Richmond (Richmond International Airport)
- Washington, DC Suburbs (Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
- Washington
- Seattle/Tacoma (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport)
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee (General Mitchell International Airport)
- Wyoming
Bermuda and the Caribbean, excluding US territories
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Bermuda
- Bermuda (Bermuda International Airport)
- Cayman Islands
- Grand Cayman (Owen Roberts International Airport)
- Dominican Republic
- Santo Domingo (Las Americas International Airport)
- Jamaica
- Montego Bay (Sangster International Airport)
- Netherlands Antilles
- Saint Lucia
- Vieux-Fort (Hewanorra International Airport)
- Turks and Caicos Islands
Central America
- Costa Rica
- Guanacaste Liberia
- San Jose
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Panama
- Panama City (Tocumen International Airport)
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires (Ministro Pistarini International Airport) (Starting December 1, 2004)
- Brazil
- São Paulo (Guarulhos International Airport)
- Chile
- Santiago de Chile (Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport)
- Colombia
- Bogotá (El Dorado International Airport)
- Peru
- Lima (Jorge Chavez International Airport)
- Venezuela
- Caracas (Maiquetia International Airport)
Other facts of interest
- Delta was named official airline to Walt Disney World in 1985. Their official ride in the Magic Kingdom was Delta Dreamflight.
- Boxer Felix Trinidad was pictured aboard the cockpit of a Delta jetliner after it landed in San Juan, upon return from his fight against Oscar De La Hoya.
- Delta was the launch operator of both the DC-8 and DC-9 jets
- Delta was one of the airlines targeted in the failed Operation Bojinka plot: the conspirators planned to bomb a Delta MD-11 flying from Seoul to Bangkok via Taipei on January 21, 1995.
IATA Code
Delta Air Lines uses the IATA designator code DL.
Copyright credit
Delta Boeing 747 photo copyrighted by, and courtesy of, Mr. Ray Pettit.
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