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Delta Airlines

Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Delta logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
DL DAL DELTA
Founded May 30, 1924; 92 years ago (1924-05-30)
(as Huff Daland Dusters)
Macon, Georgia, U.S.
Commenced operations June 17, 1929 (1929-06-17)
AOC # DALA026A
Hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer program SkyMiles
Alliance SkyTeam
Subsidiaries
Fleet size 856 (mainline only)
Destinations 319
Company slogan "Building a better airline, not just a bigger one"
"Keep Climbing"
Traded as DAL
DJTA Component
S&P 500 Component
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, US
Key people
Revenue Decrease US$ 39.639 billion (2016)
Operating income Decrease US$ 6.952 billion (2016)
Net income Decrease US$ 4.373 billion (2016)
Total assets Decrease US$ 51.256 billion (2016)
Total equity Increase US$ 12.263 billion (2016)
Employees 80,000 (2015)
Website delta.com

Delta Air Lines, Inc. ("Delta"; : DAL) is a major American airline, with its headquarters and largest hub at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline along with its subsidiaries and regional affiliates operate over 5,400 flights daily and serve an extensive domestic and international network that includes 319 destinations in 54 countries on six continents, as of October 2016. Delta is one of the four founding members of the SkyTeam airline alliance, and operates joint ventures with Air France-KLM, Alitalia, Virgin Atlantic, and Virgin Australia. Regional service is operated under the brand name Delta Connection.

One of the five remaining legacy carriers, Delta is the sixth-oldest operating airline by foundation date, and the oldest airline still operating in the United States. The company's history can be traced back to Huff Daland Dusters, founded in 1924 in Macon, Georgia as a crop dusting operation. The company moved to Monroe, Louisiana, and was later renamed Delta Air Services, in reference to the nearby Mississippi Delta region, and commenced passenger services on June 17, 1929. Among predecessors of today's Delta Air Lines, Western Airlines and Northwest Airlines began flying passengers in 1926 and 1927, respectively.


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