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| Founded | March 2, 1925 (as Huff Daland Dusters) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | June 17, 1929 | ||||||
| AOC # | DALA026A[1] | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | SkyMiles | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 993 | ||||||
| Destinations | 311[4] | ||||||
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| ISIN | US2473617023 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ||||||
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| Founder | C.E. Woolman | ||||||
| Revenue |  US$58.1 billion (2023)[5] | ||||||
| Operating income | US$5.5 billion (2023)[5] | ||||||
| Net income | US$4.6 billion (2023)[5] | ||||||
| Total assets | US$73.6 billion (2023)[5] | ||||||
| Total equity | US$11.1 billion (2023)[5] | ||||||
| Employees | 103,000 (2023)[5] | ||||||
| Website | delta | ||||||
Delta Air Lines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] It is the United States' oldest operating airline and the seventh-oldest operating worldwide.[6] Delta, along with its regional subsidiaries and contractors operating under the brand name Delta Connection, operate over 5,400 flights daily and serve 325 destinations in 52 countries on six continents.[7][8] Delta is a founding member of the SkyTeam airline alliance.[8] As of the end of 2023, it had 100,000 employees.[9]
Delta has nine hubs, with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being its largest in terms of total passengers and number of departures.[8] It is ranked second among the world's largest airlines by number of passengers carried, passenger miles flown, and fleet size. It is ranked first by revenue for commercially owned airline companies as well as in brand value, and 113th on the Fortune 500.[10][11] Delta was ranked first in the annual rankings of top airlines by The Wall Street Journal in 2022, 2023, and 2024 and ranked first in the 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards of Best Airlines in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler.[12][13]
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Certificate Number DALA026A
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- ^ a b c "Corporate Stats and Facts". Delta Air Lines. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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- ^ "Airlines 50 2023 | The Annual Brand Value Ranking | Brandirectory". brandirectory.com. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ "Delta Air Lines". Fortune. Archived from the original on February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ Gilbertson, Dawn; Pohle, Allison; McAllister, Kevin (January 25, 2024). "The Best and Worst Airlines of 2023". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "The Best Airlines in the US: 2024 Readers' Choice Awards". Condé Nast Traveler. November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2024.