Delta Stats & Facts

Please find below a brief overview of the history of Delta Air Lines, future vision, and global operations including current statistics.

History

Delta traces its roots back to 1924, when Huff Daland Dusters was founded as the world's first aerial crop dusting organization. In 1928 the company became Delta Air Service. On June 17, 1929, Delta inaugurated airline service with the first passenger flights over a route stretching from Dallas, TX to Jackson, MS, via Shreveport and Monroe, LA. In 1941, the company moved its headquarters from Monroe to Atlanta, GA. To read more about Delta's history, see Delta Through the Decades, brief highlights of Delta's past.

Worldwide Service

Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than any airline with Delta, its Northwest subsidiary, and Delta Connection® carrier flights to 368 destinations in 66 countries. Delta has added more international capacity than any major U.S. airline during the last two years and is the leader across the Atlantic with flights to 43 transatlantic markets. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers over 500 weekly flights to 52 destinations.

Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles miles on more than 16,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 567 worldwide destinations in 112 countries.

Corporate Facts
Founded: 1928, Monroe, LA
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
CEO: Richard Anderson
Stock Exchange NYSE: DAL
 

Operating Statistics
Employees: 70,000+
Delta Daily Flights: 1,369
Delta Connection Inc. Daily Flights: 4,571
Daily Delta + Partner Flights: 7,667
Delta + Partner Destinations: 567 worldwide destinations in 112 countries
Passengers Enplaned Yearly: 170 million+
Delta Connection Carriers: Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA®)
Chautauqua Airlines
Comair®
Compass
Freedom Airlines
Mesaba
Pinnacle
Shuttle America
SkyWest
SkyTeam Alliance: Aeroflot
AeroMexico
AirEuropa
Air France
Alitalia
Continental Airlines
Copa Airlines
CSA Czech Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Kenya Airways
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Korean Air
Northwest Airlines
Codeshare Partners: Alaska Airlines
American Eagle
Avianca
China Airlines
Royal Air Maroc
Major U.S. Hubs: Atlanta
Cincinnati
New York (JFK)
Salt Lake City
Major International Gateways: Atlanta to Europe and Latin America
Cincinnati to Europe and Latin America
Los Angeles to the Pacific
New York (JFK) to Europe and beyond
 
Travel may be on other airlines.
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