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.