23 Facts About Delta Air Lines

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The airline, along with its subsidiaries and regional affiliates, including Delta Connection, operates over 5,400 flights daily and serves 325 destinations in 52 countries on six continents.

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2.

Passenger service ceased in October 1930 when the airmail contract for the route Delta had pioneered was awarded to another airline, which purchased the assets of Delta Air Service.

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3.

Delta Air Lines moved its headquarters from Monroe, Louisiana, to its current location in Atlanta in 1941.

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4.

In 1965, Delta was the first airline to fly the McDonnell Douglas DC-9.

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5.

In 1990, Delta was the first airline in the United States to fly McDonnell Douglas MD-11 jets.

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6.

In 1997, Delta was the first airline to board more than 100 million passengers in a calendar year.

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7.

Also that year, Delta Air Lines began an expansion of its international routes into Latin America.

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8.

Delta Air Lines is the only US carrier that flies to Dakar, Stockholm, and Copenhagen.

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9.

In October 2018, Delta announced that it would be selling first class seats on domestically configured Boeing 757 aircraft flying transatlantic routes as Premium Select.

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10.

Delta Air Lines operated a different buy on board program between 2003 and 2005.

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11.

Delta Air Lines ended this buy on board program in 2005; instead, Delta Air Lines began offering snacks at no extra charge on flights over 90 minutes to most US domestic flights and some flights to the Caribbean and Latin America.

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12.

On November 27,2001, Delta Air Lines launched SkyBonus, a program aimed toward small-to-medium businesses spending between $5,000 and $500,000 annually on air travel.

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13.

In early 2010, Delta Air Lines merged its SkyBonus program with Northwest's similar Biz Perks program.

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14.

Delta Air Lines was appointed on October 1,2014, replacing Mike Campbell.

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15.

Not counting the pilots and flight dispatchers, Delta is the only one of the five largest airlines in the United States, and one of only two in the top 9, whose non-pilot USA domestic staff is entirely non-union.

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16.

In January 2021, Delta Air Lines said that, thanks to the federal support, it will be able to bring back 400 pilots in full time.

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17.

Delta Air Lines Global Staffing was a temporary employment firm located in Atlanta, Georgia.

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18.

Delta Air Lines sold majority ownership of DAL Global Services to Argenbright Holdings on December 21,2018.

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19.

The crop dusting division of Delta Air Lines remained headquartered in Monroe until Delta Air Lines ceased crop dusting in 1966.

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20.

Delta Air Lines maintains a large presence in the Twin Cities, with over 12,000 employees in the region as well as significant corporate support functions housed in the Minneapolis area, including the company's information technology divisional offices.

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21.

Delta Air Lines introduced its current livery in 2007 as part of a re-branding after it emerged from bankruptcy.

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22.

In 2008, Delta Air Lines was given an award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Design for the Environment program for its use of PreKote, a more environmentally friendly, non-hexavalent chromium surface pretreatment on its aircraft, replacing hazardous chemicals formerly used to improve paint adhesion and prevent corrosion.

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23.

Delta Air Lines had considered several styles for its current safety video, including animation, before opting for a video presenting a flight attendant speaking to the audience.

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