Delta Air Lines

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|} Delta Air Lines is a major U.S. airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, operating a large domestic and international network that spans North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Delta operates hubs at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, and Salt Lake City International Airport. Delta also has large operations in many other cities, including Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, and Washington, D.C. Its major international gateways are Atlanta, Cincinnati, and (most recently) John F. Kennedy International Airport. In terms of passengers carried (87 million in 2004), Delta is the second-largest airline in the world (behind American Airlines). In terms of total operating revenues, Delta is the fourth-largest airline in the world (behind Air France-KLM, American Airlines, and United Airlines) As of March 1, 2005, Delta and its subsidiaries served 219 destinations in 46 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as 53 international destinations in 35 countries. Delta has a marketing alliance with both Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines and is a founding member of, and the second largest carrier in, the SkyTeam international alliance. ==Business structure== Delta Air Lines, Inc., is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. As of January, 2004, Gerald Grinstein is the Chief Executive Officer. Delta operates several airline brands. The "mainline" Delta brand serves primarily long-haul, high-volume flights and most international services. Short-haul, high frequency service between Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C., are operated in a single-class configuration under the Delta Shuttle brand. The Delta brand Song (airline) began single-class, "no-frills" service on some of its leisure dominated routes on April 15, 2003. Separate regional airlines operate feeder flights, under code share agreements, primarily to Delta hub cities under the Delta Connection banner. These airlines include wholly-owned subsidiaries Comair, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, as well as independent carriers Chautauqua Airlines, SkyWest, and American Eagle. Of all major U.S. airlines, Delta is the least unionized. At December 31, 2003, Delta had a total of approximately 70,600 full-time equivalent employees, of which only approximately 18% were represented by unions. Delta awards the annual Delta Prize for Global Understanding in conjunction with the University of Georgia. ==History== The company has its roots in Huff Daland Dusters, which was founded in 1924 in Macon, Georgia but moved to Monroe, Louisiana the following year. In 1928, Huff Daland Dusters was purchased and renamed 'Delta Air Services', where its route connected Dallas, Texas to Jackson, Mississippi, via Shreveport, Louisiana and Monroe, Louisiana. In 1941, Delta moved its headquarters from Monroe, Louisiana to Atlanta, Georgia, to center itself along its new route network that connected Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana to Florida. In the 1950s, Delta began flights from New Orleans to the Caribbean and Venezuela, becoming the number 2 U.S. carrier in the region after Pan Am and Braniff. By the early 1960s, Delta's route network stretched to the West Coast, and Dallas, Texas was emerging as its second hub city. Delta was the launch operator of both the DC-8 and DC-9 jets. Delta purchased Northeast Airlines in 1972 to strengthen its market share in the northeastern United States. In 1978, Delta began flying from Atlanta to London with new Lockheed L-1011 TriStar aircraft: Frankfurt was added the following year. Delta was named ''official airline to Walt Disney World'' in 1985. Their official ride in the Magic Kingdom was Delta Dreamflight. In 1987, Delta took over Western Airlines and absorbed its large hubs at Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. That year, Delta began flights from Portland, Oregon to Tokyo, Seoul, and Bangkok, its first transpacific routes. Delta was the first airline to operate the MD-11 aircraft in 1990. Delta's most dramatic expansion came with its purchase of Pan American World Airways's European routes in 1991, shortly before Pan Am declared bankruptcy. The purchase gave Delta the largest transatlantic route network through most of the 1990s and a small group of A310 aircraft that were retired after a few years. Delta was one of the airlines targeted in the failed Operation Bojinka plot: the conspirators planned to bomb a Delta MD-11 flying from Seoul to Bangkok via Taipei on January 21, 1995. Delta was a founding partner of the online travel agency Orbitz, which was purchased by Cendant in 2004. ===Current restructuring=== Delta operated its last MD-11 flight on January 1, 2004, Flight 56 departing New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) at 4:45pm. The aircraft arrived in Atlanta at 3:20pm. This concluded MD-11 service in the fleet (being replaced by the Boeing 777-200), with Delta having retired the other three-engined aircraft, the Boeing 727 (replaced by the Boeing 737-800) in 2003, and the Lockheed L-1011 (replaced by the Boeing 767-400) in 2001. Its entire active fleet is now comprised of twinjets. Delta had 14 MD-11's at the time of the aircraft's retirement. On September 23, 2004, a Delta spokesperson confirmed plans to sell eight MD-11s to FedEx. As part of Delta's transformation plan, they are planning to retire four aircraft types. According to a report by [http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_aviationdaily_story.jsp?id=news/del09154.xml Aviation Daily], Delta is planning to retire their Boeing 737-200, Boeing 737-300, Boeing 767-200, and McDonnell Douglas MD-90 fleet. A more recent report by Dow Jones Newswires (article at [http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=dji-00078120050217&feed=dji&date=20050217&cat=INDUSTRY iWon Money]) states that Delta's CFO Michael Palumbo aims to drop the Boeing 737-200, Boeing 737-300, and Boeing 767-200. The fourth type is currently undecided, being either the MD-80 or McDonnell Douglas MD-90. Replacement aircraft are currently unknown, although it is expected that the MD-80 or McDonnell Douglas MD-90 will be replaced by a Boeing 737 family aircraft, probably the 737-800. In 2004, in an effort to avoid bankruptcy, Delta announced a restructuring of the company that included job cuts as well as turnaround plans for expansion of Atlanta operations by some 100 new flights making it a 'super-hub' and requiring the airline to spread its flight schedule more evenly across the day. On January 5, 2005, the company revamped its fare structure, cutting its most expensive fares by as much as 50 percent nationwide and capping one-way domestic fares at $499 in coach class and $599 first class. Delta closed its hub at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on January 31. In 2005, Delta applied to serve a daily non-stop flight from Atlanta to Beijing, China starting in March 2006, but slots were given to Continental Airlines. ===Disasters=== On the morning of August 2, 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, on a Fort Lauderdale-Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex-Los Angeles, California route, crashed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 133 of the 164 passengers on board. The crash would later become the subject of a television movie. On August 31, 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1411, bound from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport, crashed after take-off. ==Delta Air Lines Fleet== Delta operates an all-Boeing (including McDonnell Douglas aircaft) fleet. They do not operate any Airbus aircaft, nor do they have any on order. Delta has abolished three-class seating, replacing both first and business class on intercontinental flights with a single premium class called "BusinessElite." {| border=1 |+ Delta Air Lines Fleet (excluding Delta Connection) | Type || Number || Orders || Options || Rolling Options || Total # of seats ||Cargo capacity || Engine Model || Audio/Video |- bgcolor=lightblue | Boeing 737 || 52 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100 || 850 ft� (24 m�) || Pratt & Whitney JT8 || No |- bgcolor=silver | Boeing 737 || 26 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 128 || 850 ft� (24 m�) || CFM International CFM56 || No |- bgcolor=tan | McDonnell Douglas MD-80 || 120 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 142 || 1,253 ft� (35.5 m�) || Pratt & Whitney JT8 || No |- bgcolor=turquoise | McDonnell Douglas MD-90 || 16 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 150 || 1,300 ft� (36.8 m�) || International Aero Engines V2500 || Yes |- bgcolor=yellow | Boeing 737 || 71 || 61 || 60 || 168 || 150 || 1,555 ft� (44.0 m�) || CFM International CFM56 || Yes |- bgcolor=orange | Boeing 757 || 121 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 183 || 1,670 ft� (47.3 m�) || Pratt & Whitney PW2000|| Yes |- bgcolor=lightyellow | Boeing 767 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 204 || 2,875 ft� (81.4 m�) || General Electric CF6-80 || Yes |- bgcolor=lavender | Boeing 767 || 28 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||252 || 3,770 ft� (107 m�) || General Electric CF6-80 || Yes |- bgcolor=lightgreen | Boeing 767 || 59 || 0 || 10 || 6 || 204 || 3,770 ft� (107 m�) || General Electric CF6-80 / Pratt & Whitney PW4000 || Yes |- bgcolor=pink | Boeing 767 || 21 || 0 || 22 || 0 || 285 || 4,580 ft� (130 m�) || General Electric CF6-80 || Yes |- bgcolor=gold | Boeing 777 || 8 || 5 || 20 || 5 || 268 || 5,656 ft� (160 m�)|| Rolls-Royce Trent || Yes |} {| border=1 |+ Retired Jet Fleet | Type || Year Retired || Replacement || Engine Model || Audio/Video |- bgcolor = orange | Douglas DC-8 || ??? || Boeing 757 || ??? || ??? |- bgcolor = chartreuse | Convair CV-880 || ??? || ??? || ??? || ??? |- bgcolor = tan | Douglas DC-9 || ??? || ??? || Pratt & Whitney JT8D || No |- bgcolor = khaki | Douglas DC-9 || ??? || McDonnell Douglas MD-80 || Pratt & Whitney JT8D series || No |- bgcolor = palegoldenrod | Boeing 747 || ??? || None || ??? || ??? |- bgcolor = darksalmon | Airbus A310 || 1990s || None || ??? || ??? |- bgcolor = pink | Lockheed L-1011 || 2001 || Boeing 767 || Rolls-Royce RB211 series || Yes |- bgcolor = yellow | Boeing 727 || 2002 || Boeing 737 and, partially, Boeing 757 || Pratt & Whitney JT8D series || No |- bgcolor = gold | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 || 2003 || Boeing 777 || Pratt & Whitney PW4400 || Yes |} ==Destinations== ''See full article:'' Delta Air Lines destinations Airline companies of the United States Companies traded on NYSE Corporations with naming rights of indoor arenas == External links== * [http://www.delta.com/ Delta Air Lines] * [http://www.deltamuseum.org/ Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum] * [http://www.delta-sky.com/ ''Sky''], Delta's inflight magazine Companies based in Georgia

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The maxi pads Delta offers in its lavatories are very good. They were called Maxithins and worked and felt better than the Stayfree pads I was carrying. (August 8, 2004) Delta airlines has great service (I like it much better than United or Continental), but their frequent flyer program leaves something to be desired. It's difficult to schedule flights with their skymiles, as it appears they only allow a small number of award tickets to be awarded per flight, and they are reserved months and months in advance. (August 18, 2004) == Delta logo == The current logo on the article is now outdated. Delta has reverted to the widget logo with the angular base. User:Andros 1337 02:08, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC) * Still, the Delta logo needs replacement, but I think the three airplane pictures is enough. We do not need any more. User:Andros 1337 04:09, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC) == New image == As you may have noticed, have replaced the old image with a different image. The old image was flawed stating it was a 767-400ER, while it was really a 767-300ER. It also stated that the image was N825MH, while it was really N131DN. Since wikipedia has many 767-300 images, I thought it would be better to have a 767-400. User:Andros 1337 22:57, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

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