Delta Airlines

Company Overview

Delta Air Lines, is a major American airline, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

The airline, along with its subsidiaries and regional affiliates, operates over 5,400 flights daily and serves an extensive domestic and international network that includes 325 destinations in 52 countries on six continents, as of 31 March 2019.

Delta is a founding member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. Regional service is operated under the brand name Delta Connection. One of the four remaining legacy carriers, Delta is the sixth-oldest operating airline by foundation date, and the oldest airline still operating in the United States. Among the predecessor of today's Delta Air Lines, Western Airlines and Northwest Airlines began flying passengers in 1926 and 1927, respectively.

Delta has nine hubs, with Atlanta being its largest in terms of total passengers and number of departures.

It is the world's second largest airline in terms of scheduled passengers carried, revenue passenger-kilometers flown and fleet size. In 2018, Delta ranked No. 75 in the Fortune 500 list of the largest American corporations by total revenue.