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Learn about the largest commercial airline fleet in the world, consisting of 992 mainline aircraft from Airbus and Boeing. Find out the fleet overview, renewal, and current aircraft types and capacities of Delta Air Lines.
The MD-80 is a series of narrow-body jet airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas and Boeing. It is the second generation of the DC-9 family and has five variants, including the Super 80, which was the first model to enter service in 1980.
Gerald Grinstein is an American businessman who was the CEO of Delta Air Lines from 2004 to 2007. He led the airline through bankruptcy and restructuring, and also served as the CEO of Burlington Northern Railroad from 1985 to 1995.
Learn how Delta Air Lines started as a crop-dusting company in 1925 and became a major American airline with trans-Atlantic service and a merger with Northwest Airlines. Explore the timeline of Delta's history, from its first passenger flight in 1929 to its bankruptcy and recovery in 2005.
The Boeing 717 is a narrow-body jet airliner derived from the MD-80 series and developed by McDonnell Douglas. It entered service in 1999 with AirTran Airways and is now operated by Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines and QantasLink.
Delta Air Lines announced in March 2020 that it would reduce international flights by 20–25% and domestic flights by 10–15%. It also froze further hiring and suspended share buybacks . [ 113 ] The airline in March reported a 25 percent drop in bookings, and CEO Ed Bastian remarked that the hit to passenger demand was similar to the impact ...
Leo F. Mullin (born 1943) is an American executive and civic activist who was CEO and Chairman of Delta Air Lines (1997-2004). He led Delta during one of the most tumultuous periods in aviation history, beginning in 1997, just as airlines were struggling to emerge from the economic crises of the early 1990s.
On April 15, 2008, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announced a merger agreement. [1] The merger of the two carriers formed what was then the largest commercial airline in the world, with 786 aircraft. The Delta Air Lines brand was retained, while Northwest's brand officially ended in 2010. [2]