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Delta Air Lines is a major United States airline based in Atlanta, Georgia. As of December 31, 2021, Delta's mainline aircraft fly to 242 destinations, serving 52 countries across six continents. As of December 31, 2021, Delta's mainline aircraft fly to 242 destinations, serving 52 countries across six continents.
Continental Airlines (simply known as Continental) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1934 until it merged with United Airlines in 2012. It had ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers.
November 10, 1946: Delta Air Lines Flight 10, a Douglas DC-3 which departed Jackson, Mississippi attempting to land at then Meridian Key Field (MEI) in a thunderstorm and winds, had a runway excursion after landing, going beyond the end of the runway and up the western slope of a ditch adjoining the highway adjacent to the airport, bouncing over a highway, and coming to rest with the nose ...
In November 2017, Spirit's on-time performance was second in the country, behind only Delta Air Lines, a significant improvement from December 2015, when it ranked last among thirteen airlines with 68.7% of flights arriving on time. [39] In February 2018, Spirit was the only airline in North America to make the list of the top 10 safest in the ...
In 1980, airline industry entrepreneur Frank Lorenzo, through his holding company Texas Air Corporation, formed startup, non-union airline New York Air.Operations commenced on December 19, 1980, with hourly shuttle service between New York LaGuardia, Washington National, and Boston Logan airports in direct competition with the long-established, successful Eastern Air Lines Shuttle.
A TCA Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra at Malton Airport, 1939. Air Canada's predecessor, Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), was created by federal legislation as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CNR) on 11 April 1937.
AirTran's Boeing 737s have been converted to Southwest's Row 44 in-flight Wi-Fi, and their Boeing 717s have been leased to Delta Air Lines and use Delta's Gogo service. October 2, 2009 saw the launch of Gogo on United Airlines' p.s. Flight 23 from New York to Los Angeles. The company installed Gogo on the entire United p.s. fleet before ...
Shortly thereafter, a large group of former Pan Am employees sued Delta. [131] In December 1994, a federal judge ruled in favor of Delta, concluding that it was not liable for Pan Am's demise. [141] Pan Am was the third American major airline to shut down in 1991, after Eastern Air Lines and Midway Airlines. [138]