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Delta operates the world's largest fleets of the Airbus A220, Boeing 717, and Boeing 757, the largest passenger fleet of the Boeing 767, and the largest Airbus A330 fleet of any US airline. Delta has historically preferred purchasing or leasing used aircraft or using older-generation models to keep initial acquisition costs down.
^ a b "Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, And Boeing Capital Reach A Tentative Agreement To Sublease AirTran Boeing 717 Fleet" (Press release). Southwest Airlines. May 22, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
Delta Air Lines is the largest operator of the 717, flying over 70 percent of all in-service jets as of 2024. In 2013, Delta began leasing the entire fleet of 88 jets previously operated by AirTran Airways from Southwest Airlines, who had purchased AirTran, but wanted to preserve its all-Boeing 737 fleet rather than taking on another class of ...
The Boeing 777 fleet retirement plan is a move toward Delta's (DAL) financial goal to reduce cash burn rate to zero by 2020-end.
The idea for a museum about Delta Air Lines originated with group of retirees who started a campaign in 1990 to find one of Delta's original five purchased-new Douglas DC-3s from the early 1940s. After some searching, the employees found Delta Ship 41, Delta's second DC-3 to carry passengers, in Puerto Rico performing cargo services. The group bought the plane from the cargo airline and flew ...
A Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-300, shortly before the merger with Delta in 2008. Delta Air Lines as it exists today is the result of numerous mergers over its history. Predecessor carriers include: Chicago and Southern Air Lines (formed in 1933, merged into Delta in 1953).
Ed Bastian. Edward Herman Bastian (born June 6, 1957) is an American business executive. He is the ninth and current chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines, serving in this role since May 2, 2016. [1]
On 17 June 2015, Delta Air Lines Flight 159, a Boeing 747-451 (registered N664US), flying from Detroit to Seoul-Incheon, suffered substantial damage to the interiors, the nose cone, engines and wing slats, after flying through a severe hailstorm above China. The 26 year old 747 was ferried from Seoul to Marana, Arizona for storage.