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The history of Delta Air Lines began with the world's first aerial crop dusting operation called Huff Daland Dusters, Inc.The company was founded on March 2, 1925, in Macon, Georgia, before moving to Monroe, Louisiana, in the summer of 1925. [16]
1950s. May 17, 1953: Delta Air Lines Flight 318, a Douglas DC-3, crashed 13 miles (21 km) east of Marshall, Texas. The flight, which originated from Dallas Love Field, was on approach to Shreveport, Louisiana. 19 out of 20 on board perished. The crash was attributed to adverse weather conditions with a thunderstorm in the area.
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.
Delta Air Lines released “Faces of Travel,” a new photo library which contains 100 images of Black and brown travelers from around the globe.
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, and Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah. On August 31, 1988, the flight, using a Boeing 727-200 series aircraft, crashed during takeoff at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, resulting in 14 deaths and 76 ...
1060 Delta Boulevard, Hapeville, GA 30354-1989. Coordinates. 33°39′18″N 84°25′12″W / 33.655043°N 84.420127°W / 33.655043; -84.420127. Type. Aviation museum. Website. www.deltamuseum.org. The Delta Flight Museum is an aviation and corporate museum located in Hapeville, Georgia, United States, near the airline's main hub ...
During 1965–1967, Delta Developments built four motels on Vancouver Island, and leased/purchased two further motels in the BC interior. Driver Developments, which bought Delta Developments in 1969, [5] experienced serious financial difficulties from its diverse investment portfolio within months. [6] In 1970, Delta Hotels Limited assumed the ...
Kamala Devi Harris[ b ] (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving with President Joe Biden. She is the first female, African American, and Asian American vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history.