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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]
2013 Merged with Lauda Air kept name. Bulgaria Air. 2010 - Merged with Hemus Air kept the name Bulgaria Air. Canadian Airlines. 1987 - Formed by merger of Canadian Pacific Airlines, Eastern Provincial Airways, Nordair, and Pacific Western Airlines. 1989 - Acquired Wardair. 2001 - Canadian Airlines acquired by Air Canada.
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).
Website. www.nwa.com. Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States from 1926 until it merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010. [1] The merger made Delta the largest airline in the world until the American Airlines–US Airways merger in 2013. [2] [3]
The airline industry of today wasn't always the consolidated industry consumers have learned to loathe today. How 25 airlines became Delta, United, and American: Then & Now [Video] Skip to main ...
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 summer 1925. [13] It flew a Huff-Daland Duster, the first true crop duster, designed to combat the boll weevil infestation ...
After the acquisition of Western by Delta Air Lines, SkyWest became a Delta Connection code sharing airline. Delta Air Lines merger A Boeing 737 in a hybrid Western/Delta livery. In the early 1980s Air Florida tried to buy Western Airlines, but it was able to purchase only 16 percent of the airline's stock.
A Northwest Airlines Airbus A320. Northwest Airlines was a major United States airline which existed from 1926 until 2010, when it merged with Delta Air Lines and became part of Delta Air Lines fleet. At the time of the merger it had a total of 309 aircraft. It was also the last U.S. airline to have a dedicated cargo fleet and routes.