United States · Mainline
Delta Air Lines
DL · DAL SkyTeam Mainline
Reference
- IATA / ICAO
- DL · DAL
- Country
- United States
- Founded
- 1924
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, Georgia, US
- Chief executive
- Ed Bastian
- Ownership
- Public (NYSE: DAL)
- Employees
- 100,000 (2024)
Fleet
| Aircraft type | Count |
|---|---|
| Boeing 717-200 | 80 |
| Boeing 737-800 | 77 |
| Boeing 737-900ER | 163 |
| Boeing 757-200 | 100 |
| Boeing 757-300 | 16 |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 47 |
| Boeing 767-400ER | 21 |
| Airbus A220-100 | 45 |
| Airbus A220-300 | 36 |
| Airbus A319-100 | 57 |
| Airbus A320-200 | 56 |
| Airbus A321-200 | 127 |
| Airbus A321neo | 60 |
| Airbus A330-200 | 11 |
| Airbus A330-300 | 31 |
| Airbus A330-900 | 31 |
| Airbus A350-900 | 27 |
Hubs & focus cities
A hub is the carrier's primary connecting base; a focus city is a smaller market with concentrated point-to-point service. Codes link to per-airport profiles when available.
Ownership & financials
Network
Route network: 300+ destinations.
Per-route passenger volumes from US DOT BTS T-100 segment data are a planned upgrade to this block.
Loyalty program
Program: SkyMiles
Notable history
Traces to Huff Daland Dusters, an Atlanta-area crop-dusting operation founded in 1924; began passenger service in 1929. Named after the Mississippi Delta region. Took over Northwest Airlines in 2008 to become the largest airline in the world by revenue and traffic at the time. Notable for being the only US legacy carrier to avoid Chapter 11 in the 2000s consolidation wave (filed in 2005, emerged in 2007). Anchor of the SkyTeam alliance and a significant minority shareholder in Aeroméxico, Air France-KLM, Korean Air, LATAM, and Virgin Atlantic.
About this profile
Reference data (codes, headquarters, founding year, alliance, ownership) is curated from each carrier's own published materials, the US DOT BTS Form 41 filings, and SEC filings for publicly-listed carriers. Fleet rosters reflect the active in-service fleet at the time of the most recent data refresh; aircraft on order are not counted toward fleet totals. Average fleet age is calculated from the same active fleet.
Hubs and focus cities are sourced from the carrier's own destinations or about pages. Loyalty program partner lists are drawn from each program's published partner roster.
This profile is re-verified on a recurring monthly cadence aligned to the US DOT BTS Form 41 release schedule.