United States · Commercial / Private · Formed 2 March 1925
The Atlanta-based US airline that began as a crop-dusting company in 1925 and is now one of the largest in the world.
Delta began as Huff Daland Dusters, founded on 2 March 1925 as the world's first aerial crop-dusting operation. Delta Air Service was incorporated on 3 December 1928, named after the Mississippi Delta region, and flew its first passenger service, from Dallas to Jackson, Mississippi, on 17 June 1929.
Delta has been headquartered in Atlanta since 1941, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International is its largest hub. It merged with Northwest Airlines in a deal announced on 14 April 2008 and completed on 29 October 2008, and the two operating certificates were combined on 31 December 2009. Delta was a founding member of SkyTeam and operates the world's largest passenger fleets of the Boeing 717, 757 and 767 and the Airbus A220 and A330.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
