Delta Airlines was founded in the year 1924 by Huff Daland Dusters. The airline was first started by many partners collaborating together. All those who were the partners were experienced in the field of aviation. The operations and destinations of Delta Airlines increased with the demand to travel faster than other means of transportation. The initial flight models of the Delta Airlines were the Lockheed that could carry limited amount of passengers. With the increase in passenger number, there were newer fleets acquired by the airline. At first there were only domestic destinations but it later extended its services to the international destinations as well. The Delta Airlines hubs are Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Salt Lake City International Airport and the New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Among them the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been found to be one of the busiest airports or hubs in the world.
| Delta Airlines fleets are all Boeing fleets and the airlines are on an expansion plan so there are more fleets that have been ordered in order to meet the demand. The old aircrafts were retired and new ones were acquired in order to give the passengers more comfort and value for money. The fleets of Delta Airlines includes 71Boeing 737-800, 133 Boeing 757-200, 59 Boeing 767-300ER, 21Boeing 767-400ER, 21 Boeing 767-300, 8 Boeing 777-200ER, 117 McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and 16 McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30. All the flights have various categories of seating. Many flights especially those that are short distance flights have no such categories but there are such division as the economy class and the first class in the long haul flights of the airline.
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There are over 1600 Delta Airlines flights daily that operates in and out of United States to destinations within the country and many outside it. There are flights that are to destination daily with much frequency depending on the demand for the route. It has been estimated that the Delta Airlines flies to more than 50 countries.
Destinations like Bangkok, Seoul and Hong Kong from the cities of Los Angeles and Portland have been stopped and many other routes too have been stopped for infrastructural and change in routes. Many future destinations are planned too by the Delta Airlines. The total number of Delta destinations are over 300. It is the largest carrier of passengers to Africa from the United States. The frequent flier program of Delta Airlines are known as SkyMiles.
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