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Delta Air Lines: Resembles the swept wing appearance of a jet flying overhead. Represents the capital letter "D" of the Greek alphabet, which is delta ∆. The symbol pointed to top right or top left based on livery painting side, resemble the slogan "Onward and Upward", and recent new slogan "Keep Climbing".
Delta Air Lines aircraft parked on a taxiway at Kansas City International Airport. As of January 2025, the Delta Air Lines fleet consists of 986 mainline aircraft, making it the second largest commercial airline fleet in the world, after United Airlines. [1] [2] [3] Delta Air Lines operates a fleet manufactured by Airbus and Boeing. [4]
Uniform liveries became generally adopted by the 1950s and '60s. Before then, individual airlines, notably Aeroflot and some US carriers like Delta Air Lines, used custom liveries designed for each individual aircraft type they operated. Aeroflot abandoned the practice as late as 1974, adopting a uniform livery across its fleet.
A Boeing 727 with Delta livery similar to the one that crashed is seen in the distance to the right. Aug. 31, 1988: A closer view of a break near the front of the fuselage of Delta 1141.
Delta has launched a special flight for April's total eclipse. While it's all sold out, there are five other flights where some seats are still available.
SkyTeam launched a special livery in 2009, coinciding with the alliance's 10th anniversary, with Delta Air Lines being the first airline to paint one of its aircraft with these colours. The livery consisted of an all-metallic silver fuselage and a dark blue empennage with SkyTeam's logo on it. The alliance emblem is painted on both sides of the ...
Delta Express promoted the Cartoon Network animated television series The Powerpuff Girls by having a Boeing 737-200 painted with a special livery featuring the characters Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup on the exterior. [3] The plane's inaugural flight was held at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 17, 2000. [4]
November 10, 1946: Delta Air Lines Flight 10, a Douglas DC-3 which departed Jackson, Mississippi attempting to land at then Meridian Key Field (MEI) in a thunderstorm and winds, had a runway excursion after landing, going beyond the end of the runway and up the western slope of a ditch adjoining the highway adjacent to the airport, bouncing over a highway, and coming to rest with the nose ...