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Delta Shuttle began introducing new Boeing 737-800 aircraft in August 2000 to replace its fleet of Boeing 727s. Delivered over the course of six months, the sixteen new aircraft were 90 percent quieter and 35 to 40 percent more fuel efficient than the Boeing 727s and afforded passengers laptop power ports and an industry-leading 36 inches of ...
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 ...
The list of Boeing 737 operators and owners lists both former and current operators of the aircraft. Southwest Airlines is the largest Boeing 737 operator This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
The airline purchased 29 used Boeing 737-900ER aircraft in July 2021 [16] and also agreed to purchase 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft in 2022. [citation needed] As a result of the fleet renewal, Delta was able to retire its McDonnell Douglas MD-88/MD-90, [17] Boeing 777, [18] and Boeing 737-700 fleets in 2020. [19]
Delta Connection was founded in 1984 [5] as a means of expanding the Delta network to smaller markets via partnerships with regional airlines.. Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) began Delta Connection service on March 1, 1984, from their hub at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and soon had a substantial presence at Delta's hub at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
Delta, along with its regional subsidiaries and contractors operating under the brand name Delta Connection, operate over 5,400 flights daily and serve 325 destinations in 52 countries on six continents. [8] [9] Delta is a founding member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. [9] As of the end of 2023, it had 100,000 employees. [10]
Delta Express Boeing 737 (2001). Delta Express aircraft bore the same primary liveries as parent company Delta Air Lines, albeit with minor changes.Aircraft initially wore Delta's 1970s-era "Widget" livery, with "Delta" in dark blue and "Express" in light blue and in a revised typeface that would appear on Delta's new branding in 1997.
On the evening of Friday, February 1, 1991, USAir Flight 1493, a Boeing 737-300, collided with SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569, a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner turboprop aircraft, upon landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).