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SUMMARY
Description: Information on location and
disposition of delayed baggage
HISTORY
1924: started as Huff Daland Dusters crop-dusting
operation founded in Macon, Ga which was the first
commercial agricultural flying company.
1925: Huff Daland's 18 planes are the largest
privately owned fleet in the world. Operations range
south to Florida, north to Arkansas, and west to
California and Mexico.
1928: Renamed Delta Air Service for the Mississippi
Delta region it served.
1929: operates first passenger flights over route
stretching from Dallas, Texas to Jackson, Miss., via
Shreveport and Monroe, La. Travel Air S-6000B
airplanes carry five passengers and one pilot.
1953: Chicago and Southern Air Lines merger brings
HISTORY
1979: celebrates its 50th year of service; begins flights to
Frankfurt, West Germany. Delta is the first airline in the
world to board one million passengers in one city in one
month (Atlanta in the month of August).
1988: opens operations in Asia.
1991: purchases substantially all of Pan Am's transAtlantic routes and the Pan Am Shuttle, making this the
largest acquisition of flights in airline history. Delta
becomes a global carrier.
2006: Service to more destinations than any global airline
with 124 new nonstop routes and 41 destinations. Delta is
National Safety Council's 2006 Occupational Industry
Leaderthe first airline recognized. J.D. Power Customer
Satisfaction Survey ranks Delta second of the network
carriers in overall customer service.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Fiscal Year Ends: December 31st
Quarter Ends:
(1) March 31, (2) June 30, (3) September 30, (4) December 30