Delta Airlines

Delta Air Lines, known as Delta worldwide is an American airline. With its headquarters in Atlanta, Delta Airlines is largest airline of the world with its flights flying to Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America, Australia and the Caribbean. It is the only American carrier that offers flights to Africa.

Delta Airlines along with its subsidiaries covers over 350 destinations in about 70 countries in six continents and serves over 160 million customers every year. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates with Air France KLM, the leading trans-Atlantic joint venture in the airline industry.

With its hubs in Atlanta, Amsterdam, Detroit, Cincinnati, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Memphis, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City, Paris and Tokyo, Delta and its subsidiaries offers more than 16,000 daily flights to passengers. Delta Airlines flights to India can be easily booked on MakeMyTrip.com.

Fleet

More than 70,000 employees are working with Delta worldwide and its fleet consists of almost 800 airplanes. Delta Airlines fleet comprises of Boeing 737 – 700 (7), Boeing 757 – 200 (131), Boeing 767 – 300ER (57), Boeing 737 – 800 (71), Boeing 777 – 200ER (8), Boeing 767 – 300 (16), Boeing 777 – 200LR (8), Boeing 767 – 400ER (21), McDonnell Douglas MD-90 (16) and McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (116). The airlines have a biggest fleet of Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 airplanes and second largest fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-88 airplane after American Airlines.

Awards and Recognitions

The frequent flyer programme of Delta called as SkyMiles, has been declared as the ‘Best Frequent Flyer Program’ in Business Travel Awards in 2006. It was also awarded the world’s largest airline loyalty program.