Delta Airlines Early 20th Century

Early 20th Century

Huff Daland in Macon, GA created the roots of future Delta Air Lines in crop-dusting business in 1924. This rapidly growing operation extended all way Northwest to Arkansas and down to South America. In 1928 C.E Woolman decides to buy the business, renaming it to Delta Air Service after the Mississippi Delta region. The very next year airline started operating their first passenger flights in Mississippi and Texas using Travel Air S-6000B aircraft. (Delta Air Lines, INC, 2016)

World War II and Early 50’s

Airline’s headquarters move to Atlanta, introducing DC-2 and DC-3 aircraft. In the effort to support the war Delta modified over 1,000 aircraft, trained Army pilots and mechanics. By the end of 1945 they officially named

At the time the aviation industry wasn’t as successful for other airlines as it was for Delta. Being a good financial analyst Delta decides to merge with a few other less fortunate companies and take over their routes. From late 1960s to early 1990s Delta acquired Northeast and Western airlines and took over the transatlantic routes of a bankrupt Pan Am airline, which helped to dominate service across Atlantic. (Delta Air Lines, INC,

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