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Delta Air Lines, Inc.

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Delta Air Lines, Inc. is an American major airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, tracing its origin to Huff Daland Dusters, a crop-dusting operation founded in Macon, Georgia in 1924 that began carrying passengers in 1929 and was renamed Delta Air Service. It is one of the largest airlines in the world by passengers carried, operating a hub network centered on Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance.

Facts
Company Type
Major airline 2
Founded Year
1925 2
Founded Year
1929 1
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia, United States 2
Size Band
100,000 or More 3
Listing
NYSE 4
Status
Active 4
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Public 1
Company Type (category)
Airline 2
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Airline Industry, Industries

A major airline; classified in the atlas airline-industry.

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United States

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Source Delta Air Lines (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, operating nine hubs, with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being its largest in terms of total passengers and number of departures.
Sources
1. Wikidata: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  • Wikidata Q188920, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q188920 P571 (w-bbfill-business4-0926 knownqid fetch)
  • Wikidata Q188920 P31=Q891723 (public) (w-bbfill-business4-0926 knownqid fetch)
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2. Delta Air Lines (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, Founded field
    March 2, 1925; 101 years ago (1925-03-02) as Huff Daland Dusters
  • Lead section, first sentence
    Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States
  • Infobox, Headquarters field
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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3. StockAnalysis.com: StockAnalysis company profile for Delta Air Lines, Inc.
StockAnalysis.comCompany profile: Employees
Quote, Company profile: Employees
Employees 103,000
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4. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR): SEC EDGAR submissions for DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)
  • exchanges
    "exchanges": [ "NYSE" ]
  • tickers
    "tickers": [ "DAL" ]
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