Delta Air Lines
us trunk, major size, US.
- Ownership
- private
- Starting fleet
- 24 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced, 12 x Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, 42 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, 6 x Douglas DC-8 Super 61
- Bases
- ATL
- Starting routes
- ATL-DFW, ATL-ORD, ATL-MIA, ATL-LGA, ATL-LAX, ATL-BOS, ATL-JFK, ATL-MEM, ATL-STL, ATL-PIT, ATL-DCA, ATL-IAH, ATL-MSP, DFW-HOU, DFW-LAX
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified)
Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: Atlanta page: Delta was early to adopt the hub and spoke with Atlanta as the hub between the Midwest and Florida; Eastern was bigger until deregulation. ATA May 1980 fleet: 727 120, DC-8 13, DC-9 42, L-1011 31 (exact). Routes and finance are estimates.