Delta Air Lines, Inc., typically referred to as Delta, is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier. One of the world’s oldest airlines in operation, Delta is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline, along with its subsidiaries and regional affiliates, including Delta Connection, operates over 5,400 flights daily and serves 325 destinations in 52 countries on six continents. Delta is a founding member of the SkyTeam airline alliance.
Delta has nine hubs, with Atlanta being its largest in terms of total passengers and number of departures. It is ranked second among the world’s largest airlines by the number of scheduled passengers carried, revenue passenger kilometers flown, and fleet size. It is ranked 69th on the Fortune 500. The company slogan is “Keep Climbing.”
The WalletHub ‘s website analyzed 16 metrics across the following four categories using 2021 U.S. Transportation Department data on the nine largest U.S. airlines and two regional carriers: baggage, departures, and complaints; animal incidents; in-flight comfort and cost; and safety. Delta had the lowest rate of cancelations, delays, mishandled luggage, and denied boardings, according to the report.
The Wall Street Journal named Delta the best U.S. airline of 2021 earlier this year in its annual Airline Scorecard, a ranking of major U.S. airlines.
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