For those unfamiliar with the US commercial aviation industry, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is one of the largest and most important carriers in the United States. The airline operates a legacy business model, meaning that it primarily caters to passengers traveling for business between cities across the United States and the world, and efficiently connects them through its major hubs. The airline has a total of nine different operational hubs, with the largest of these being Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) .
Get all the latest aviation news from Simple Flying! The airline, alongside its regional subsidiaries and contracting partners which operate under the brand name Delta Connection, operates more than 5,400 daily flights from these hubs and serves more than 320 different destinations across 52 countries on six different continents. It is fairly safe to say that Delta's reach is both extensive and impressive. The airline's reach grows even further when one considers the network of its SkyTeam alliance partner carriers, which offer Delta passengers efficient connections to global destinations .
The carrier today is the oldest airline still operating in the United States today, and it stands out as the seventh-oldest airline operating worldwide. Despite not transporting the most annual passengers or having the highest scheduled seat capacity (those honors go to rival American Airlines), Delta does rank as the world's largest airline on a few different .
