Delta Air Lines

Headquarters:
1030 Delta Boulevard
Atlanta, GA 30320
Employees: 78,392
CEO: Richard Anderson
Stock Symbol: DAL

Website: http://www.delta.com

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Delta Air Lines serves more than 160 million customers each year. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 357 destinations in 67 countries on six continents.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance. Delta participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 13,000 daily flights, with hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita.

In 2011, Delta had total revenues of $35.1 billion, an 11% increase, and net income of $1.2 billion.

The airline reported a passenger load factor of 82.1% for 2011, down slightly from 83.0% in 2010. The company has a total of 775 planes in service. Most of the planes it flies are Boeing 757s and McDonell-Douglas MD-88.

"Delta people pulled together in 2011 to produce a solid profit, strong cash generation, and the best operational performance in the industry for our customers. I want to thank them for their hard work through a challenging year and congratulate them on earning $264 million in profit sharing and $60 million in Shared Rewards for their exceptional performance," said Richard Anderson, Delta's chief executive officer. "Looking forward to 2012, we will continue our commitment to sustained profitability and superior returns by growing and diversifying our revenues, while taking a disciplined approach to capacity, costs and capital spending."

Delta plans to refurbish and expand the international terminal in New York's JFK Airport at the cost of over $1.2 billion. The terminal should be completed by 2013.

Delta also reached a slot trade agreement with USAirways at LaGuardia Airport in NY which will give the airline 250 daily flights by this summer.

History

Delta traces its roots back to 1924, when Huff Daland Dusters was founded as the world's first aerial crop dusting organization. In 1928 the company became Delta Air Service. On June 17, 1929, Delta inaugurated airline service with the first passenger flights over a route stretching from Dallas, TX to Jackson, MS, via Shreveport and Monroe, LA. In 1941, the company moved its headquarters from Monroe to Atlanta, GA.

The company filed for bankruptcy in 2005 due to heavy losses from high fuel costs and competition in the airline industry. The company emerged from bankruptcy on April 30, 2007.

Delta merged with Northwest Airlines in October 2008 to form the world's largest commercial airline.

Benefits

- Competitive pay.
- Worldwide travel privileges.
- Medical/dental coverage.
- A non-contributory cash balance pension plan.
- A 401(k) plan with a maximum of 2% company match.
- Life insurance coverage.
- Disability coverage.
- Vacation/holidays.
- Educational assistance reimbursement.
- Flexible spending accounts - dependent day care and health care.
- Adoption reimbursement.
- Full-service credit union.

Updated January 27, 2012

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