History: 5 Milestones That Have Helped Shape Delta Air Lines Into The Giant It Is Today

Delta Air Lines is one of the largest airlines today and the top-ranked North American airline. Delta boasts a storied history of how it rose from being a crop dusting company to one of America’s leading airlines. Delta is one of the world’s oldest operating airlines (founded in 1925) and today operates flights to all six inhabited continents. Delta may have lived under the shadow of Pan Am for many years, but it also contributed many innovations to the airline industry. When Pan Am collapsed in 1991, Delta bought up and absorbed many of the formerly great airline’s profitable assets.