- The oldest U.S.-based carrier still in operation is Delta
- Delta’s triangle-shaped logo is known as “the widget”
- Originally created as Huff Daland Dusters, Inc., an aerial crop dusting operation, in 1924, the airline was sold and renamed Delta Air Service in 1928
- Delta is the official airline of the Grammy Awards
- On Delta’s first passenger flight in 1929 the single passenger sat in a chair placed in the bin where the pesticide was normally kept
- Delta is the only U.S. carrier serving Bangkok, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Moscow, and Prague
- In 1995, Delta was the first airline to ban smoking on all flights and in 2007 the first airline with an on-board recycling program
