Delta Air Lines fleet

Delta Air Lines fleet
This article is about the mainline Delta Air Lines fleet, including the historical fleets of both Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines prior to their 2009 merger. For information about the fleets of Delta's wholly owned regional subsidiaries, see the main Comair, Compass Airlines and Mesaba Airlines articles.

As of June 2011, the Delta fleet consists of more than 727 mainline aircraft and 95 regional aircraft operated by wholly owned Delta Connection carrier Comair.[1]

Prior to Delta's 2009 merger with Northwest Airlines, Delta operated an all-Boeing fleet, but incorporated Northwest's Airbus aircraft into the Delta fleet after the merger. Although, Northwest did operate some Boeing aircraft such as the 747 and 757.

The Boeing Customer Code for Delta Air Lines is 32, yielding model numbers such as 777-232LR, representing in this example a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft manufactured for Delta.[2]

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Current fleet

As of September 30, 2011 (2011 -09-30), the average age of the Delta fleet was 15.5 years excluding grounded aircraft and those operated by contract carriers. The oldest aircraft in the fleet are the McDonnell Douglas DC-9s with an average age of 33.3 years and the McDonnell Douglas MD-88s with an average age of 21.2 years.[3]

Delta operates the largest fleets of the Boeing 757, the Boeing 767, and the McDonnell Douglas MD-90 of any operators worldwide. Delta is the second largest operator of the Airbus A330, behind Cathay Pacific, and the McDonnell Douglas MD-80, behind American Airlines. It was one of the last major airlines to operate the original Boeing 737-200 models, retiring last of these aircraft in 2006.

In early 2011, Delta began to discuss narrowbody replacement plans for the DC-9's, MD-88's, older A320 and 757-200 aircraft with manufacturers Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier .[4]

On August 25, 2011, Delta announced orders for 100 Boeing 737-900ER aircraft for delivery between 2013 and 2018 as it retires older mainline jets and upgrades it fleet. The new aircraft are intended to improve the company's profitability.[5]

On October 20, 2011, Delta announced that all domestic and two class regional jets will receive Economy Comfort seats. All international aircraft already received Economy Comfort in 2010. The refurbishments will start in 2012. [5]

As of April 14, 2011, all of Delta's mainline aircraft have been painted in the new livery.

The following table represents Delta Air Lines mainline fleet in service as of November 15, 2011.

Delta Air Lines fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
F J Y+ Y Total
Airbus A319-100 2 5 26 28 0 0 54 Orders deferred
55 12 0 114 126
Airbus A320-200 69 2 16 0 0 132 148 Orders deferred. Older aircraft to be replaced by Boeing 737-900ER.
Airbus A330-200 11 — 0 32 30 181 243 All aircraft feature angled Lie-Flat BusinessElite seats with power ports.
All aircraft to get Flat-Bed seats in BusinessElite and slimline seats in Economy and Economy Comfort.
Airbus A330-300 21 — 0 34 32 232 298
Boeing 737-700 10 — 12 0 0 112 124
Boeing 737-800 73 — 16 0 0 144 160
Boeing 737-900ER — 100 TBA 180 Deliveries beginning 2013, continuing through 2018.
Replacing older Boeing 757-200 and Airbus A320 aircraft. [5]
Boeing 747-400 15 — 0 65 42 286 393 All aircraft to receive Flat-Bed BusinessElite seats and slimline seats in Y class by 2012. One aircraft stored.
0 48 328 376
Boeing 757-200 53 — 24 0 0 159 183 Largest operator of Boeing 757-200.
Selected aircraft (currently 55) to get winglets.
Older aircraft to be replaced by Boeing 737-900ER.
17 aircraft stored.
47 26 158 184
4 22 156 178
14 160 182
7 162 184
17 0 16 12 146 174
8 18 132 166
8 20 0 162 182
Boeing 757-300 16 — 24 0 0 200 224
Boeing 767-300 16 — 30 0 0 231 261
Boeing 767-300ER 43 — 0 36 31 143 210 Largest operator of the Boeing 767-300ER.
All aircraft (currently 5) to get new interiors, galleys and Flat-Bed BusinessElite seats.
All aircraft (currently 30) to get winglets.
2 aircraft stored.
5 29 208
2 34 31 208
7 30 38 142 210
Boeing 767-400ER 21 — 0 40 28 178 246 Largest operator of the Boeing 767-400ER.
All aircraft feature Flat-Bed BusinessElite seats with power ports.
Boeing 777-200ER 8 — 0 45 36 188 269 All aircraft feature Flat-Bed Business Elite seats with power ports.
Boeing 777-200LR 10 — 0 45 36 188 269
Boeing 787-8 — 18 TBA Entry into service: 2020[6]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 25 — 16 0 0 109 125 Exit from service by late 2012, to be replaced by (used) MD-90s.
McDonnell Douglas MD-88 25 — 16 0 0 133 149 All aircraft (currently 25) to receive new first class seats and forward galleys, remove aft galleys.
92 14 128 142
McDonnell Douglas MD-90 29 9 16 0 0 144 160 Largest operator of the McDonnell Douglas MD-90.
9 used aircraft ordered from Japan Airlines
20 aircraft stored.
Total 713 134

Special Liveries/Decals

Special Liveries
Registration Livery Aircraft Full/Decal
N3765 SkyTeam Boeing 737-800 Full
N638DL Jerry Thank You Note Boeing 757-200 Decal
N659DL SkyTeam Boeing 757-200 Full
N6716C Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery Boeing 757-200 Decal
N705TW SkyTeam Boeing 757-200 Full
N717TW SkyTeam Boeing 757-200 Full
N722TW SkyTeam Boeing 757-200 Full
N139DL United Way Boeing 767-300 Decal
N171DZ Habitat for Humanity Boeing 767-300ER Full
N175DZ SkyTeam Boeing 767-300ER Full
N841MH American Cancer Society Boeing 767-400ER Decal
N844MH SkyTeam Boeing 767-400ER Full
N845MH Breast Cancer Research Foundation Boeing 767-400ER Full
N701DN "The Delta Spirit" Boeing 777-200LR Decal
N702DN "The Spirit of Atlanta" Boeing 777-200LR Decal
N708DN David C. Garrett, Jr. Boeing 777-200LR Decal


Fleet gallery

Pre-merger Delta Air Lines fleet

Delta Air Lines had an all-Boeing (including McDonnell Douglas aircraft) fleet.

Retired fleet

Delta Air Lines Retired Fleet
Aircraft Year Retired Replacement
Convair CV-880 1973 Douglas DC-8-51
Douglas DC-8-51 Boeing 757-200
Boeing 747-100 1976 Lockheed L-1011
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 1977/1989* Lockheed L-1011
Douglas DC-8-71 1991 Boeing 757-200
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 1992/2010*** Boeing 737-200 (1992) and CRJ-700/CRJ900/Embraer-175/DC-9-50(2010)
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-40 2011 CRJ-700/CRJ900/Embraer-175/DC-9-50
Airbus A310-200/300[7][8] 1994/1996** Boeing 767-300ER
Lockheed L-1011 2001 Boeing 767-400ER
Boeing 727-200 2003 Boeing 737-800
Boeing 757-200
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 2004 Boeing 777-200ER (on Asian routes)
Boeing 767-400ER (on European routes)
Boeing 767-200 2006 Boeing 757-200
Boeing 767-300
Boeing 737-200 2006 McDonnell Douglas MD-88
Boeing 737-300 2006 Boeing 737-800

*Delta operated the DC-10 twice, once on lease from United before the L-1011s could be delivered, and again when Delta acquired Western Airlines in 1987.

**Delta experimented with Airbus A310 aircraft for two to three years after acquiring the planes from Pan Am. Initially Delta was impressed enough with the aircraft to order more of the same model, but these too were eventually withdrawn from service by the mid 1990s.

***Delta originally had DC-9-30s from the 1970s through 1992. However, Delta inherited a fleet of -30s in 2008 when they merged with Northwest Airlines. Delta sold some of their DC-9-30s back to McDonnell Douglas who sold them to ValuJet, forming ValuJet's initial fleet. ValuJet would eventually become Delta's main Atlanta-based rival, AirTran Airways.

Delta Air Lines and Alaska Airlines are the only surviving U.S. airlines that operated the Convair 880, still the fastest family of subsonic passenger aircraft ever, and only behind supersonic carriers such as the Concorde and the Tu-144 in speed.

Delta Air Lines fleet prior to the jet era

Up until the late 1960s, Delta Air Lines operated a fleet of propeller operated aircraft, including among others, the Convair 340, Convair 440, Curtiss C-46 Commando, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, Douglas DC-7, Fairchild Hiller FH-227, Lockheed Constellation, and Lockheed L-100 Hercules. The Curtiss C-46 Commando and Lockheed L-100 Hercules aircraft were operated as cargo aircraft.

Delta Fleet in 1960

Delta Air Lines fleet in 1960[9]
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Convair 440 28 0
Convair 880 0 10
Curtiss-Wright C-46 5 0 Freighter
Douglas DC-3 12 0 Includes Two Freighters
Douglas DC-6 12 0
Douglas DC-7 10 0
Douglas DC-7B 11 0
Douglas DC-8 6 0
Total 84 10

Delta Fleet in 1970

Delta Air Lines fleet in 1970[10]
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 747-100 0 5
Douglas DC-8-61 13 0
Douglas DC-8-50 28 0
Douglas DC-9-15 15 0
Douglas DC-9-32 53 5
Convair CV-880 16 0
Lockheed L-100 Hercules 3 0 Freighter
Lockheed Tristar 0 24
Total 128 34

Delta Fleet in 1980

Delta Air Lines fleet in 1980[11]
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 727-200 120 6
Boeing 767-200 0 20
Douglas DC-8-61 13 0
Douglas DC-9-32 41 0
Lockheed L1011-1 29 6
Lockheed L-1011-500 2 1
Total 205 33

Delta Fleet in 1990

Delta Air Lines fleet in 1990[12]
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 727-200 130 0
Boeing 737-200 61 0
Boeing 737-300 13 0
Boeing 757-200 41 22
Boeing 767-200 15 0
Boeing 767-300 15 1
Boeing 767-300ER 0 9
Douglas DC-8-71 5 0
Douglas DC-9-32 36 0
Douglas DC-10-10 3 0
Lockheed L1011-1 22 0
Lockheed L1011-100 1 0
Lockheed L1011-250 6 0
Lockheed L-1011-500 10 0
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 0 9
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 8 0
McDonnell Douglas MD-88 23 34
Total 389 75

Delta Fleet in 2000

Delta Air Lines fleet in 2000[13]
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 727-200 Adv 102 0
Boeing 737-200 Adv 54 0
Boeing 737-300 26 0
Boeing 737-800 27 105
Boeing 757-200 114 7
Boeing 767-200 15 0
Boeing 767-300 28 0
Boeing 767-300ER 58 1
Boeing 767-400ER 1 20
Lockheed L1011-1 25 0
Lockheed L1011-200 1 0
Lockheed L1011-250 6 0
Lockheed L-1011-500 15 0
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 15 0
McDonnell Douglas MD-88 120 0
McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 16 0
Total 630 139

Pre-merger Northwest Airlines fleet

Northwest, unlike Delta, operated a mixed fleet of Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Airbus aircraft. The Northwest fleet was integrated into Delta's fleet on December 31, 2009.

The Boeing 757 was the only type common to the pre-merger fleets of both Delta and Northwest.

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Retired Northwest Airlines fleet

Northwest Airlines Retired Fleet
Aircraft Year Retired Replacement Notes
Boeing 727-100 1991 McDonnell Douglas DC-9
Boeing 727-200 2003 Airbus A320
Boeing 747-100 2000 Boeing 747-400
Boeing 747-200 2009 Airbus A330 Family Passenger retired 2007, charter retired 2009
Boeing 747-200F 2009 None Cargo fleet
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 2005 Airbus A319
McDonnell Douglas MD-80 1999 Airbus A320 Acquired during merger with Republic Airlines
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 2007 Airbus A330 Family Sold to ATA Airlines and Omni Air International
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 2002 Boeing 757-300

NWA Fleet in 1960

Northwest Orient Airlines fleet in 1960[14]
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 377 8 0
Douglas DC-3 4 0
Douglas DC-6A 7 0
Douglas DC-6B 17 0
Douglas DC-7C 17 0
Douglas DC-8 0 5
Lockheed L-188 0 18
Total 53 23

NWA Fleet in 1970

Northwest Orient Airlines fleet in 1970[15]
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 707-300B 10 0
Boeing 707-300C 26 0
Boeing 720B 16 0
Boeing 727-100 30 0
Boeing 727-200 34 0
Boeing 747-100 0 15
Boeing 2707 0 0 6 Options
Douglas DC-10-20 0 14
Total 116 29

NWA Fleet in 1980

Northwest Airlines fleet in 1980[16]
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 727-100 4 0
Boeing 727-100C 12 0
Boeing 727-200 46 4
Boeing 747-100 12 0
Boeing 747-200B 11 1
Boeing 747-200F 4 1
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 22 0
Total 111 6

NWA Fleet in 1990

Northwest Airlines fleet in 1990[17]
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Airbus A320-200 6 19
Airbus A330 0 16
Airbus A340 0 20
Boeing 727-100 9 0
Boeing 727-200 62 0
Boeing 747-100 12 0
Boeing 747-200B 20 0
Boeing 747-200F 8 0
Boeing 747-400 6 10
Boeing 757-200 33 40
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 20 0
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 77 0
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 28 0
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 20 0
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 8 0
Total 323 105

NWA Fleet in 2000

Northwest Airlines fleet in 2000[18]
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Airbus A319-100 12 56 82 Options
Airbus A320-200 70 12
Airbus A330-300 0 16
Boeing 727-200 Adv 31 0
Boeing 747-100 1 0
Boeing 747-200B 21 0
Boeing 747-200F 10 0
Boeing 747-400 14 0
Boeing 757-200 48 25
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 10 0
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 115 0
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-40 12 0
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 35 0
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 22 0
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 21 0
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 8 0
Total 430 109

NWA Cargo

A NWA Cargo Boeing 747-200F at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Alaska. (2008)

As of 2006, NWA Cargo was the largest cargo carrier among U.S. combination passenger and cargo airlines. NWA Cargo’s fleet of 15 dedicated Boeing 747 freighter aircraft flew from key cities throughout the United States and Asia and connected the carrier’s cargo hub in Anchorage, Alaska (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport), facilitating the quick transfer of cargo between large cities on both sides of the Pacific. NWA Cargo also transported freight aboard the passenger fleet of Northwest Airlines to more than 250 cities worldwide.

As of early 2008, NWA's largest cargo client was DHL International. In December 2007, NWA announced that DHL International would terminate its cargo agreement with the airline effective late 2008. According to NWA Chief Financial Officer Dave Davis, the loss of its largest cargo client would bring significant changes to the division.[19]

NWA Cargo served airports and routes not served by the passenger operation — the last U.S. carrier to maintain a separate fleet and route network exclusively for cargo. Such cargo-only cities on NWA's route map included Wilmington, Ohio, and cargo only routes included Chicago, Illinois to Anchorage, Alaska.

On April 21, 2009, Delta announced they were grounding 14 of their Boeing 747-200 freighter aircraft on December 31, 2009. The last flight of a dedicated cargo aircraft was December 26, 2009.

NWA Cargo Fleet
Aircraft Total Routes Notes
Boeing 747-200F 15 Freight Operating as NWA Cargo

See also


References

Notes

  1. ^ "Stats & Facts". news.delta.com. Delta Air Lines, Inc. 01 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-01-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5vlKrBtIJ. Retrieved 2011-01-15. "Aircraft in Fleet: Mainline: 730, Regional: 225" 
  2. ^ Pither 1998, p. 410
  3. ^ "Aircraft Fleet". delta.com. Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2011-03-19. http://www.delta.com/about_delta/corporate_information/delta_stats_facts/aircraft_fleet/index.jsp. Retrieved 2011-05-12. 
  4. ^ Ranson, Lori (2011-12-17). "Delta prepares for full narrowbody analysis in early 2011". flightglobal.com. Reed Business Information. Archived from the original on 2011-01-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5vlN8ScN7. Retrieved 2011-01-15. "...Delta president Ed Bastian said: "We clearly need to get the DC-9s retired. We clearly need to start to build a replenishment strategy for our older MD-88s and some of our Airbus narrow bodies as well as the [Boeing] 757-200s." 
  5. ^ a b c [1]
  6. ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Delta-defers-787-deliveries-apf-112550709.html?x=0&.v=1
  7. ^ "COMPANY NEWS; Pratt Engines Are Selected For Delta's Big Airbus Order." The New York Times.
  8. ^ "Orders & Deliveries." Airbus.
  9. ^ Flight International 8 April 1960
  10. ^ Flight International 26 March 1970
  11. ^ Flight International 23 August 1980
  12. ^ Flight International 20 March 1990
  13. ^ Flight International 29 August 2000
  14. ^ Flight International 8 April 1960
  15. ^ Flight International 26 March 1970
  16. ^ Flight International 26 July 1980
  17. ^ Flight International 20 March 1990
  18. ^ Flight International 20 March 2000
  19. ^ NWA weighs cargo options after DHL (The Detroit News, December 5, 2007)

Bibliography

  • Pither, Tony (1998). The Boeing 707 720 and C-135. England: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0 85130 236 X. 
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