  delta air lines is a major united states airline based in atlanta, georgia. the airline flies to 318 destinations, across all six inhabited continents. delta operates a fleet of 764 aircraft with 4,804 flights per day. the airline has nine domestic hubs and three international hubs. == destinations == thumb|delta air lines destinations as of november 2014. year-round destinations are red, seasonal destinations are pink, & former destinations are dark grey. delta's commercial flights began on june 17, 1929 from love field in dallas, texas, to jackson, mississippi, via shreveport and monroe with three travel air six-seat monoplanes. later that year, flights to birmingham, alabama, and meridian, mississippi, were added. in 1930 delta expanded east to atlanta and west to fort worth, texas. service ended in 1930 after the "spoils conference" and the post office awarded the route to american airlines.jamil s. zainaldin of the georgia humanities council, "delta air lines", the new georgia encyclopedia (updated may 31, 2007). in august 1934, delta resumed passenger services, flying stinson trimotors, with a route from charleston, sc to fort worth, with stops in columbia, sc, augusta, atlanta, birmingham, and meridian along the way. in 1941, delta moved its headquarters from monroe to atlanta, to center itself along its new route network that now stretched to chicago, miami, and new orleans. by 1943 delta expanded its routes to cincinnati, ohio to the north, savannah to the east, and new orleans, louisiana, to the south. delta bought douglas dc-2s and dc-3s, and in 1940 added flight attendants to the crews. delta also benefited from "interchange service" agreements with twa, national airlines, and american airlines, which allowed delta aircraft to carry passengers to airports in michigan, florida, and california. in 1953 delta purchased chicago and southern air lines with access to a great lakes route system in the upper midwest and the caribbean sea.{{cite web|url=http://www.delta.com/about_delta/corporate_information/delta_stats_facts/delta_through_decades/inde
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