A resolution commemorating the centennial of Delta Air Lines.

Bill: 119-sres-125
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2025-03-12
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1716)

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution commemorates the centennial of Delta Air Lines.</p>

tv_txt: III 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 125 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2025 Mr. Ossoff (for himself, Mr. Curtis , Mr. Warnock , and Mr. Lee ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Commemorating the centennial of Delta Air Lines.

Whereas, on March 2, 2025, Delta Air Lines turns 100 years old, becoming the first United States airline to reach the centenarian milestone; Whereas Delta Air Lines was founded on March 2, 1925, as Huff Daland Dusters—the world’s first aerial crop-dusting company; Whereas Delta Air Service and the airline’s first flights took off 4 years later; Whereas, in 2025, Delta Air Lines's team of 100,000 people supports up to 5,000 daily flights serving more than 200,000,000 travelers per year; Whereas Delta Air Lines maintains hubs from coast to coast, including in Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Washington, California, Michigan, Minnesota, and Utah; Whereas, with thousands of peak-day departures to more than 290 global destinations on 6 continents, Delta Air Lines connects millions of people around the globe to and through the United States daily and helps keep the United States a top country for business and the economy of the United States strong; Whereas, for the past 100 years, the mission of Delta Air Lines to connect the world has included a commitment to being a strong partner in the communities where its people live, work, and serve; and Whereas, in 2025, Delta was named North America’s most on-time airline by Cirium, the Top United States Airline by the Wall Street Journal, the World’s Most Admired Airline by Fortune, and the top-ranked airline on Time’s inaugural World’s Best Companies List: Now, therefore be it

That the Senate— (1) recognizes Delta Air Lines for 100 years of connecting people to the world and to each other; and (2) commemorates the centennial of Delta Air Lines.