FlightSafe Airline Details - Delta Air Lines

DAL/DL - Delta Air Lines - USA (Current)

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Basic facts
Full name	Delta Air Lines Inc
ICAO call sign	DELTA
History	Founded 1928
Ownership	Public corporation, shareholders include Singapore Airlines (3%) and, previously, Swissair - now defunct - 4.5%. Merger with Northwest Airlines under discussion Feb-08 and intention to merge announced Apr-08. Merger effective Oct-08 and completed Dec-09. Scores combined from Feb-10.
Classification	International & domestic scheduled passenger & cargo airline
Main operating base	Atlanta Hartsfield (ATL)
Destinations served	North America & Europe
Strategic alliances	Full member of SkyTeam alliance.
Subsidiaries	Atlantic Southeast (100% - now merged into ExpressJet Airlines), Comair Inc (100%), Skywest Airlines (15%) operating as "Delta Connection". Franchised Delta Connection services also operated by Freedom Airlines and Shuttle America. Separate low-cost operating division Song merged back into Delta Air Lines during 2006. Operation also included low-cost "Delta Shuttle" branded flights.
Code-shares	Operates extensive code-share services with Aeromexico, Air France, Air Jamaica, CSA Czech Airlines, Finnair, Malev (no longer operating), South African Airways, TAP Portugal and Austrian Arrows/Tyrolean Airlines.
Chief executive	Mr. Richard Anderson
Address	1030 Delta Boulevard, Hartsfield Atlanta Intl Airport, Atlanta, GA 30354, USA
Telephone	+1 (404) 915 2600
Fax	+1 (404) 767 8499
Website	http://www.delta.com
National regulator	US FAA
FAA IASA Classification	Country category 1
FSF Member	Yes
IATA membership	Full Member No. 006
IOSA registration	IOSA registered from Sep-06 - already reflected in scores
Known accidents	65 operational accidents since Jan-02 included for the merged airlines.
Comments	Airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sep-05 - continued to operate under the protection of the US bankruptcy court. Acquisition by US Airways proposed Nov-06 but successfully repelled. Exited bankruptcy following financial reconstruction May-05.

Updated January 2012

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Airline safety score
Study	Safety	Fleet	Fleet	ATC	Airfield	Ops	Reg	Owner	Mgt	Alliance	Airline	Overall
date	factor	age	mix	env.	env.	quality	oversight	quality	quality	quality	maturity	score
Feb-99	0.945	0.60	0.75	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.50	1.00	8.36
Jun-00	0.926	0.60	0.62	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.67	1.00	8.23
Jun-01	0.954	0.62	0.73	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	8.91
Jun-02	0.958	0.66	0.78	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	9.04
Jun-03	0.962	0.65	0.78	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	9.07
Jun-04	0.963	0.60	0.77	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	9.02
Jun-05	0.902	0.56	0.77	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	8.42
Jun-06	0.894	0.56	0.78	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	8.35
Jun-07	0.897	0.56	0.80	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	8.40
Jun-08	0.888	0.52	0.80	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	8.28
Jun-09	0.849	0.50	0.81	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	8.43
Jun-10	0.871	0.38	0.73	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	7.93
Jun-11	0.871	0.37	0.76	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	7.95
Jul-11	0.874	0.37	0.76	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	7.98
Sep-11	0.879	0.37	0.76	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	8.02
Oct-11	0.876	0.37	0.76	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	8.00
Jan-12	0.877	0.37	0.76	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	8.01
Feb-12	0.877	0.37	0.76	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	8.00

Updated February 2012

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Accident record
Date	Type	Fatalities	Serious injuries	Minor/none	Total on-board	Operation*	Class	Score
16-Aug-87 #	MD-82	156	2	4	162	DSP	Fatal	3.00*
25-Aug-87	L-1011 TriStar 1	0	0	147	147	SP	Minor	0.25*
10-Nov-87	737-200	0	1	65	66	DSP	Serious	1.00*
25-Jan-88	767-300	0	1	154	155	SP	Serious	1.00*
20-Mar-88	767-300	0	0	76	76	DSP	Minor	0.25*
11-Jul-88 #	727	0	0	93	93	SP	Minor	0.25*
26-Aug-88	767-300	0	1	64	65	SP	Serious	1.00*
31-Aug-88	727-200A	14	26	68	108	DSP	Fatal	2.50*
09-Sep-88 #	727	0	0	71	71	SP	Minor	0.25*
30-Oct-88 #	DC-9	0	0	42	42	SP	Minor	0.25*
24-May-89	727-200A	0	0	-	-	SP	Minor	0.25*
16-Jun-89	L-1011 TriStar 1	0	7	252	259	SP	Serious	1.00*
14-Oct-89	727-200A	0	0	19	19	ISP	Minor	0.25*
04-Jan-90 #	727-200A	0	0	145	145	DSP	Minor	0.25*
28-Sep-90 #	727-200	0	2	130	132	DSP	Serious	1.00*
03-Dec-90 #	727-200A	0	0	154	154	DSP	Minor	0.25*
03-Dec-90 #	DC-9-10	8	10	26	44	DSP	Fatal	2.00*
05-May-91	MD-88	0	1	101	102	DSP	Serious	1.00*
04-Jul-91	757-200	0	1	124	125	DSP	Serious	1.00*
19-Sep-91 #	747-400	0	8	307	315	ISP	Serious	1.00*
07-Jan-92	737-200A	0	0	44	44	DSP	Minor	0.25*
27-Nov-92	727-200	0	1	123	124	DSP	Serious	1.00*
23-Feb-93	757-200	0	0	191	191	DSP	Serious	1.00*
15-Mar-93	727-200	0	1	73	74	DSP	Serious	1.00*
12-Apr-93	L-1011 TriStar 250	0	0	-	-	ISP	Minor	0.25*
01-Mar-94 #	747-200B	0	0	264	264	ISP	Minor	0.25*
06-Jul-94	MD-88	2	2	138	142	DSP	Fatal	2.00*
06-Nov-94 #	757-200	0	0	123	123	DSP	Minor	0.25*
06-Jan-95	MD-88	0	1	69	70	DSP	Serious	1.00*
16-Mar-95	727-200	0	1	137	126	ISP	Serious	1.00*
24-May-95	727-200	0	0	136	136	DSP	Minor	0.25*
03-Jun-95 #	A320-200	0	0	115	115	DSP	Minor	0.25*
04-Aug-95 #	757-200	0	1	126	127	DSP	Serious	1.00*
23-Aug-95	L-1011 TriStar 1	0	0	236	236	DSP	Minor	0.25*
16-Sep-95	767-300ER	0	0	224	224	ISP	Minor	0.25*
07-Nov-95	737-200	0	1	58	59	DSP	Serious	1.00*
29-Dec-95	737-200	0	0	58	58	DSP	Minor	0.25*
04-Feb-96	757-200	0	0	46	46	DSP	Minor	0.25*
04-Feb-96	MD-88	0	0	58	58	DSP	Minor	0.25*
20-Feb-96	757-200	0	0	46	46	DSP	Minor	0.25*
06-Jul-96	MD-88	2	2	138	142	DSP	Fatal	2.00*
07-Jul-96 #	747-400	0	0	293	293	ISP	Minor	0.25*
19-Oct-96	MD-88	0	0	63	63	DSP	Minor	0.25*
27-Mar-97	L-1011 TriStar 1	0	0	202	202	ISP	Minor	0.25*
13-May-97	MDC MD-88	0	1	113	114	DSP	Serious	1.00*
26-May-97	L-1011 TriStar	0	1	223	224	DSP	Serious	1.00*
26-Jun-97	L-1011 TriStar 1	0	1	95	96	DSP	Serious	1.00*
06-Jul-97	727-200A	0	0	156	156	DSP	Minor	0.25*
07-Aug-97	L-1011 TriStar 1	0	1	304	305	DSP	Serious	1.00*
07-Dec-97 #	DC-9-50	0	1	126	127	DSP	Serious	1.00*
06-Jan-98	757-200	0	1	181	182	DSP	Serious	1.00*
04-Oct-98	767-300	0	1	145	146	ISP	Serious	1.00*
11-Oct-98	MD-88	0	0	121	121	DSP	Minor	0.25*
03-Nov-98	MD-88	0	1	112	113	DSP	Serious	1.00*
11-Nov-98	MD-11	0	0	124	124	DSP	Minor	0.25*
26-Dec-98	MD-88	0	1	49	50	DSP	Serious	1.00*
22-Feb-99	757-200	0	0	132	132	DSP	Minor	0.25*
02-Jun-99	757-200	0	0	?	?	DSP	Minor	0.25*
27-Sep-99	767-300	0	1	201	202	ISP	Serious	1.00*
27-Nov-99	727-200	0	0	73	73	DSP	Minor	0.25*
12-Feb-00	757-200	0	0	161	161	ISP	Minor	0.25*
13-Mar-00	727-200A	0	0	77	77	DSP	Minor	0.25*
11-Jul-00 #	727-200A	0	0	93	93	DSP	Minor	0.25*
20-Sep-00	767-300ER	0	3	247	250	DSP	Serious	1.00*
10-Oct-00 #	DC-10-30	0	2	202	204	ISP	Serious	1.00*
04-Nov-00	767-300ER	0	1	183	184	DSP	Serious	1.00*
27-Dec-00 #	DC-9-50	0	0	27	27	DSP	Minor	0.25*
03-Feb-01	737-800	0	0	31	31	DSP	Minor	0.25*
17-Mar-01 #	A320-200	0	0	154	154	DSP	Minor	0.25*
23-Mar-01 #	727-200	0	0	127	127	DSP	Minor	0.25*
09-Apr-01	737-800	0	0	122	122	DSP	Minor	0.25*
01-May-01 #	DC-9-30	0	0	42	42	DSP	Minor	0.25*
07-Jul-01	767-300	0	1	89	90	ISP	Serious	1.00*
11-Jul-01	757-200	0	1	99	100	DSP	Serious	1.00*
25-Jul-01 #	DC-9-50	0	1	96	97	DSP	Serious	1.00*
07-Sep-01	767-300	0	1	89	90	ISP	Serious	1.00*
24-Jan-02 #	DC-9-40	0	1	74	75	DSP	Serious	1.00*
22-Mar-02 #	DC-10	0	1	261	262	ISP	Serious	1.00
31-Mar-02	MD-11	0	5	240	245	ISP	Serious	1.00
05-Apr-02	767-300ER	0	0	199	199	ISP	Minor	0.25
15-Apr-02 #	A319-100	0	1	67	68	DSP	Serious	1.00
29-May-02	757-200	0	1	91	92	ISP	Serious	1.00
02-Jun-02	757-200	0	1	114	115	DSP	Serious	1.00
03-Jun-02 #	DC-9-30	0	0	70	70	DSP	Minor	0.25
02-Jul-02	MD-88	0	0	63	63	ISP	Minor	0.25
09-Sep-02 #	757-200	0	0	103	103	DSP	Minor	0.25
22-Sep-02 #	DC-9-30	0	0	85	85	DSP	Minor	0.25
28-Nov-02 #	A320-200	0	1	42	43	DSP	Serious	1.00
19-Jan-03 #	757-200	0	0	0	1	DSP	Minor	0.25
22-Apr-03	MD-88	0	0	61	61	DSP	Minor	0.25
22-Jun-03	757-200	0	3	171	174	DSP	Serious	1.00
22-Jul-03 #	757-200	0	1	112	113	DSP	Serious	1.00
12-Sep-03 #	DC-9-50	0	0	41	41	DSP	Minor	0.25
26-Jun-04 #	A319-100	0	0	122	122	DSP	Minor	0.25
29-Sep-04	767-200	0	1	145	146	DSP	Serious	1.00
14-Jan-05	757-200	0	0	1	1	DSP	Minor	0.25
17-Jan-05	737-200	0	0	14	14	DSP	Minor	0.25
06-Mar-05	757-200	0	1	193	194	DSP	Serious	1.00
05-May-05 #	DC-9-30	0	0	-	-	DSP	Minor	0.25
10-May-05 #	DC-9-50	0	0	99	99	DSP	Minor	0.25
10-May-05 #	A319-100	0	0	43	43	DSP	Minor	0.25
12-May-05	MD-88	0	0	98	98	DSP	Minor	0.25
24-May-05	MD-90-30	0	1	-	-	DSP	Serious	1.00
25-May-05 #	747-400	0	0	99	99	DSP	Minor	0.25
10-Jun-05 #	A319-100	0	1	126	127	DSP	Serious	1.00
11-Jul-05	767-200	0	1	186	187	DSP	Serious	1.00
19-Aug-05	747-200	0	0	334	334	ISP	Minor	0.25
29-Aug-05 #	A330-200	0	0	247	247	DSP	Minor	0.25
29-Sep-05	767-200	0	1	145	146	DSP	Serious	1.00
01-Oct-05	757-200	0	0	-	-	DSP	Minor	0.25
22-Oct-05	737-800	0	1	149	150	DSP	Serious	1.00
02-Dec-05	-	0	-	-	-	DSP	Minor	0.25
05-Jan-06	757-200	0	-	-	-	-	Minor	0.25
25-Feb-06	757-200	0	0	146	146	DSP	Minor	0.25
05-Sep-06	757-200	0	0	116	116	DSP	Minor	0.25
11-Oct-06	MD-90-30	0	0	145	145	DSP	Minor	0.25
26-Jan-07 #	DC-9-30	0	0	-	-	ISP	Minor	0.25
18-May-07 #	DC-9-30	0	0	99	99	DSP	Minor	0.25
19-May-07 #	757-200	0	1	172	173	DSP	Serious	1.00
03-Jun-07	757-200	0	1	172	173	DSP	Serious	1.00
12-Jul-07	777-200ER	0	1	250	251	DP	Serious	1.00
25-Dec-07	A330-300	0	1	294	295	ISP	Serious	1.00
09-Jan-08 #	A319-100	0	0	73	73	DSP	Minor	0.25
28-Jan-08 #	DC-9-30	0	0	-	-	DSP	Minor	0.25
03-Dec-08 #	DC-9-50	0	0	57	57	DSP	Minor	0.25
28-Dec-08 #	757-300	0	0	195	195	DSP	Minor	0.25
28-Dec-08	737-800	0	0	157	157	DSP	Minor	0.25
22-Jan-09 #	A330-300	0	3	-	-	ISP	Serious	1.00
20-Feb-09 #	747-400	0	2	420	422	ISP	Serious	1.00
28-Mar-09	MD-88	0	1	136	137	DSP	Serious	1.00
04-May-09 #	A320-200	0	0	-	-	DSP	Minor	0.25
16-May-09	757-200	0	1	188	189	ISP	Serious	1.00
20-May-09	767-300	0	1	267	268	ISP	Serious	1.00
05-Oct-09	767-300	0	1	231	232	ISP	Serious	1.00
27-Oct-09	767-400ER	0	1	11	12	SP	Serious	1.00
02-Nov-09	MD-90-30	0	0	70	70	DSP	Minor	0.25
25-Dec-09 #	A330-300	0	1	288	289	ISP	Serious	1.00
11-Mar-10	A319-100	0	1	116	117	DSP	Serious	1.00
15-Jul-10	Boeing 767-300ER	0	1	201	202	ISP	Serious	1.00
27-Feb-11	757-200	0	1	189	190	DSP	Serious	1.00
25-Apr-11	Airbus A330-300	0	1	275	276	ISP	Serious	1.00
28-May-11	MD-88	0	0	50	50	DSP	Minor	0.25
Total	65*	-	-	-	-	-	-	39.50*

Note: * All accidents up to Jan-02 are now excluded from scores.
# denotes former Northwest Airlines accidents.

Legend*:
C = Cargo - D = Domestic - F - Ferry - I = International
N = Non-scheduled - P = Passenger - S = Scheduled - T = Training

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Passenger fleet data
Type	Number	Years built	Average age	Age score	Fleet score
737-700	10	2008-2009	2.7	1.00	1.00
737-800	73	1998-2011	9.5	1.00	1.00
747-400	16	1988-2002	17.9	0.21	0.75
757-200	169	1984-2002	19.7	0.03	0.75
757-300	16	2002-2003	8.5	1.00	0.75
767-300	15	1987-1989	20.1	0.00	0.75
767-300ER	58	1992-2001	15.3	0.47	0.75
767-400ER	21	1999-2002	10.5	0.95	0.75
777-200ER/LR	18	1999-2010	7.5	1.00	0.75
A319-100	57	1999-2003	9.4	1.00	1.00
A320-200	69	1990-2003	16.2	0.38	1.00
A330-200	11	2004-2006	6.3	1.00	1.00
A330-300	21	2003-2007	6.0	1.00	1.00
DC-9-50	34	1975-1980	32.4	0.00	0.00
MD-88	117	1987-1993	21.0	0.00	0.50
MD-90-30	25	1994-2000	15.7	0.43	0.75
Total	730	1967-2010	16.3	0.37	0.76

Updated June 2011

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Other fleet data
Type	Number	Years built	Average age	Comments
737-800	11	-	-	On order
747-200B	2	1979	31.0	Parked
747-200F/SF	11	1975-1988	26.5	Parked freighters
757-200	16	1985-1995	22.6	Parked
767-300	7	1986-1990	21.0	Parked
767-300ER	6	1990-1995	18.2	Parked
CRJ-100ER/LR	12	1996-1999	13.3	Leased out
CRJ-200ER	12	2005	5.0	Leased out
CRJ-700ER	12	2002-2004	7.3	Leased out
CRJ-900	51	2007-2009	2.1	Leased out
DC-9-10	8	1966-1967	43.9	Parked
DC-9-30	32	1967-1973	41.3	Parked
DC-9-40	5	1967-1968	42.2	Parked
E-175AR	36	2007-2008	1.9	Leased out
MD-88	4	1988	22.0	Parked
Total	225	1966-2009	-	-

Updated June 2011

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Scheduled flight operations **
Average	Current	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
1,011,251*	750,048*	846,262*	848,447	848,754	939,243	1,021,034	1,062,859	1,241,135	1,296,739	1,258,003

Note: * denotes incomplete or estimated data. ** Merged airlines.

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