The Delta Family represents the people, heritage and achievements of more than 40 affiliated airlines and 100 years of aviation history.
Did you know Delta's early international destinations came from its first airline merger in 1953? Learn more pioneering achievements of Delta's family of airlines.
Brought Delta's first international routes to the Caribbean and Venezuela in 1953.
Boston-based Northeast extended Delta's East Coast services from Canada to the Caribbean in 1972.
Western was the oldest continuously operating airline in the U.S. when it merged with Delta in 1987.
Delta acquired Pan Am's trans-Atlantic and shuttle routes in 1991.
Northwest carried the most customers across the Pacific and was a top cargo carrier in the U.S. in 2008..
