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Delta Air Lines

LC control no.n 85135774
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingDelta Air Lines
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Variant(s)Delta Air Lines, inc.
Delta Airlines
See alsoPredecessor: Delta Air Corporation
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Mergee: Chicago and Southern Air Lines
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedAtlanta (Ga.)
Found inCearley, G.W. The Delta family history, c1985: t.p. (Delta Air Lines)
LC data base, 1/6/86 (hdg.: Delta Air Lines, inc.; usage: Delta Air Lines)
NUCMC data from Atlanta Historical Society for Atlanta Airport/Hanger One collection, 1920-1980 (Delta Airlines)
Delta Flight Museum website, viewed 25 February 2021: Founding (Delta; incorporation as Huff Daland Dusters on 2 March 1925; purchased by C. E. Woolman and Travis Oliver and reincorporated as Delta Air Service on 3 December 1928; following purchase of Southern Air Fast Express, reincorporated as Delta Air Corporation in Louisiana; began doing business as Delta Air Lines in 1934 and officially renamed Delta Air Lines in 1945; merged with Chicago and Southern Air Lines in 1953)
   <https://www.deltamuseum.org/>
Delta website, viewed 25 February 2021: Fact sheet. Corporate stats and facts (Delta Air Lines; airline industry; headquarters: Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A.)
   <https://news.delta.com/>
Not found inDavies, R.E.G. Airlines of the United States since 1914, 1972: p. 341 (Chicago and Southern Air Lines ... merged with Delta Air Lines, 1 May 1953); Delta Air Corporation. Annual report, 1944: t.p. (Delta Air Corporation)