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Delta Air Lines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1919 words) |
 | Delta awards the annual Delta Prize for Global Understanding in conjunction with the University of Georgia. |
| Delta was one of the airlines targeted in the failed Operation Bojinka plot: the conspirators planned to bomb a Delta MD-11 flying from Seoul to Bangkok via Taipei on January 21, 1995. |
| Delta also announced that it plans on keeping the Spirit of Delta which was the first 767-200 bought by the airline's employees. |
| DELTA AIR LINES FACTS AND INFORMATION (1260 words) |
| In terms of total operating revenues, Delta is the fourth-largest airline in the world (behind Air_France-KLM, American Airlines, and United_Airlines) As of March 1, 2005, Delta and its subsidiaries served 219 destinations in 46 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as 53 international destinations in 35 countries. |
| Delta has a marketing alliance with both Continental_Airlines and Northwest_Airlines and is a founding member of, and the largest carrier in, the SkyTeam international alliance. |
| On 13_May 2005, onboard a Delta Air Lines McDonnell_Douglas_MD-88, shortly after take-off from Denver on a flight to Atlanta, a loud bang was heard and the cabin simultaneously lost pressurisation and the undercarriage could not be retracted. |
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