Company Overview
Headquarter: Atlanta, GA
Number of Employees: 83,000 (12/31/2021)
Fleet Size: 847 (657 owned +82 finance lease +108 operating lease 12/31/2021)
Departures: 4000+ daily (12/31/2021)
Founder and History
Founder: Collett Everman Woolman
Huff Daland Dusters was founded in Macon, GA, and then moved to Monroe, LA, a few months later. Huff Daland?s 18 planes were the most prominent privately-owned fleet in the world, and it provided service in the Southern and Western parts of the United States. In 1928, Woolman and local investors purchased Huff Daland Dusters? assets, and the new company was incorporated as Delta Air Service. Passenger service began in 1929, but in 1930 this service was suspended because of the lack of an airmail contract. In 1934, Delta secured an air mail contract and resumed service.