Find Delta airlines route maps for Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and the United States at: http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations/plan_flight/destinations/download_route_maps/index.jsp. Just download the pdf map of the area you are interested in. Delta Airlines also provides a sync to smart phones that automatically sends the newest versions of their flight schedules. The
. Delta Airlines website also offers a way for customers to plan a "Round the World Journey" using the Round the World Planner. Go to http://www.skyteam.com/en/your-trip/Round-the-World-Planner/ to plan a Round the World itinerary with Delta and its 15 member airlines. Delta airline route maps and other airline details can be compared to competitor airline route maps at www.skyscanner.com/airline/delta-dl/airline...route-map.html. The Huff Daland Dusters crop-dusting operation, which formed the roots for Delta, was founded in Macon, Georgia in 1924. This was the first commercial agricultural flying company in existence. By 1940, Delta added flight attendants, called "stewardesses," to the flight crews. During this period, Delta started offering night service and they pioneered the use of the hub and spoke system; scheduled airplanes brought passengers to a hub airport where the travelers could connect to other Delta flights. During the 1950s, radar was installed in noses of all Delta aircraft, and Delta was the first airline to launch Douglas DC-8 jet service. The red, white, and blue triangle "widget" became Delta's logo, resembling the swept-wing appearance of a jet. In 2009, Delta celebrated 80 years of passenger service. The airline announced an expanded trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM. At this point, Delta became the only U.S. airline to serve six continents with introduction of nonstop flights between Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia. The decade also saw Delta's complete integration of Northwest WorldPerks frequent flyer program into Delta SkyMiles, creating the world's largest loyalty program with more than 74 million members. www.delta.com http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=18&cat=39 More reference links: www.delta.com http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=18&cat=39
