Delta in Atlanta facts
On June 12,1930, Delta Air Lines started service with a Travel Air S-6000-B with five passengers to Atlanta International Airport (ATL) from Birmingham, Alabama. At the time, the ticket would only cost your $9.80 (which is about $150 in today's dollars). Delta moved their headquarters to Atlanta in 1941 and has been there since. During their time in Atlanta, they have met a lot of milestones:
• Early pioneer of the hub-and-spoke air traffic system, starting in Atlanta.
• First jet service in Atlanta (to New York on September 18, 1959).* First service to Europe from Atlanta in 1964, in interchange operations with Pan Am. (Pan Am crews flew the international segments).
• First nonstop service from Atlanta to California (1961).
• First nonstop trans-Atlantic service from Atlanta (to London-Gatwick in April 1978).
• First airline in the world to board one million passengers in one city in one month (in Atlanta in August 1979).
• First airline to board 2 million passengers in one city in one month (in Atlanta in 1997).
• First commercial flight to land on the new fifth runway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, hailed as "The Most Important Runway in America" when it opened (May 27, 2006).
