PHOTOS: Delta celebrates 100 years with gala in Atlanta

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PHOTOS: Delta celebrates 100 years with gala in Atlanta

Delta Air Lines celebrates 100 years with gala in Atlanta.

Delta Air Lines celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Delta Flight Museum. The company unveiled a new airplane livery at the party and a light show was projected on the plane. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian is on stage and toasts the customers, employees and previous leaders of the organization as Delta celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Delta Flight Museum. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Air Lines celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025, with a centennial gala at the Delta Flight Museum. Attendees entered the event through a large tunnel. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is on stage as Delta celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Delta Flight Museum. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young delivered the invocation to begin Delta Air Lines’ celebration of its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Delta Flight Museum. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Air Lines celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025, with a centennial gala at the Delta Flight Museum. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Airlines celebrates it's 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Delta Flight Museum. Congressional Representative Nikema Williams, who represents Delta’s district, addresses the crowd at the gala. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Airlines celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Delta Flight Museum. Georgia Tech President Angel Cabrera attends the celebration. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Airlines celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Delta Flight Museum. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Air Lines celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Delta Flight Museum. More than 1,200 people were expected to attend. After formal remarks, the crowd went outside for the unveiling of a new plane livery, and a lights show projected onto the plane. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Ambassador Andrew Young delivers the invocation to begin Delta Airlines’ celebration of its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Delta Flight Museum. Young participated despite his youngest daughter’s death the day before. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Air Lines celebrates it's 100-year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Delta Flight Museum. U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, who represents Delta’s district, attends the gala. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Airlines celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Delta Flight Museum. JD Grimes, a retired flight attendant catches up with friends and the gala. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Air Lines celebrates its 100-year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Delta Flight Museum. Babs Gordon, right, a flight attendant hired in 1955, recounts here first days with the company and is with her neighbor, Thom Canning-Skinner, left, also a Delta flight attendant. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Air Lines celebrates its 100-year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Delta Flight Museum. Former Mayor Shirley Franklin is with Kathy Waller, a member of the Delta board of directors. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Airlines celebrates it's 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Delta Flight Museum. Frank Blake, front row, attends the festivities. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Delta Airlines celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Delta Flight Museum. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is on stage as Delta celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Delta Flight Museum. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Delta Air Lines celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Delta Flight Museum. The company unveiled a new airplane livery at the party and a light show was projected on the plane. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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