A merger announced on Monday between Delta Air Lines, the No. 3 US carrier, and Northwest Airlines, No. 5, would create the world's largest airline by traffic and could kick-start long-expected consolidation in the US airline industry.
Following are key data for Delta and Northwest, for the full-year 2007.
DELTA AIR LINES
Headquarters: Atlanta
Hubs: Atlanta, Cincinnati, New York, Salt Lake City
Passenger traffic: 122 billion RPMs
Revenue: USD$19.1 billion
Operating profit: USD$1.1 billion
Net profit: USD$1.6 billion
Employees: 55,044
Fleet: 578 planes, including 90 CRJ-100 regional jets, 133 Boeing 757s and 117 MD-88s.
Major alliances: SkyTeam, which includes Air France-KLM, Northwest and Continental Airlines.
Reach: Delta and Delta Connection flies to 306 destinations in 58 countries. The carrier is especially strong in the eastern United States and on trans-Atlantic routes.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
Headquarters: Eagan, Minnesota
Hubs: Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis
Passenger traffic: 78 billion RPMs
Revenue: USD$12.5 billion
Operating profit: USD$1.1 billion
Net income: USD$2.1 billion
Employees: 31,000
Fleet: 515 aircraft, including Boeing 747s, and 757s, McDonnell-Douglas DC-9s and Airbus A330s, A320s, A319s.
Major alliances: SkyTeam, which includes Delta, Continental, Air France-KLM.
Reach: Northwest is especially strong in the upper Midwest in Minnesota and Michigan. Internationally, Northwest has a very strong presence on Asia/Pacific routes.
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