Delta Express
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| Delta Express | ||
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| IATA DL |
ICAO DAL |
Callsign Delta |
| Founded | 1996 | |
| Ceased operations | 2003 (replaced by Song) | |
| Hubs | Orlando International Airport | |
| Focus cities | John F. Kennedy International Airport Logan International Airport |
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| Frequent flyer program | Skymiles | |
| Member lounge | Crown Room Club | |
| Alliance | SkyTeam | |
| Fleet size | ||
| Destinations | 20 | |
| Parent company | Delta Air Lines Inc. | |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Key people | ||
| Website: http://www.flydlx.com/ | ||
Delta Express was a no-frills brand owned and operated by Delta Air Lines from 1996 to 2003.
Delta Express was based out of Orlando International Airport, and focused on leisure routes between Florida and the northeast United States, as well as certain parts of the Midwest. It primarily competed with low-cost brands such as Continental Lite and US Airways' MetroJet, and low-cost carriers such as Southwest Airlines and in the final years of its operation, JetBlue Airways.
The Delta Express fleet consisted of one aircraft type, the Boeing 737-200, in an all coach class configuration. No in-flight entertainment or meal service was offered.
Delta Express was replaced in 2003 by Song, a new low-fare brand that Delta introduced, which has since also been dismantled.
[edit] Destinations
Delta Express flew to as many as 31 domestic destinations in 18 states which included Albany, Providence, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Hartford, St Louis, Milwaukee, Austin, Oklahoma City, Cleveland, Boston, Detroit, New York (JFK & LGA) to Cities like Orlando, Tampa, Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers, and Fort Lauderdale.
[edit] Livery
Delta Express first livery was the 1970s "Widget" livery like its parent airline Delta Air Lines but with minor changes, it's had the Delta Express titles and its logo on the forward fuselage. In 1998 they changed its livery to one with a dark blue with red on the tip of the tail with the word Delta on it and changed the cheat line with dark blue with red on the tip of the nose. The Delta Express titles and its logo were kept the same except the Express title was red and different font. The final livery had red dark blue and light blue on the tail and the Express titles covered the whole fuselage but with the Delta and its logo was shrunk in the forward fuselage.
From 2000 to 2002 one plane was painted in a special livery of The Powerpuff Girls, a popular TV series from Cartoon Network.N310DA
[edit] See also
- Song a low-cost subsidiary of Delta from 2003 until 2006
- Delta Airlines
- Ted a low-cost subsidiary of United that started operations in 2003
