Delta Air Lines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the United States' oldest operating airline and the seventh-oldest operating worldwide. Delta, along with its subsidiaries and regional affiliates, including Delta Connection. It is one of four founding members of the SkyTeam airline alliance; the other four being Aeromexico, Air France and Korean Air.
Huff Daland Dusters[]
1925–1928[]
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Delta Air Services[]
1928–1930[]
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Delta Air Corporation[]
1930–1934[]
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In 1930, Delta reverted its logo back to the Huff Daland Dusters logo but keeps "Delta" brand name.
Delta Air Lines (first era)[]
1934–1951[]
1934[]
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1935[]
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1945–1953[]
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Alternate variant
This logo was used, in variations, until 1962. The wing on the left is left over from their first logo, and represents the Roman of travel and commerce, Mercury.
Delta-C&S Air Lines[]
1953–1955[]
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Merger label
In 1953, Delta merged with Chicago & Southern Air Lines which changed Delta's name to Delta-C&S Air Lines. Delta would keep that name for the next two years.
Delta Air Lines (second era)[]
1955–1962[]
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1962–1995[]
1962–1968[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
September 1, 1962
In 1962, Delta introduced its iconic "widget" logo (representing the Greek letter Δ "Delta") for its delivery of Douglas DC-8.
Royal Jet Service logo
1965-1968[]
Designer:
Robert Bragg of Burke Dowling Adams
Typography:
Custom
Launched:
July 25, 1959
Full variant
A "turned sideway" widget logo was introduced for the delivery of Douglas DC-9-10.
In 1968, Delta Air Lines combined the logos and livery's design used on different aircrafts with one identity, which based on their Douglas DC-8-51 design.
1985–1987[]
Inverted variant
An alternative logo was introduced by Delta in 1985 only for their consumer products, while the 1968 logo continued to be used as the main corporate logo.
1987–1997[]
Simplified name version
Same as the 1985 logo, it was also only used for Delta's consumer products.
In 1995, Delta introduced their first refreshed logo to be designed by Landor Associates after a management unit change. The logo was teased on their Atlanta 1996 Olympics special livery for the Boeing 767-200 and McDonnell Douglas MD-11, and it officially began to be used in 1997.
In early 2000, Delta Air Lines updated its 1995 logo by dropping the "Air Lines" from the text and redesigning its classic widget logo, as part of their "Color in Motion" rebranding.
In July 2004, due to employee suggestions and to coincide with the company's 75th anniversary on June 17, 2004, Delta Air Lines updated its logo to use the icon from their previous 1995 logo. As result, aircrafts painted in the "Color in Motion" design scheme after 2004 remain mostly the same, but put the class widget logo in the front of fuselage instead. And the aircrafts painted before 2004 remain unchanged.
On April 30, 2007, Delta Air Lines presented a completely new look, on the same day the airline emerged from bankruptcy. The triangle is now all red, with one side in a slightly darker shade to give the symbol some depth.
Former/suspended cargo members Defunct:Alitalia Cargo1 | Czech Airlines Cargo1 | Northwest Airlines Cargo4 Active:China Airlines Cargo | China Southern Airlines Cargo Active, but suspended:Aeroflot Cargo1
Notes 1Operated under its parent passenger airline instead as a standalone freighter airline. 2Merged with United Airlines, a Star Alliance founding member. 3Transfer to Star Alliance after its partner Continental Airlines merged with United Airlines. 4Merged with Delta Air Lines/Delta Cargo. 5Originally known as Dobrolet, now defunct and restructured.
