Delta Airlines 2010 Annual Report Download - page 6

Table of Contents
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
General
We provide scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo throughout the United States and around the world. Our global route network gives us a
presence in every major domestic and international market. Our route network is centered around the hub system we operate at airports in Amsterdam,
Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita. Each of these hub
operations includes flights that gather and distribute traffic from markets in the geographic region surrounding the hub to domestic and international cities and
to other hubs. Our network is supported by a fleet of aircraft that is varied in terms of size and capabilities, giving us flexibility to adjust aircraft to the
network.
Other key characteristics of our route network include:
• our alliances with foreign airlines, including our membership in SkyTeam, a global airline alliance;
• our transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia;
• our domestic marketing alliance with Alaska Airlines, which expands our west coast service; and
• agreements with multiple domestic regional carriers, which operate as Delta Connection, including our wholly-owned subsidiary, Comair, Inc.
We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Our principal executive offices are located at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
in Atlanta, Georgia. Our telephone number is [phone] and our Internet address is www.delta.com. Information contained on this website is not part of,
and is not incorporated by reference in, this Form 10-K.
International Alliances
We have bilateral and multilateral marketing alliances with foreign airlines to improve our access to international markets. These arrangements can include
codesharing, reciprocal frequent flyer program benefits, shared or reciprocal access to passenger lounges, joint promotions, common use of airport gates and
ticket counters, ticket office co-location and other marketing agreements. These alliances often present opportunities in other areas, such as airport ground
handling arrangements and aircraft maintenance insourcing.
Our international codesharing agreements enable us to market and sell seats to an expanded number of international destinations. Under international
codesharing arrangements, we and a foreign carrier each publish our respective airline designator codes on a single flight operation, thereby allowing us and
the foreign carrier to offer joint service with one aircraft, rather than operating separate services with two aircraft. These arrangements typically allow us to
sell seats on a foreign carrier's aircraft that are marketed under our designator code and permit the foreign airline to sell seats on our aircraft that are marketed
under the foreign carrier's designator code.
We have international codeshare arrangements with Aeromexico, Air France, Air Nigeria, Alitalia, Avianca, China Airlines, China Southern, CSA Czech
Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Korean Air, Olympic Air, Royal Air Maroc, VRG Linhas Aéreas (GOL), Vietnam Airlines and Virgin Blue Airlines
(and some affiliated carriers operating in conjunction with some of these airlines).
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