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Delta Express was a no-frills "airline within an airline" brand owned and operated by Delta Air Lines from 1996 to 2003. The airline was headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]

Delta Express

IATA ICAO Callsign DL DAL DELTA
Founded	1996
Ceased operations	2003 (replaced by Song)
Hubs	Orlando International Airport
Focus cities	John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York City) Logan International Airport (Boston)
Frequent-flyer program	SkyMiles
Alliance	SkyTeam (affiliate; 2000-2003)
Destinations	20
Parent company	Delta Air Lines Inc.
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
Website	Flydlx.com

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 first years of its operation, JetBlue Airways.

The Delta Express aircraft fleet only consisted of the Boeing 737-200, in an all coach class configuration. No in-flight entertainment or meal service was offered.

In 2003, Delta Express was replaced by Song, a new low-fare brand that Delta introduced, which has since also been dismantled.[2]

Livery

Delta Express aircraft bore the same primary liveries as parent company Delta Air Lines, albeit with minor changes. Aircraft initially wore Delta's 1970s-era "Widget" livery, with "Delta" in dark blue and "Express" in light blue and in a revised typeface that would appear on Delta's new branding in 1997. When that livery was introduced, featuring a swooping cheatline and all-blue tail with red accents, the word "Express" was changed to red, but in the same typeface as before. When Delta rebranded again in 2000 to a livery featuring a waving fabric design on the tail, light blue billboard "express" titles were applied to the fuselage, with a small Delta logo above the windows near the boarding door and the airline's web address below.

Delta Express promoted the Cartoon Network animated television series The Powerpuff Girls by having a Boeing 737-200 jet painted with a special livery featuring the characters Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup on the exterior.[3] The plane's inaugural flight was held at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 17, 2000.[4] In 2002 the aircraft was repainted with a different Powerpuff Girls theme to promote The Powerpuff Girls Movie.[5]

Destinations

Delta Express flew to as many as 31 domestic destinations in 18 states which included Albany, Providence, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Hartford, Allentown, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Austin, Oklahoma City, Cleveland, Boston, Detroit, New York (JFK, LGA & EWR) to cities like Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers, and Fort Lauderdale.

See also

• Song
• Delta Air Lines
• Ted
• List of defunct airlines of the United States

References

External links

• Delta Express (Archive: 2001-2002)
• Delta Express (Archive: 1998-1999)

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Delta Express fue una aerolínea de bajo costo que estuvo en actividades de 1996 a 2003 y era operada por Delta Air Lines. Tenía su sede en Atlanta, Georgia,[1] aunque su base de operaciones estaba en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Orlando. Se enfocaba en el manejo de las rutas de esparcimiento entre Florida y el noreste de Estados Unidos, así como ciertas partes del medio oeste. Sus principales competidores eran otras divisiones de bajo costo de grandes aerolíneas como Continental Lite (operada por Continental Airlines) y MetroJet (operada por US Airways) y los aérotransportistas de bajo costo como Southwest Airlines y JetBlue Airways. La flota de la compañía consistía en un solo tipo de avión, el Boeing 737-200, dispuesto totalmente en clase turista. No ofrecían dispositivos de entretenimiento durante el vuelo, ni servicio de alimentos. Delta Express fue reemplazada por Song en 2003, el nuevo nombre comercial de la división de bajo costo de Delta, que finalmente fue desmantelada en 2006.

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