Diamond Delta: from a blue-collar aviation outfit to a premier global airline in 75 years.(Special section: Delta anniversary) From: Air Transport World | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: Glab, Jim | COPYRIGHT 2004 Penton Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Delta Air Lines may be the only major carrier in the world that owes its existence to an insect. The creepy critter that provided the impetus for its corporate creation was the boll weevil, the scourge of cotton planters in the southern US in the early 20th century.

Although Delta has been based in and identified closely with Atlanta for most of its history, in a tradition that lasted into the 1990s it held its annual shareholders' meeting in the unlikely venue of Monroe...

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