Delta Air Lines Air Cargo Profile

Delta Cargo is the freight arm of Delta Air Lines, one of the largest carriers in the United States, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It traces its lineage to Huff Daland Dusters, a crop-dusting operation founded in 1925, with scheduled passenger service beginning in 1929 and regular freight transport following in 1946. Delta is an independent, publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker DAL, with no corporate parent group. It carries the IATA code DL and the ICAO code DAL, and its cargo business operates under the Delta Cargo brand.

Delta Cargo operates on a belly-hold model, meaning it does not run dedicated freighter aircraft but instead sells the lower-deck capacity of Delta's passenger jets. International lift is drawn from the airline's widebody fleet, which includes the Boeing 767-300ER and 767-400ER, the Airbus A350-900, and the Airbus A330 family in A330-200, A330-300, and A330-900neo variants. Narrowbody types such as the Boeing 757 and Airbus A321 add domestic and short-haul capacity. This structure ties cargo capacity directly to Delta's passenger schedule across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) is Delta Cargo's largest hub, home to its Cargo Control Center, complemented by gateways at Detroit, New York-JFK, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Boston. Specialisations center on temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipping, with tiered Pharma 1 through Pharma 4 products, IATA CEIV Pharma certified facilities in Europe and Asia, and a large cold-chain cooling facility at JFK. Other products include the DASH expedited service, perishables, and live animals. Delta Cargo is a member of the SkyTeam Cargo alliance, extending its reach through partner airline networks.