Editing Delta Air Lines (section)

==Corporate affairs==

=== Business trends ===
The key trends for Delta Air Lines are (as of the financial year ending December 31):<ref name="Delta Financial Statements">{{cite web |title=Delta Air Lines Financial Statements 2009-2022 {{!}} DAL |url=https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DAL/delta-air-lines/financial-statements |access-date=March 22, 2022 |website=Macrotrends |archive-date=April 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405050604/https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DAL/delta-air-lines/financial-statements |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| [[Revenue]]<br>in billion US${{Efn|"Operating revenue"}}{{Efn||name=Airline group}}
!scope="col"| [[Net income]]<br>in billion US${{Efn||name=Airline group}}
!scope="col"| [[Assets]]<br>in billion US${{Efn||name=Airline group}}
!scope="col"| Price per share<br />in US$<br>{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}
!Employees<br>([[Full-time equivalent|FTE]])
!Load factor<br>(%){{Efn|Airline group|name=Airline group}}
!Fleet size{{Efn|Mainline|name=Mainline}}
! scope="col" | Refs.
|-
!scope="row"| 2005
|16.4
|<span style="color:red;">−3.8</span>
|20.0
|
|55,700
|76.5
|649
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2005.pdf|title=2005 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204228/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2005.pdf|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2006
|17.5
|<span style="color:red;">−6.2</span>
|19.6
|
|51,300
|78.5
|600
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2006.pdf|title=2006 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125205726/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2006.pdf|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2007
|19.1
|1.6
|32.4
|18.56
|55,044
|80.3
|578
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2007.pdf|title=2007 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204108/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2007.pdf|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2008
|22.6
|<span style="color:red;">−8.9</span>
|45.0
|9.47
|84,306
|81.4
|1,023
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2008.pdf|title=2008 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204204/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2008.pdf|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2009
|28.0
| <span style="color:red;">−1.2</span>
|43.7
|7.53
|81,106
|82.0
|983
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2009.pdf|title=2009 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204121/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2009.pdf|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2010
|31.7
| 0.6
|43.1
|12.60
|79,684
|83.0
|815
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2010.pdf|title=2010 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204153/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2010.pdf|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2011
|35.1
|0.9
|43.4
|9.29
|78,400
|82.1
|775
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2011.pdf|title=2011 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204045/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2011.pdf|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2012
|36.6
|1.0
|44.5
|10.07
|74,000
|83.8
|717
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2012.pdf|title=2012 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005413/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2012.pdf|archive-date=November 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2013
|37.7
|10.5
|52.2
|20.00
|78,000
|83.8
|743
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2013.pdf|title=2013 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204257/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2013.pdf|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2014
|40.3
|0.7
|54.0
|37.61
|80,000
|84.7
|772
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2014.pdf|title=2014 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125205738/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2014.pdf|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2015
|40.7
| 4.5
|53.1
|46.11
|83,000
|84.9
|809
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2015.pdf|title=2015 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005420/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2015.pdf|archive-date=November 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2016
|39.6
|4.3
|51.2
|43.11
|84,000
|84.6
|832
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 Annual Report |url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2016.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204032/https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2016.pdf |archive-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2017
|41.2
|3.5
|53.2
|49.98
|87,000
|85.6
|856
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 Annual Report |url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2017.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2018 |title=Delta Air Lines Announces December Quarter and Full Year 2017 Profit |url=https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_news/archive/Delta-Air-Lines-Announces-December-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2017.pdf |access-date=October 23, 2023 |website=delta.com }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2018
|44.4
|3.9
|60.2
|54.50
|89,000
|85.5
|871
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Annual Report |url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2018.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2019 |title=Delta Air Lines Announces December Quarter and Full Year 2018 Profit |url=https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_news/archive/Delta-Air-Lines-Announces-December-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2018-Profit.pdf |access-date=October 23, 2023 |website=delta.com }}</ref> 
|-
!2019
|44.0
|4.7
|64.5
|55.30
|91,000
|86
|898
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Annual Report |url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2019.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=dal-20191231|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000027904/000002790420000004/dal-20191231.htm#i_0_91|access-date=December 16, 2020|website=www.sec.gov|archive-date=September 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928000832/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000027904/000002790420000004/dal-20191231.htm#i_0_91|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!2020
|17.0
|<span style="color:red;">−12.3</span>
|71.9
|34.97
|74,000
|55
|750
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Annual Report |url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2021.pdf }}</ref><ref name="Delta Financial Statements" />
|-
!2021
|29.8
|0.3
|72.4
|42.82
|83,000
|69
|816
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Annual Report |url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/d/NYSE_DAL_2021.pdf }}</ref><ref name="Delta Financial Statements" />
|-
!2022
|50.5
|1.3 
|72.2
|32.86
|95,000
|84
|902
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Annual Report |url=https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_downloads/2023/02/DAL-12.31.2022-10K-2.10.23.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Delta Air Lines Announces December Quarter and Full Year 2022 Profit |url=https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_financials/2022/q4/Delta-Air-Lines-Announces-December-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2022-Results_vFinalFinal.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113132659/https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_financials/2022/q4/Delta-Air-Lines-Announces-December-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2022-Results_vFinalFinal.pdf }}</ref>
|-
!2023
|58.0
|4.6
|73.6
|40.23
|103,000
|85
|958
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Delta Airlines Annual Report 2023 |url=https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_financials/2023/q4/02/dal-12-31-2023-10k-2-12-24-filed.pdf |website=Delta Airlines}}</ref>
|-
!2024
|61.6
|3.5
|75.4
|60.50
|103,000
|85
|975
|<ref name=2024annual>{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2025 |title=Delta Airlines Annual Report 2024|url=https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_financials/2024/q4/DAL-12-31-2024-10K-2-11-25-Filed.pdf
|website=Delta Airlines}}</ref>
|}

===Personnel===
Between its mainline operation and subsidiaries, and as of December 2024, Delta employs nearly 103,000 people.<ref name=2024annual/>

Delta's 17,500 mainline pilots are represented by the [[Air Line Pilots Association, International]] and are the union's second largest pilot group.<ref>{{cite web | title=ALPA's Pilot Groups | publisher=[[Air Line Pilots Association, International]] | date=January–February 2025 | url=https://www.alpa.org/en/about-alpa/our-pilot-groups/pilot-groups/delta | access-date=January 2, 2025 }}</ref> The company's approximately 180 flight dispatchers are represented by the Professional Airline Flight Control Association (PAFCA).<ref>{{cite web |title=Delta Air Lines agrees tentative deal with flight superintendents. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Delta+Air+Lines+agrees+tentative+deal+with+flight+superintendents.-a0123682289 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416085033/http://www.pafca.org/faq.asp |archive-date=April 16, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=thefreelibrary.com}}</ref> Not counting the pilots and flight dispatchers, Delta is the only one of the five [[List of largest airlines in North America|largest airlines in the United States]], and one of only two in the top 9 (the other being JetBlue), whose non-pilot USA domestic staff is entirely non-union.<ref name="WSJESTERL">{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304474804576369762641111264#articleTabs%3Darticle | last=Esterl | first=Mike | title=Labor Board Broadens Delta Probe | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | date=June 6, 2011 | url-access=subscription | access-date=August 3, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805100641/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304474804576369762641111264#articleTabs%3Darticle | archive-date=August 5, 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Delta Global Staffing ===
'''Delta Global Staffing''' (DGS) was a temporary employment firm located in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. Delta Global Staffing was a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, Inc., and a division of the internal company [[DAL Global Services]].

Delta Air Lines sold majority ownership of [[DAL Global Services]] to Argenbright Holdings on December 21, 2018. As part of the sale, Delta dissolved the staffing division of DGS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History – Unifi |url=https://unifiservice.com/why-unifi/our-history/ |access-date=October 23, 2023 |website=unifiservice.com |publisher=[[Unifi Aviation]]}}</ref>

It was founded in 1995 as a provider of temporary staffing for Delta primarily in Atlanta.  DGS has since expanded to include customers and businesses outside the airline and aviation industries. DGS now supports customers in major US metropolitan areas.

Delta Global Staffing provided contract workers for short and long term assignments, VMS partnering, VOP on-site management, temp-to-hire, direct placements, and payroll services. DGS services markets such as call centers, customer services and administrative placements, IT & professional recruiting, logistics, finance & accounting, hospitality, and aviation/airline industry.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 4, 2008 |title=Delta Appoints Cyril J. Turner President of DAL Global Services |url=https://ir.delta.com/news/news-details/2008/Delta-Appoints-Cyril-J-Turner-President-of-DAL-Global-Services/default.aspx |access-date=October 23, 2023 |website=delta.com}}</ref>

[[File:DeltaAirLinesHQAtlantaGA.jpg|thumb|Delta Air Lines headquarters in Atlanta]]

===Headquarters and offices===
Delta's corporate headquarters is located on a corporate campus on the northern boundary of Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, within the city limits of Atlanta.<ref name="schmidt">{{cite news| author=William E. Schmidt| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/16/us/delta-loyalists-alarmed-and-bruised-by-mishaps.html| title=Delta Loyalists Alarmed And Bruised by Mishaps| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=July 16, 1987| url-access=subscription| access-date=February 7, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625141845/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/16/us/delta-loyalists-alarmed-and-bruised-by-mishaps.html| archive-date=June 25, 2017| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>"[http://www.delta.com/help/contact_us/corporate_information/index.jsp Contact Corporate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530042524/http://www.delta.com/help/contact_us/corporate_information/index.jsp |date=May 30, 2008}}." ''Delta Air Lines''. Retrieved October 17, 2008.</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080824014251/http://apps.atlantaga.gov/citydir/dpcd/maps/zoning_sheet_14-128.pdf Zoning Ordinance of Atlanta, Georgia Sheet No. 14-128]." () ''[[Atlanta, Georgia|City of Atlanta]]''. Retrieved October 17, 2008.</ref> This location has served as Delta's headquarters since 1941, when the company relocated its corporate offices from [[Monroe, Louisiana]], to [[Greater Atlanta]].<ref>Markiewicz, David. "[https://www.ajc.com/business/issues-change-but-chamber-rolls-150-years-later/MDgzAWeZp38rBxIpO75MAO/ Issues change, but Chamber rolls on 150 years later] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115046/http://www.ajc.com/business/issues-change-but-chamber-222782.html |date=June 4, 2011}}." ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''. Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Retrieved on December 27, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB328DD4FBC7A73&p_field_direct-0=document_id Delta Air Lines Started as Crop-Dusting Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825074331/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB328DD4FBC7A73&p_field_direct-0=document_id |date=August 25, 2018}}". [[Associated Press]] at ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]''. September 1, 1988. 11A. Retrieved on December 27, 2009.</ref> The crop dusting division of Delta remained headquartered in Monroe until Delta ceased crop dusting in 1966.<ref name=journey/> Before 1981, the Delta corporate campus, an {{convert|80|acre|ha|adj=on}} plot of land in proximity to the old Hartsfield Airport terminal, was outside the City of Atlanta limits in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]]. On August 3, 1981, the [[Atlanta City Council]] approved the annexation of {{convert|141|acres|ha}} of land, an area containing the Delta headquarters. As of 1981 Delta would have had to begin paying $200,000 annually to the City of Atlanta in taxes. In September 1981, the airline sued the city, challenging the annexation on the basis of the constitutionality of the 1960 City of Atlanta annexation of the Hartsfield old terminal.<ref name=DeltaSuingCityATL>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19810902&id=uL4IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4096,105025 Delta suing City of Atlanta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027222128/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19810902&id=uL4IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4096,105025 |date=October 27, 2021 }}." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at ''[[Rome News-Tribune]]''. Wednesday, September 2, 1981. p. 10A. Retrieved from [[Google News]] (6 of 29) on December 19, 2013.</ref> The City of Atlanta was only permitted to annex areas that are adjacent to areas already in the Atlanta city limits.<ref name=DeltaSuingCityATL/>

In addition to hosting Delta's corporate headquarters, Hartsfield–Jackson is also the home of [[Delta TechOps]], the airline's primary maintenance, repair, and overhaul arm and the largest full-service airline MRO in North America, specializing in engines, components, airframe, and line maintenance.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://centreforaviation.com/profiles/suppliers/delta-techops | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220024534/http://centreforaviation.com/profiles/suppliers/delta-techops | archive-date=December 20, 2013 | title=Capa Centre For Aviation | access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref>

Delta maintains a large presence in the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Twin Cities]], with over 12,000 employees<ref name="mpr">{{cite news | url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/01/29/delta-minnesota-headquarters/ | title=Delta Air Lines officially opens Minnesota headquarters | work=Minnesota Public Radio News | publisher=Minnesota.publicradio.org | date=January 29, 2010 | access-date=July 7, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726132134/http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/01/29/delta-minnesota-headquarters | archive-date=July 26, 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref> in the region as well as significant corporate support functions housed in the Minneapolis area, including the company's information technology divisional offices.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=43&item=358 |title=MAC Approves Agreement with Delta for 10,000 Minnesota Jobs and 400 Daily Departures from Minneapolis–St. Paul Hub |publisher=News.delta.com |date=January 26, 2009 |access-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720070151/http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=43&item=358 |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Corporate identity===
[[File:2 x Delta A330 tail (4535564116).jpg|thumb|Tails of two [[Airbus A330]]s with the airline's "widget" logo]]

Delta's logo, often called the "widget", was originally unveiled in 1959. Its triangle shape is taken from the Greek letter [[delta (letter)|delta]], and recalls the airline's early history operating in the [[Mississippi Delta]].<ref name="Mouawad1">{{cite news | first=Jad | last=Mouawad | title=On Jet Exteriors, a Parade of Vanilla | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/business/on-the-exterior-of-jetliners-a-parade-of-plain-vanilla.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=December 23, 2011 | url-access=subscription | access-date=February 7, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610053107/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/business/on-the-exterior-of-jetliners-a-parade-of-plain-vanilla.html?_r=0 | archive-date=June 10, 2022 | url-status=live}}</ref> It is also said to be reminiscent of the swept-wing design of the DC-8, Delta's first jet aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.famouslogos.us/delta-airlines-logo/ |title= Delta Air Lines Logo |access-date= July 15, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170313124416/http://www.famouslogos.us/delta-airlines-logo/ |archive-date= March 13, 2017 }}</ref>

[[File:Delta 757-200 N713TW on final approach to Boston Dec 2024 2.jpg|thumb|A Boeing 757 painted in the current livery, "Upward & Onward"]]

Delta's current [[Aircraft livery|livery]] is called "Upward & Onward". It features a white fuselage with the company's name in blue lettering and a widget on the vertical stabilizer. Delta introduced its current livery in 2007 as part of a re-branding after it emerged from bankruptcy. The new livery consists of four colors, while the old one (called "colors in motion") uses eight. This meant the switch saved the airline money by removing one day from each aircraft's painting cycle. The airline took four years to repaint all of its aircraft into the current scheme, including aircraft inherited from Northwest Airlines.<ref name="Mouawad1"/>

===Environmental initiatives===
In 2008, Delta Air Lines was given an award from the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]]'s Design for the Environment (DfE) program for its use of PreKote, a more environmentally friendly, non-hexavalent chromium surface pretreatment on its aircraft, replacing hazardous chemicals formerly used to improve paint adhesion and prevent corrosion. In addition, PreKote reduces water usage by two-thirds and reduces wastewater treatment.

PreKote is also saving money by reducing the time needed to paint each airplane. With time savings of eight to ten percent, it will save an estimated more than $1 million annually.<ref name="Delta Air Lines News Release">{{cite press release|title=Delta Air Lines Accepts EPA Award for Use of Nontoxic Materials on Aircraft|url=http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=43&item=22|work=Delta Air Lines News Release|publisher=Delta Air Lines|access-date=March 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929110225/http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=43&item=22|archive-date=September 29, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite having purchased 9.7 million [[Tonne|metric tonnes]] of [[Carbon offsets and credits|carbon offsets]] in 2022, Delta was in the process of moving away from such investments to reduce the company's [[carbon footprint]] by the end of March of that year and was instead focusing on reducing [[Carbon accounting|emissions from company operations]].<ref>{{cite interview|last=DeLuca|first=Amelia|date=November 2, 2023|title=Delta Sustainability Chief Discusses Cutting Airline's Footprint and Shift Away From Offsets|interviewer=Rochelle Toplensky|work=The Wall Street Journal|publisher=News Corp|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/delta-sustainability-chief-discusses-cutting-airlines-footprint-and-shift-away-from-offsets-9401a3fb|access-date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> In May 2023, Delta Air Lines received a consumer [[class action]] [[Mayanna Berrin v. Delta Airlines Inc.|lawsuit]] filed in [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|Central California U.S. District Court]] over [[green marketing|marketing]] claims that the company is the world's first [[Carbon neutrality|carbon neutral]] airline.<ref>{{cite news|last=Newburger|first=Emma|date=May 31, 2023|title=Delta Air Lines hit with proposed class action over carbon neutral claims|publisher=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/31/delta-air-lines-hit-with-lawsuit-over-carbon-neutral-claims.html|access-date=May 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenfield |first=Patrick |date=May 30, 2023 |title=Delta Air Lines faces lawsuit over $1bn carbon neutrality claim |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/30/delta-air-lines-lawsuit-carbon-neutrality-aoe |access-date=May 31, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2023 |title=Delta Air Lines faces possible lawsuit over carbon-neutral claims |url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/delta-air-lines-faces-possible-093900718.html |access-date=May 31, 2023 |website=uk.style.yahoo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>