Editing Delta Air Lines (section)

===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>