Delta Airlines Corporate Culture Paper
Assessing Delta Air Lines Corporate Culture
This paper will discuss the corporate culture of Delta Air Lines, Inc. The team agreed that assessing Delta's corporate culture would definitely be a learning experience. Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides air transportation for passengers and freight throughout the United States and around the world. As of February 1, 2006, Delta (including its wholly owned subsidiaries, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. and Comair, Inc.) serves 244 domestic cities in 46 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as well as 70 international cities in 40 countries. Delta mainline, domestic, and international service, Song, Delta Shuttle, Delta Connection, Delta Sky Team, and Worldwide …show more content…
Service pins are presented to employees by their immediate supervisor or manager on or near his or her anniversary date. In addition to the service pin, beginning at 10 years of service, employees will also receive a letter from the Chief Executive Officer. At 20, 40, and 60 years of service, employees receive their choice of a merchandise award in addition to their service pin. This has been a long standing practice by Delta Air Lines (Delta Air Lines, Inc., …show more content…
E. Woolman, who is the founder of Delta Air Lines. In 1929 a new company was formed as Delta Air Service providing passenger service. On June 17, 1929, Delta operated its first passenger flight over a route that stretched from Dallas, Texas to Jackson, Mississippi. Delta Head quarters moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1941 and in 1945 the company officially became Delta Air Lines, Inc. All during this time, Delta still operated the crop dusting division which provided the majority of revenues. However, during the 1940's passenger comfort grew throughout this decade with new services and aircraft. Flight attendants, called stewardesses, were added and by the late 1940's hot meals were being served aboard Delta's first pressurized plane, the DC-6. It was during these years that passenger revenues surpassed crop dusting revenues for the first time (Delta Air Lines, Inc., 2003, pp.
This paper will discuss the corporate culture of Delta Air Lines, Inc. The team agreed that assessing Delta's corporate culture would definitely be a learning experience. Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides air transportation for passengers and freight throughout the United States and around the world. As of February 1, 2006, Delta (including its wholly owned subsidiaries, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. and Comair, Inc.) serves 244 domestic cities in 46 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as well as 70 international cities in 40 countries. Delta mainline, domestic, and international service, Song, Delta Shuttle, Delta Connection, Delta Sky Team, and Worldwide …show more content…
Service pins are presented to employees by their immediate supervisor or manager on or near his or her anniversary date. In addition to the service pin, beginning at 10 years of service, employees will also receive a letter from the Chief Executive Officer. At 20, 40, and 60 years of service, employees receive their choice of a merchandise award in addition to their service pin. This has been a long standing practice by Delta Air Lines (Delta Air Lines, Inc., …show more content…
E. Woolman, who is the founder of Delta Air Lines. In 1929 a new company was formed as Delta Air Service providing passenger service. On June 17, 1929, Delta operated its first passenger flight over a route that stretched from Dallas, Texas to Jackson, Mississippi. Delta Head quarters moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1941 and in 1945 the company officially became Delta Air Lines, Inc. All during this time, Delta still operated the crop dusting division which provided the majority of revenues. However, during the 1940's passenger comfort grew throughout this decade with new services and aircraft. Flight attendants, called stewardesses, were added and by the late 1940's hot meals were being served aboard Delta's first pressurized plane, the DC-6. It was during these years that passenger revenues surpassed crop dusting revenues for the first time (Delta Air Lines, Inc., 2003, pp.