Funny. IDK. They don't let me go that far west. Well I do go west. Like Dallas. But no further.

But they changed the name, according to internet, it was because of the Air Mail Fiasco Air Mail scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Basically, early mail had gaming of the fee system, air mail act passed, fee for departure now, gotchya politics, collusion accused but never happened, air mail contracts cancelled by Roosevelt anyways, army awarded contracts, army crashed a lot, Roosevelt looked bad and got mad, airlines given a chance to fly air mail again but only those who had not had contracts originally, airlines changed their names.


United Air Lines


American Airways


Delta had been left out in the cold from winning air mail contracts in 1930 when the Air Mail Act had passed so they were not accused of any wrong doing when the scandal broke. But as far as what's in a name, Delta Air Lines began in 1924 as Huff Daland Dusters in Macon (Maykin), GA. By 1925 it had the largest private fleet of aircraft in the world... 18. Operating from Florida to California and Mexico. In 1928 they flew passengers and cargo for Peruvian Airways (a Pan Am subsidiary, so Pan Am helped start it's eventual buyer). C.E. Woolman buys the company and names it Delta Air Service in 1928 because Delta = Mississippi Delta. Started flying Travel Airs. 1930 became Delta Air Corporation. Didn't win a mail contract. 1934 wins its first mail contract as Delta Air Lines.