Originally Posted by
C5Diving
Delta owns more aircraft due to their regional ownership is what I believe he was saying, so that seems valid too. So… DL/AA first to 1,000+ fleet ownership vs UA first to 1,000 mainline fleet.
Delta
owned 745 mainline and 190 regional aircraft = 935 total as of 12/31/23.
United
owned 812 mainline and 128 regional aircraft = 940 total as of 12/31/23.
https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_financials/2023/q4/02/dal-12-31-2023-10k-2-12-24-filed.pdf
https://ir.united.com/static-files/e15ea603-2d3a-41b2-bee3-163200e5f912