Battle between two major players of US Airline Industry

This article presents a battle between two of the most popular US Airlines which are Delta Airlines and United Continental Holdings. There are so many companies slugging it out for your attention. We analyze the fights and let you decide on the winner. Delta Airlines (DAL) founded at 30^th May 1924 whereas its commercial operations commenced in June 17, 1929. On the other hand United Continental Holding (UAL) founded in 6^th April 1926 whereas its commercial operation commenced at March 28, 1931. The CEO of” DAL” is Richard Anderson whereas the behind UAL is Jeff Smisek. The market share by revenue of” DAL” stayed 16.3% in 2012 which is highest among all US carriers whereas for UAL it stood at 15.6% which is dip from 16% in 2012.

DAL scored 71 which are highest among all the US carriers, on the other hand the satisfaction index for UAL is lower than the best score of 69. DAL won Airline of the year which is published in Air Transport World Magazine’s 2014. As far as UAL is concerned it ranked as “Best Airline for North American Travel” by readers of Business Traveler Magazine.

On April 2008 Delta Airline merged with Northwest Airline whereas United Continental Holdings merged with Continental Airlines in May 2010. DAL destinations are in 56 countries whereas UAL destinations are in 62 countries. Delta skyMiles is one of a kind of a program in the US airlines industry which has no mileage expiration so users can redeem them whenever they want to. On the other hand UAL MileagePlus ranked the “Best Frequent-Flier Program” by readers of The Global Traveller for 10 consecutive years.

The Headquarter of Delta Airline is based in Atlanta, Georgia, US whereas UAL Headquarter is in Chicago, Illinois. The major Airport Hub for Delta Airline is Hartsfield-jackson Atlanta International Airport, Georgia. It is considered the world largest airline hub with nearly 1,000 Delta flights a day. For UAL George Bush International Airport, Houston, Texas is its major Airport Hub. The Fleet size of delta is around 722 Mainline Aircraft whereas it is 695 mainline Aircraft for UAL. Hence these two Airlines carries a major stake in US Airline Industry.