rket Share and it has carried over 14 Million passengers since September 1991. It operated 25,000 flights in fiscal year 1999 and they claim a 97 percent on-time departure rate. The Delta Shuttle fleet consist of 16 specially designed B-727-200 aircraft which offer all leather seats and more leg room than any of its competitors (Annual Report, 1999, pg. 20). At the center of Delta's regional fleet is Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA). ASA became a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta on May 11, 1999. According to Delta this acquisition of ASA enables both airlines to allocate aircraft more efficiently across their respective route system. ASA is Atlanta's largest regional airline with service to 44 markets, furthermore the Dallas/Fort Worth hub serves 17 markets and they have an average of 2,500 employees working for them. As of August 1, 1999 ASA provided Canadair Regional Jet service to 32 cities from Atlanta. Some of their recent additions include Austin, Daytona Beach, Houston Hobby, Long Island, Melbourne Florida, Montgomery Alabama, San Antonio, Des Moines Fort Wayne, and Toledo Ohio. ASA operates 3 different types of aircraft and they break down as follows:Aircraft Average LeasedTypeAgeOwnedCapitalOperatingTotal EMB-12010.056157ATR-72 5.74812CRJ-2000.922123Total7.2623092Delta also has 4 other connection carriers and they are Comair out of Cincinnati, Skywest out of Salt Lake City, Business Express (BEX) in Boston and Trans States Airlines (TSA) from New York City. Delta is also worldwide partners with Aer Lingus, Aero Mexico, Austrian Airlines, Finair, Korean Air, Malev (Hungarian Airlines), Sabena, Swissair, Air Portugal, and Trans Brazil. Delta has five major hubs and the statistics breakdown as follows (Delta Airlines, Jones, pg. 59):Atlanta, GeorgiaNo ofNo ofNo ofNo of NonstopPassengers Gatesemployeesdaily flightsdestinations(end Dec '97)9727,92662012023,894,884Cincinnati, OhioNo ofNo ofNo ofNo of NonstopPassengers Gatesemplo...
