As Delta ushers in its centennial year, the carrier unveiled a pair of special edition liveries on the A350-900 and A321neo, commemorating its hundredth year of flight.
Centennial Livery On Delta Air Lines A350-900 + A321neo
Delta traces its origins to March 2, 1925. On that date, the world’s first aerial crop-dusting company and largest privately-owned aircraft fleet in the U.S. incorporated as Huff Daland Dusters began carrying mail. Three years later, C.E. Woolman arranged the purchase of Huff Daland and renamed the carrier Delta Air Service for the Mississippi Delta region it served (the new airline was incorporated on December 3, 1928). In 1929, Delta offered its first commercial service (from Dallas, Texas to Jackson, Mississippi via Shreveport and Monroe, Lousiana).
Over the weekend, Delta held a 100th birthday celebration at the Delta Flight Museum in its Atlanta hub. It was during that party that the new livery was officially unveiled. As Delta describes it, its Centennial livery” honors a century of innovation, resilience and the people who built Delta into the airline it is today.” The livery features “swooping details, a bold 100 emblem” and per Delta, the “first-ever silver supergraphic.”
The Centennial Gala on March 15, 2025, also featured not only current CEO Ed Bastian, but former CEOs Ron Allen, Leo Mullin, and Richard Anderson. Live entertainment was provided by Jon Batiste (and I must admit his Beethoven Blues album has been at the top of my playlist for weeks…). Andrew Jackson Young Jr. delivered the invocation.
Personally, I’d love to see some heritage liveries during this centennial year. The classic Delta widget livery from 1962 to 1997 is my favorite…there’s something timeless about that. The white cap livery in the late 1940s to early 1960s was also attractive, as was the classic red, white, and blue livery that debuted in 1940.
What do you think of the new Delta centennial livery?
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Nice looking. I agree that DL should do some retro liveries as well.
Yes they really need to get the proper heritage widget livery out there
Don’t like it…bring back the classic widget!
I think this is one of the coolest liveries out there now – whether commemorative, a partnership, or just an update. Especially on the heels of KE’s. Making their ST partner look terrible. Not a DL fanboi, though a DL loyal because of work, but this is a nice update. Wish there was more red or purple in it to keep with general branding, but the desing itself is neat.
Ironically, Delta’s 100th is 2026, not 2025.
True, right? I thoguht the same. Why jump the gun on it? Maybe DL fears economic collapse by teh end of the year…?
DELTA was founded on March 2, 1925; 100 years ago (as Huff Daland Dusters).
Dr. Güntürk Üstün
Very premium crop dusting
LOL!
A well-lived 100 years, no doubt! Wishing the beloved DELTA an even better 100 years if possible (If our unlucky “Planet Earth”, which has aged badly due to humanity, still exists, of course…)!
Dr. Güntürk Üstün
Nice but had that light blue been carried to the cockpit I think it would have been much nicer..
Thanks for posting this!
OY ! … the blue & silver combo reminds me of EL AL , how about just a tad more discreet DL red for “accent’ ?
Do you still run “unmanned” flights, that is without any male pilots?
How many planes will have this 100 logo??