Delta Air Lines, a publicly owned company founded in 1925, is a major U.S. airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. As the oldest continuously operating airline in the United States and among the oldest globally, it employs approximately 74,350 people. Delta, including its regional affiliates under the Delta Connection brand, operates a network of over 5,400 daily flights to 325 destinations across 52 countries and six continents. The company is a founding member of the SkyTeam alliance.