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Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a United States airline based and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the world's largest airline in terms of passenger traffic and fleet size. Delta operates an extensive domestic and international network, spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Australia. Delta began service to Sydney, Australia from Los Angeles in July 2009, which at the time made it the only current American carrier to serve every continent except Antarctica (United Airlines will join them in mid-2010). Delta and its subsidiaries fly to over 375 destinations in 88 countries (excluding codeshare), across six continents. As of November 2009, Delta is the only major U.S. carrier that flies to Africa. Delta operates its largest hubs at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and also maintains hubs at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport (Future) in New York City, Salt Lake City International Airport, Memphis International Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Narita International Airport near Tokyo, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, while the Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis, Tokyo, and Amsterdam hubs were inherited from the Northwest merger. Delta's Atlanta hub is the busiest airline hub in the world. Delta carries more passengers across the Atlantic than any other carrier worldwide. On October 29, 2008, Delta completed its merger with Northwest Airlines to form the world's largest commercial carrier. In February 2009, the airline began consolidating gates and ticket counters at airports where both Delta and Northwest operate. The consolidation was completed February 2010. On December 31, 2009, the Federal Aviation Administration granted Delta's request to allow Delta and Northwest to operate under a single operating certificate .
