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Delta Air Lines should be used to this type of confusion by now. In the ICAO spelling alphabet, Delta is the word for the letter D. The world's busiest airport
by Mountain_Skies 5y ago
Delta Air Lines should be used to this type of confusion by now.
In the ICAO spelling alphabet, Delta is the word for the letter D. The world's busiest airport also happens to be the main hub and headquarters for Delta airlines. Due to the possible confusion between Delta for D and Delta for the airlines, air traffic control and ground operations in Atlanta use Dixie instead of Delta. Now that Dixie is problematic, guess they'll have to switch to something else. Inside the airport, the "Plane Train" people mover uses David for D so as to not confuse travelers that Concourse D means it's where their Delta flight has its gate.
- Krisjohn 5y agoThey're going to just start using "The".
- adolph 5y agoThe name Delta, referring to the Mississippi Delta region, was suggested by Catherine FitzGerald, a secretary who later would rise to the rank of an executive in the company. [0] Despite the name, [the Mississippi Delta] region is not the delta of the Mississippi River. The shifting river delta at the mouth of the Mississippi on the Gulf Coast lies some 300 miles south of this area, and is referred to as the Mississippi River Delta. Rather, the Mississippi Delta is part of an alluvial plain, created by regular flooding of the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers over thousands of years. [1] 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Delta_Air_Lines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Delta_Air_Lines 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Delta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Delta