Chemical Bank bought Chase Manhatten, changed their name to Chase, which then bought JP Morgan - oh dear, decisions... The Chemical board still ran the show, but they had never had an "image", so no reverting to that...two great brands, which to choose....Wow, JP Morgan Chase. In conclusion, whatever they choose as a name, we still get landed with the bailout bill when they enevitably, regularly, face a near collapse, same as the damned banks
@@whiskeysk Its kinda of funny becasue if you look really deep into the paperwork of American Airlines I've read that it still say American West Airlines with a DBA as American airlines.
@Justinian Yi I'm sure they've all improved however I'd still take United over AA given their track record on my account and the 3 bankruptcies that have been filed for.
Delta is so punctual, safe and the service is outstanding. That is what I like most about this airline. American Airlines is classy, safe, good service as well. US Airways, when I flew with it, it was punctual, the service good quality as well and well I lived in Charlotte NC, and it is the major airline there. The designs are beautiful of the three. Although there was a quick logo design for Delta before the actual one. I remember the tail had like a flag waving kind of design on the tail. Thought it was pretty.
Been flying United almost exclusively for ten years. Southwest lost my business when I had to deal with an extremely rude flight attedant and the airline lost my bag on three consecutive flights. United has been smooth sailing.
@@matthijshoogeland7893 nope. Lol! But I have no problem accepting $400 vouchers to take a later flight. I'm usually pretty flexible in my flight arrangements.
My airport is lucky and Delta air lines has a focus city here. Delta is also looking into adding transatlantic and transpacific routes here as Beijing is of high demand because of local headquarters for Lenovo and large operations of IBM.
Imagine being an executive for America West and being told that, in a ten year span, you're going to be in charge of one of the three biggest airlines in the world, without ever changing jobs.
Delta is the "healthiest" airline from a financial and passenger standpoint. The others still pack you in like cattle, virus be damned. Look at who is doing furloughs and layoffs. It isn't Delta.
@@richardsilver1591 is that why delta just reported a 4 Billion dollar quarterly loss. Southwest has the strongest balance sheet in the industry right now.
@@TheRangerman00 southwest is good but they aren't in the argument they were scattered around atlanta in 2017 but I rarely see a southwest plane in atlanta anymore 😭
I find Delta very interesting in their choices, especially in the last 3-5 years, seeing them give up on various cities they had such a long tenure using as their focus cities, allowing the budget carriers to take the cities over quickly as they leave. It's sometimes puzzling, like here, they gave up on PDX being a focus airport for them, even though they had consistently remained right at the very top in tickets sold, passengers carried and people talking of them and liking their services here alongside Alaska Airlines. But I believe in 2017 it was when they officially announced they'd be ridding Portland as a focus city, and rid most of their routes here, too. Southwest almost instantly came in and took over most of their routes.
Just for a quick and dirty, here's a 10 month sample from 2018. Southwest Airlines - 20% (132,251,331 passengers) Delta Air Lines - 16% (106,062,211 passengers) American Airlines - 15% (99,857,863 passengers) United Airlines - 11% (71,722,425 passengers)
Here is the commercial airline statistics of the best airline in the world as of 2021 How many passengers does Delta fly a year? 170 million passengers Background information on Delta Air Lines Headquartered at the busiest airport in the world, the Atlanta-based company transports more than 170 million passengers every year with connections to some 321 destinations in the world.Jun 23, 2021
The United merger did not retain the CEO of United... Jeff Smizek the ceo of Continental became the ceo of the new company... I can’t believe these easily found facts could be incorrect
@@dasmellyyooper Incorrect actually. From Delta Airlines’ website: “1925: Huff Daland Dusters, the predecessor of Delta, is founded in Macon, Ga., before moving to Monroe, La., a few months later.”
I still remember Continental before it was bought out by United and US Airways before it was bought out by AA. Delta Airlines was the largest airline in the world in many ways before US and AA merged. A few decades ago, it was Pan Am that was the largest before they abruptly went bankrupt in 1991. I teared up at 2:52 when I saw what was in the background...😥
@@Waddle_Dee_With_Internet If you're referring to the incident with the passenger getting dragged off, that flight was actually operated by Republic Airways and the dragging done by O'Hare Airport security staff. Republic operates flights for United Express, American Eagle, and Delta Connection. I'm not loyal to United or anything, but it is interesting that the worst hit to their reputation arose from the actions of a third party who does business with all of the Big Three. That lightning bolt could easily have nailed American or Delta. That said, I do think United handles flight booking, so the overbooking is on them. Whether United overbooks more than the others, I don't know. Pretty much all airlines overbook to one degree or another.
Damn, the old livery of the United planes around 9:08 was great...those planes have DRIP...that matte grey look was a lot more sleek than the current United/Continental blend with blue/white
As a non American I've only flown on United, American and Southwest Airlines. All I can say is United and American Airlines need to improve their service. They are operating like budget airlines but are parading like premium airlines. In my view American Airlines was the worst and they got this vote because they seperated my family on a domestic leg. Can you imagine my 4 year old sitting with strangers on the whole flight? Southwest Airlines are great value. Haven't flown on Delta yet but from comments I hope to try it one day.
Wonderful compilation of the America's top 3 Airlines . I am amazed by their origin and their present stage ... Amazing video loved it much ❤️❤️❤️❤️... My request previously you were doing a video on the history of liveries for American airlines and also some European airlines kindly continue that video I am very eager to know the history of liveries of Asian carriers... Thanks much for the amazing video.....
For me its 1. Delta 2. United 3. American but on a side note if I can fly Alaska I usually always do especially being based out of LAX. I love Alaska Air.
*If all three had to merge - which name would they choose?* - American because all the airlines are American? - United because all the airlines are united? - Delta because the three points on the symbol represent the three airlines? _Decisions decisions..._
Before the Continental/United merger you used to be able to go anywhere from Cleveland. Now it feels like every trip starts with connecting through Chicago.
I'm most familiar with United and their merger with Continental. I lived relatively close to Newark and usually flew Continental on family vacations. My dad also traveled extensively for work and flew them a lot. My grandfather was actually a pilot for United a long time ago, though no one in my family ever flew the pre-merger United during my lifetime. In my opinion, the merger did not go as smoothly as it could have. I remember one trip during the merger where our flight got cancelled out of nowhere at the last minute, and we had to drive to another airport to get home. The airlines essentially operated separately for several years after they received the single operating certificate. These issues were followed by several highly publicized customer service incidents, and really gave the airline a bad reputation. I think they are improving things now by focusing more on customer service and refurbishing all their aircraft cabins, including reintroducing seatback IFE.
Very interesting observation. Continental had a stellar reputation, but after the merger with United, that got trashed. I was concerned that the same would happen when US Airways (who I had flown exclusively) merged with American, because at the time, American had acquired a negative connotation. Happily, I have not seen a degradation, although I do tend to limit my connections, etc. to former US Airways cities.
I’ve actually had a mileage plus number from when I’ve flown continental as a child! I’m in my mid twenties now. I’m also closer to Newark so it was much easier
Delta passed on the DC-10 (fortunately) and opted for L1011s the MD-11 replaces their aging Lockheed’s in the late ‘80s and ‘90s. Also Delta has the most cash reserves of the big 3, Better miles programs and higher rated customer experience among US carriers.
I am a delta diamond, I’m proud and i love delta but to say their mileage program is good is so stupid. Literally the only miles that you can’t redeem first class on partner airlines on. Not AF, GA, Korean, or MU.... meanwhile united can redeem on thai, ana, LH and even air china or american miles can be used for qantas if you’re lucky.
It all depends on how you account for things...financially. Besides, cash-on-hand means less these days as less people are flying and margins are slimmer than usual.
@@1234BaileyDavid simply put, AA and UA will file for bankruptcy is this continues much longer. DL is in far better position to withstand this for a longer period. They won't need to file.
You must be comparing Skypesos with Spirit's frequent flyer program because United's Mileageplus program is far superior, even after they have shit on it a few times in the past few years.
@Sky Honkler All airlines employ the same monetization tactics, not just United. Delta sells their miles to American Express and other vendors just like United does with Chase.
Unless flying internationally, I almost exclusively fly Southwest. Their service is much friendlier, economy seats have more pitch, and free checked bags, nonexistent elsewhere in the industry, amount to a savings of over $100 each trip. Not to mention, their flexible cancellation policies are essential nowadays.
i like southwest too, but their planes are kinda dumpy. dirty seats, no screens on the headrest, and no outlets to charge. also their routes kinda suck from where i live with a lack non stops. always a connection that adds a few more hours. no business class seats or lounges, and limited international presence
Only AA for me, international I fly LH due to them having 747's otherwise I would use AA for that route also. AA has the only real First Class left in select domestic flights
AAL's debt load is $42 billion and they have access to another $7 billion to draw on, for a total of $49 billion. They are contestant #1 on 'Who Choses Ch 11 First' in the near future.
I prefer southwest for domestic because of their free checked bags and choose your own seat. I think for international I prefer delta, but I also like the Dreamliner cabin. For current safety standards, I think southwest and delta are best in that they still aren’t filling middle seat.
I've flown all three of the 'big three'. My choice is Delta, by far. I will willingly pay more to fly Delta because the service and experience is just better. It's not to the level of some European or middle eastern carriers, but it's definitely the best of the big three US airlines. I would also note that I liked flying Continental. I was very disappointed when United decided to merge with them. United ruined a much better airline. Us Airways and American were a good fit together. Both airlines seemed interchangeable anyway. The experience was pretty much identical when they were separate. I hate Southwest only because I absolutely hate being herded like cattle. With occasional motion sickness, I need a window seat. I would rather go with a carrier that gets me an assigned seat, in spite of Southwest's great staff. I only wish I could have experienced Pan Am back in it's glory days.
JetBlues route network is a mess and constantly changing. They where my favorite a few year ago but now I would have to go out of my way to fly them. It's kinda a shame.
Many years ago the US carriers have the big six: United, Delta, American, US Airways, Continental and Northwest Airlines. Now it’s just the big three. How times have changed.
American and United both have fine service but their employees are very obnoxious. Delta have great service and are always nice! You can even get complementary upgrades very easy!
Two things to correct here: 1) US Airways acquired American Airlines; they just kept the AA branding since it made sense for them 2) United Airlines today is not actually United; while the merger (which is still happening at the grounds-level!) was mostly equal, it’s easier to say that Continental was the major shareholder (both branding and livery as well as top corporate heads came from CO), but keeping the name “United”. I still appreciated the United Airlines history.
One correction -- Delta started in Monroe, LA, then moved later to Atlanta. The name came from their crop dusting service over the Mississippi Delta...
Give me Southwest any day. No fees! Reasonable airfares. Their low fare calendar is awesome when trying to find the fare that works for you. Southwest leaves the others in the dust..... Of course if you are flying Int'l you will have to fly other carries. I wish we had a Qantas America! Qantas is my favorite carrier for Australia and NZ. Braniff was awesome. The big three you are talking about are, in my opinion, way too big!! Smaller companies are in order so they can give better service as opposed to what they have become. My two cents..J
The big 3 are basically ULCC in Designer Clothing unless you fly Business. They charge for everything now unless you pay to upgrade and it seems every couple of years they reduce the seat pitches in their new aircrafts.
I wish pan am still existed… although it would be a dive roll to see how they turned out, from basically a 4th mainline US carrier, to a small carrier in the Caribbean and South America, to them basically being an emirates / Qantas / BA for America.
My favorite airline is the one that gives me the best deal. I am planning a trip from Austin to Melbourne, Australia in April. Business class on United is almost $2,000 less than American/Qantas. There is a nearly equal spread between the offerings for premium economy. I lived in Melbourne for nearly five years. I flew from DFW to Melbourne or vice versa 28 times. Most of my trips were on Qantas/American. I am in American's frequent flyer program, but given the price spread stated above, I decided on United for my trip to Australia in April.
United has one of the best Frequent flier programs with the option to book a flight with a decent amount of miles all the others ask for a crazy amount of miles that unless you truly fly all the time you will never get to redeem those miles for a trip.
Actually US Airways did a reverse merger on American, (meaning they took over AA name but kept the US Airways team and all), which is funny because America West did the same for US Airways, so you could say America West bought out US Airways, and then American, but changing their name each time to the company they bought
I flew mostly American and United back in the 90s, with Delta a distant third. Didn't do much travel from '95 to '09, but now over the past ten years in my current job I've become a Delta convert and fly them pretty much exclusively. They go where I need to, and their service has been excellent.
The thumbnail is annoying the bottom two carriers , delta and United have they're new liverys one the left and old ones on the right while the top AA has the old livery on the left and new one on the right
viewing the voice in a380 video (a380 hibernation) in which you just tell about write about the future topic i had one : In this video you just go through the US major airlines,i want a video of an idea how delta come with cash burn,how to decrease cash burn ,what aircraft should be put and how to deal with COVID-19 pandemic i get articles i analysis it but the article is too long so i come to you,thanks if you make this video
US Airways bought American Airlines, not the reverse as stated in your video. (I see this mentioned in other comments as well) Prior to that little ol' America West had purchased USAir. In each case a decision was made to keep the name of the acquired carrier for it's better brand recognition. Evidence of all this is the fact that Doug Parker, CEO or America West then USAir, is now CEO of American Airlines. Amazing to think Parker engineered the transformation of America West into the world's largest airline.
I think big 3 should have Cargo division that have aircraft and crew dedicated to delivering cargo and the airline I will travel to the US will be American and Delta
Domestically, I naturally go to American since they have the lowest prices out of the three, however, if I’m going trans-continental I’m going with delta or any long domestic flight, to Europe, it doesn’t really matter, to Africa Delta since they offer the most flights to Africa, to South America, American since they offer the most destinations to Latin and central as well as the Caribbean, to Asia, United since they offer the most flights to Asia, and lastly Australia, it doesn’t matter but preferably delta since they use the a350 and have better on board catering and more comfortable economy seats.
Generally speaking, a lot of the non American airlines are much better. If you're flying to Europe for example, you're probably gonna want to be on Air France rather than delta. If you're going to Asia, a lot of the Asian airlines are a class above too.
2040: Thank you for flying United Delta of American Airlines.
United American Delta Airlines sounds better
That's amazing! Lol
United delta airlines of Amarican airlines
And then Southwest will still be pissing them all off.
I hope this never happens
Keep in mind that US Airways actually bought out AA. . . they took the better known AA name after the merger and moved HQ to DFW.
Chemical Bank bought Chase Manhatten, changed their name to Chase, which then bought JP Morgan - oh dear, decisions... The Chemical board still ran the show, but they had never had an "image", so no reverting to that...two great brands, which to choose....Wow, JP Morgan Chase. In conclusion, whatever they choose as a name, we still get landed with the bailout bill when they enevitably, regularly, face a near collapse, same as the damned banks
And before that America West bough US Airways and kept the US branding...
@@whiskeysk Its kinda of funny becasue if you look really deep into the paperwork of American Airlines I've read that it still say American West Airlines with a DBA as American airlines.
Yes! The same way chemical bank brought chase Manhattan and kept the chase name in the ‘90s
@@snoozeCTRL There seems to be some kind of echo in here....
This video focused on the history and mergers. It would be nice to have a deep dive comparing their fleets and fleet strategies.
I've flown with Delta and love their services and routes. They have my vote for what I'm flying next if possible
Great my dad works there
@Greyhound 99 I don’t fly American they’re generally too expensive and I’ve had a couple occasions where they lost the luggage
@Justinian Yi I'm sure they've all improved however I'd still take United over AA given their track record on my account and the 3 bankruptcies that have been filed for.
Good for flying to Tampa
We flew delta and the gate agent and the lady at the customer service desk were very mean and it wasn’t a pleasant experience
Over a decade ago I was offered a job as a flight officer at both United and Delta. I picked Delta and haven’t regretted my choice.
Delta is so punctual, safe and the service is outstanding. That is what I like most about this airline. American Airlines is classy, safe, good service as well. US Airways, when I flew with it, it was punctual, the service good quality as well and well I lived in Charlotte NC, and it is the major airline there. The designs are beautiful of the three. Although there was a quick logo design for Delta before the actual one. I remember the tail had like a flag waving kind of design on the tail. Thought it was pretty.
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Since I live right near San Francisco, United is my carrier of choice! It only makes sense due to SFO being one of their hubs.
American has a hub at sfo too and cant wait tell u get dragged off
Wow you got some attitude. American does not have a hub at SFO btw.
@@shahimagesyt focus hub
@@Lee247Jamaica nope, not even a focus city for them
@@Lee247Jamaica It's just United and Alaska at KSFO
Understatement of the week goes to “problems with fatigue and pressurisation”
The comet Ripped it self apart in the air like 10 times and the mention it like that 😂🤣
The aviation jargon “uncontrolled decompression” comes to mind.
When i started watching this i was suprised you did not have hundreds of thousands of subs because your content was so good
this isnt their main channel. their main channel has 98.4K subs
@@ShortFinal oh, i was confused
This is a new channel also, I think less than two months old
Been flying United almost exclusively for ten years. Southwest lost my business when I had to deal with an extremely rude flight attedant and the airline lost my bag on three consecutive flights. United has been smooth sailing.
ah do you haven't been dragged off the plane yet? XD
@@matthijshoogeland7893 nope. Lol! But I have no problem accepting $400 vouchers to take a later flight. I'm usually pretty flexible in my flight arrangements.
Southwest is meh, American planes are bleh now and the staff are unfriendly
United is great. Last time I flew with them they were friendly and the plane was clean.
no offense mate but hope you don't take guitars 😂
My favorite airline of choice depends on the route. Overall, my best experience is Alaska.
*alaska airlines*
_based in seattle_
My airport is lucky and Delta air lines has a focus city here. Delta is also looking into adding transatlantic and transpacific routes here as Beijing is of high demand because of local headquarters for Lenovo and large operations of IBM.
They got a spectacular livery as well, it's so beautiful in itself
Alaska has good loyalty program, other than that, DL is better imo
I like jet blue :D
I think it was actually USAirways that bought American Airlines. And it was America West that bought USAirways prior to that.
America West, a childhood and teenage travel memory of mine!
Imagine being an executive for America West and being told that, in a ten year span, you're going to be in charge of one of the three biggest airlines in the world, without ever changing jobs.
Delta easily. Only reason is I live near Atlanta so I mean what other airline would I choose?
Southwest
Delta is the "healthiest" airline from a financial and passenger standpoint. The others still pack you in like cattle, virus be damned. Look at who is doing furloughs and layoffs. It isn't Delta.
@@richardsilver1591 is that why delta just reported a 4 Billion dollar quarterly loss. Southwest has the strongest balance sheet in the industry right now.
@@TheRangerman00 southwest is good but they aren't in the argument they were scattered around atlanta in 2017 but I rarely see a southwest plane in atlanta anymore 😭
There must be nothing more Atlantan than cracking open an ice cold Coke as your Delta flight cruises 30,000 feet over the city.
United Airlines is our go to. They've got the best flights out of Denver by far, as it's a hub airport of course!
Same for atlanra
United’s hub is Newark
Correction: The CEO of United Post-Merger was Jeff Smisek, former CEO of Continental.
Great topic and content! United is my favorite, though Alaska is a smaller US airline that I also love.
They bought out Virgin America a few years back
I find Delta very interesting in their choices, especially in the last 3-5 years, seeing them give up on various cities they had such a long tenure using as their focus cities, allowing the budget carriers to take the cities over quickly as they leave. It's sometimes puzzling, like here, they gave up on PDX being a focus airport for them, even though they had consistently remained right at the very top in tickets sold, passengers carried and people talking of them and liking their services here alongside Alaska Airlines. But I believe in 2017 it was when they officially announced they'd be ridding Portland as a focus city, and rid most of their routes here, too. Southwest almost instantly came in and took over most of their routes.
Delta has the classiest look and service
Delta has the ugliest tail livery.
Just for a quick and dirty, here's a 10 month sample from 2018.
Southwest Airlines - 20% (132,251,331 passengers)
Delta Air Lines - 16% (106,062,211 passengers)
American Airlines - 15% (99,857,863 passengers)
United Airlines - 11% (71,722,425 passengers)
Here is the commercial airline statistics of the best airline in the world as of 2021
How many passengers does Delta fly a year?
170 million passengers
Background information on Delta Air Lines
Headquartered at the busiest airport in the world, the Atlanta-based company transports more than 170 million passengers every year with connections to some 321 destinations in the world.Jun 23, 2021
Delta, for sure!
The United merger did not retain the CEO of United... Jeff Smizek the ceo of Continental became the ceo of the new company... I can’t believe these easily found facts could be incorrect
They said Delta was formed in Georgia. It was formed in Monroe, Louisiana. It was right on the plane
@@dasmellyyooper Incorrect actually. From Delta Airlines’ website: “1925: Huff Daland Dusters, the predecessor of Delta, is founded in Macon, Ga., before moving to Monroe, La., a few months later.”
6:06 - The two airlines, Delta and Northwest both had a *triangle* in their logo.
Illuminati confirmed.
I still remember Continental before it was bought out by United and US Airways before it was bought out by AA. Delta Airlines was the largest airline in the world in many ways before US and AA merged. A few decades ago, it was Pan Am that was the largest before they abruptly went bankrupt in 1991. I teared up at 2:52 when I saw what was in the background...😥
United is my favorite!
United is the worst one, because well, look at their behavior...
@@Waddle_Dee_With_Internet If you're referring to the incident with the passenger getting dragged off, that flight was actually operated by Republic Airways and the dragging done by O'Hare Airport security staff. Republic operates flights for United Express, American Eagle, and Delta Connection. I'm not loyal to United or anything, but it is interesting that the worst hit to their reputation arose from the actions of a third party who does business with all of the Big Three. That lightning bolt could easily have nailed American or Delta. That said, I do think United handles flight booking, so the overbooking is on them. Whether United overbooks more than the others, I don't know. Pretty much all airlines overbook to one degree or another.
Delta was ranked the best airline in the US since 2017, and was also ranked the best for handling this Pandemic.
@@JETZcorp yeah I was talking about that too
I have, let’s just say some bad experience with them
keep 'em coming man, you're awesome🤗
I’ve flew with 3 and I would say my best experiences was with Delta Airlines.
Damn, the old livery of the United planes around 9:08 was great...those planes have DRIP...that matte grey look was a lot more sleek than the current United/Continental blend with blue/white
A fascinating look into the big 3 in the States, nice one SF!
As a non American I've only flown on United, American and Southwest Airlines. All I can say is United and American Airlines need to improve their service. They are operating like budget airlines but are parading like premium airlines. In my view American Airlines was the worst and they got this vote because they seperated my family on a domestic leg. Can you imagine my 4 year old sitting with strangers on the whole flight? Southwest Airlines are great value. Haven't flown on Delta yet but from comments I hope to try it one day.
OMG!!
From where do you get so much ideas to make such great videos.....
Nice...
Keep up the great work.....
i would choose delta bbc american's delays are like hdaehffwhfaga. and delta also flies to YYZ airport which is the nearest airport to me
United would be my airline of choice
@Hunch0 i really hate united airlines
The seats are terrible
Not sure if anyone pointed this out but with the CAL UA merger the CEO was from CAL
Jeff Smisek. Asshole ruined United
Wonderful compilation of the America's top 3 Airlines . I am amazed by their origin and their present stage ... Amazing video loved it much ❤️❤️❤️❤️...
My request previously you were doing a video on the history of liveries for American airlines and also some European airlines kindly continue that video I am very eager to know the history of liveries of Asian carriers...
Thanks much for the amazing video.....
For me its 1. Delta 2. United 3. American
but on a side note if I can fly Alaska I usually always do especially being based out of LAX. I love Alaska Air.
United, Southwest, Alaska, American. Delta does not make the list.
Good video
I liked it
Thank you for telling 😊
*If all three had to merge - which name would they choose?*
- American because all the airlines are American?
- United because all the airlines are united?
- Delta because the three points on the symbol represent the three airlines?
_Decisions decisions..._
Before the Continental/United merger you used to be able to go anywhere from Cleveland. Now it feels like every trip starts with connecting through Chicago.
I'm most familiar with United and their merger with Continental. I lived relatively close to Newark and usually flew Continental on family vacations. My dad also traveled extensively for work and flew them a lot. My grandfather was actually a pilot for United a long time ago, though no one in my family ever flew the pre-merger United during my lifetime. In my opinion, the merger did not go as smoothly as it could have. I remember one trip during the merger where our flight got cancelled out of nowhere at the last minute, and we had to drive to another airport to get home. The airlines essentially operated separately for several years after they received the single operating certificate. These issues were followed by several highly publicized customer service incidents, and really gave the airline a bad reputation. I think they are improving things now by focusing more on customer service and refurbishing all their aircraft cabins, including reintroducing seatback IFE.
Very interesting observation. Continental had a stellar reputation, but after the merger with United, that got trashed. I was concerned that the same would happen when US Airways (who I had flown exclusively) merged with American, because at the time, American had acquired a negative connotation. Happily, I have not seen a degradation, although I do tend to limit my connections, etc. to former US Airways cities.
I’ve actually had a mileage plus number from when I’ve flown continental as a child! I’m in my mid twenties now. I’m also closer to Newark so it was much easier
Delta passed on the DC-10 (fortunately) and opted for L1011s the MD-11 replaces their aging Lockheed’s in the late ‘80s and ‘90s. Also Delta has the most cash reserves of the big 3, Better miles programs and higher rated customer experience among US carriers.
I am a delta diamond, I’m proud and i love delta but to say their mileage program is good is so stupid. Literally the only miles that you can’t redeem first class on partner airlines on. Not AF, GA, Korean, or MU.... meanwhile united can redeem on thai, ana, LH and even air china or american miles can be used for qantas if you’re lucky.
It all depends on how you account for things...financially. Besides, cash-on-hand means less these days as less people are flying and margins are slimmer than usual.
@@1234BaileyDavid simply put, AA and UA will file for bankruptcy is this continues much longer. DL is in far better position to withstand this for a longer period. They won't need to file.
You must be comparing Skypesos with Spirit's frequent flyer program because United's Mileageplus program is far superior, even after they have shit on it a few times in the past few years.
@Sky Honkler All airlines employ the same monetization tactics, not just United. Delta sells their miles to American Express and other vendors just like United does with Chase.
Nicely compiled!
Unless flying internationally, I almost exclusively fly Southwest. Their service is much friendlier, economy seats have more pitch, and free checked bags, nonexistent elsewhere in the industry, amount to a savings of over $100 each trip. Not to mention, their flexible cancellation policies are essential nowadays.
I am a huge Southwest fan, too :)
I like delta and american
Jetblue Southwest> United Delta American
i like southwest too, but their planes are kinda dumpy. dirty seats, no screens on the headrest, and no outlets to charge. also their routes kinda suck from where i live with a lack non stops. always a connection that adds a few more hours. no business class seats or lounges, and limited international presence
My airline of choice: whichever is cheap and goes where I wanna go. lol
Only AA for me, international I fly LH due to them having 747's otherwise I would use AA for that route also. AA has the only real First Class left in select domestic flights
AAL's debt load is $42 billion and they have access to another $7 billion to draw on, for a total of $49 billion. They are contestant #1 on 'Who Choses Ch 11 First' in the near future.
American was acquired by Usiair, which was acquired by America West. In both cases the owners chose to keep the better known brand name.
Someone should tell them to paint a plane in America West colors, just for fun. That's such a wild series of acquisitions!
I've been flying on American this past year and they are my choice airline now. They bump me up to first class for free.
Oh, so it's YOU that we First Class passengers have to be forced to sit next to 😝
I got first class and they bumped me down
Nah they a trash 🗑
I'm a guy of Delta nice video overall
That was great. Thanks for their histories
Can you do an overview of the regional airlines in the United States?
My parents and grandpa all worked for Continental as FAs/Pilot. Miss that airline.
Can you upload a similar video comparing the 3 big European airlines: Lufthansa, British Airways and KLM?
Delta
its incredible that there was once a big 9, but 6 have lost the war to the big 3
I prefer southwest for domestic because of their free checked bags and choose your own seat. I think for international I prefer delta, but I also like the Dreamliner cabin. For current safety standards, I think southwest and delta are best in that they still aren’t filling middle seat.
I've flown all three of the 'big three'. My choice is Delta, by far. I will willingly pay more to fly Delta because the service and experience is just better. It's not to the level of some European or middle eastern carriers, but it's definitely the best of the big three US airlines.
I would also note that I liked flying Continental. I was very disappointed when United decided to merge with them. United ruined a much better airline.
Us Airways and American were a good fit together. Both airlines seemed interchangeable anyway. The experience was pretty much identical when they were separate.
I hate Southwest only because I absolutely hate being herded like cattle. With occasional motion sickness, I need a window seat. I would rather go with a carrier that gets me an assigned seat, in spite of Southwest's great staff.
I only wish I could have experienced Pan Am back in it's glory days.
I like jetBlue mostly but Delta is pretty good as a runner up
JetBlues route network is a mess and constantly changing. They where my favorite a few year ago but now I would have to go out of my way to fly them. It's kinda a shame.
12:13 can someone tell me what plane is that ?
@khoileanh402thats a -300
AA hubs in PHL, but my last few leisure flights have all been with F9.
I like United most because of the branding. That sexy United blue... Also I love flying SFO.
Many years ago the US carriers have the big six: United, Delta, American, US Airways, Continental and Northwest Airlines.
Now it’s just the big three. How times have changed.
So glad I found your channel. Ive recently become obsessed with aviation and this channel is a trove of info
American and United both have fine service but their employees are very obnoxious. Delta have great service and are always nice! You can even get complementary upgrades very easy!
Two things to correct here:
1) US Airways acquired American Airlines; they just kept the AA branding since it made sense for them
2) United Airlines today is not actually United; while the merger (which is still happening at the grounds-level!) was mostly equal, it’s easier to say that Continental was the major shareholder (both branding and livery as well as top corporate heads came from CO), but keeping the name “United”. I still appreciated the United Airlines history.
Nice video!!!
One correction -- Delta started in Monroe, LA, then moved later to Atlanta. The name came from their crop dusting service over the Mississippi Delta...
Give me Southwest any day. No fees! Reasonable airfares. Their low fare calendar is awesome when trying to find the fare that works for you. Southwest leaves the others in the dust..... Of course if you are flying Int'l you will have to fly other carries. I wish we had a Qantas America! Qantas is my favorite carrier for Australia and NZ. Braniff was awesome. The big three you are talking about are, in my opinion, way too big!! Smaller companies are in order so they can give better service as opposed to what they have become. My two cents..J
The big 3 are basically ULCC in Designer Clothing unless you fly Business. They charge for everything now unless you pay to upgrade and it seems every couple of years they reduce the seat pitches in their new aircrafts.
I wish pan am still existed… although it would be a dive roll to see how they turned out, from basically a 4th mainline US carrier, to a small carrier in the Caribbean and South America, to them basically being an emirates / Qantas / BA for America.
First time flyer about to fly with Delta. I heard nothing but good things about them. ✈️
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My favorite airline is the one that gives me the best deal. I am planning a trip from Austin to Melbourne, Australia in April. Business class on United is almost $2,000 less than American/Qantas. There is a nearly equal spread between the offerings for premium economy.
I lived in Melbourne for nearly five years. I flew from DFW to Melbourne or vice versa 28 times. Most of my trips were on Qantas/American. I am in American's frequent flyer program, but given the price spread stated above, I decided on United for my trip to Australia in April.
1:38 a picture of Stockholm Bromma airport you can se my neighborhood in the background
Mine would definitely be Delta
United has one of the best Frequent flier programs with the option to book a flight with a decent amount of miles all the others ask for a crazy amount of miles that unless you truly fly all the time you will never get to redeem those miles for a trip.
Very informative comparison. Thank you.
Actually US Airways did a reverse merger on American, (meaning they took over AA name but kept the US Airways team and all), which is funny because America West did the same for US Airways, so you could say America West bought out US Airways, and then American, but changing their name each time to the company they bought
I flew mostly American and United back in the 90s, with Delta a distant third. Didn't do much travel from '95 to '09, but now over the past ten years in my current job I've become a Delta convert and fly them pretty much exclusively. They go where I need to, and their service has been excellent.
Great video 👍
I L❤VE U N I T E D A I R L I N E S
There Expensive But have great service
Since I live in NYC id have to say American JetBlue & Delta United comes in 4th because I'm not a fan of traveling in and out of Jersey.
The thumbnail is annoying the bottom two carriers , delta and United have they're new liverys one the left and old ones on the right while the top AA has the old livery on the left and new one on the right
Can you do the same but separate video for each airlines and more details ? thx love it
I live in minneapolis which is a delta hub. I'm stuck with them and ain't complaining.
Atlanta is a delta hub and I have a teacher who is from Minnesota now she lives in Texas
@@samanthamartin9254 Airline's have many hubs. Minneapolis is a Delta hub Atlanta is Delta Main hub.
MSP is Delta's 3rd busiest hub.
I love Delta!!!!! American too. Still have to experience United.
United since LAX is a hub and the prices are less than a hotel stay. Yet I fly across the country
viewing the voice in a380 video (a380 hibernation) in which you just tell about write about the future topic i had one :
In this video you just go through the US major airlines,i want a video of an idea how delta come with cash burn,how to decrease cash burn ,what aircraft should be put and how to deal with COVID-19 pandemic i get articles i analysis it but the article is too long so i come to you,thanks if you make this video
12:13 Tokyo drifting??!?
Delta is the best one. There's no comparison anymore. They just took it on another level compared to AA and United.
I’m going on AA in July
Delta would be my choice as the airline to fly. They have the most friendly and helpful employees in the air and on the ground.
My airline choice is AAL, as my dad flies for them and we get discounts.
US Airways bought American Airlines, not the reverse as stated in your video. (I see this mentioned in other comments as well) Prior to that little ol' America West had purchased USAir. In each case a decision was made to keep the name of the acquired carrier for it's better brand recognition. Evidence of all this is the fact that Doug Parker, CEO or America West then USAir, is now CEO of American Airlines. Amazing to think Parker engineered the transformation of America West into the world's largest airline.
I literally thought the American Airlines ad at the beginning said “ we are doing our best.” 🤣🤣🤣
Good to know Richard Hammond works for simple flying
I think big 3 should have Cargo division that have aircraft and crew dedicated to delivering cargo and the airline I will travel to the US will be American and Delta
United is my favorite, Continental was my second favorite airline because I used to live in Guam which was a hub for both airlines
Would you happen to have sources for the background music? I think they sound very nice and relaxing.
Domestically, I naturally go to American since they have the lowest prices out of the three, however, if I’m going trans-continental I’m going with delta or any long domestic flight, to Europe, it doesn’t really matter, to Africa Delta since they offer the most flights to Africa, to South America, American since they offer the most destinations to Latin and central as well as the Caribbean, to Asia, United since they offer the most flights to Asia, and lastly Australia, it doesn’t matter but preferably delta since they use the a350 and have better on board catering and more comfortable economy seats.
Generally speaking, a lot of the non American airlines are much better. If you're flying to Europe for example, you're probably gonna want to be on Air France rather than delta. If you're going to Asia, a lot of the Asian airlines are a class above too.
United has very consistent and reliable services 😊
United and American are great 😊
Great video