Delta Express was a no-frills "airline within an airline" brand owned and operated by

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from 1996 to 2003. The airline was headquartered in

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. Delta Express was based out of

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, and focused on leisure routes between

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and the northeast United States, as well as certain parts of the

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. It primarily competed with low-cost brands such as Continental Lite and

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' MetroJet, and

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s such as

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and in the first years of its operation, JetBlue Airways. The Delta Express aircraft fleet only consisted of the Boeing 737-200, in an all coach class configuration. No

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or meal service was offered. In 2003, Delta Express was replaced by

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, a new low-fare brand that Delta introduced, which has since also been dismantled.

Livery

Delta Express aircraft bore the same primary liveries as parent company

, albeit with minor changes. Aircraft initially wore Delta's 1970s-era "Widget" livery, with "Delta" in dark blue and "Express" in light blue and in a revised typeface that would appear on Delta's new branding in 1997. When that livery was introduced, featuring a swooping cheatline and all-blue tail with red accents, the word "Express" was changed to red, but in the same typeface as before. When Delta rebranded again in 2000 to a livery featuring a waving fabric design on the tail, light blue billboard "express" titles were applied to the fuselage, with a small Delta logo above the windows near the boarding door and the airline's web address below. Delta Express promoted the

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'' The Powerpuff Girls'' by having a Boeing 737-200 painted with a special livery featuring the characters Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup on the exterior. The plane's inaugural flight was held at

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, on July 17, 2000. In 2002 the aircraft was repainted with a different ''Powerpuff Girls'' theme to promote '' The Powerpuff Girls Movie''.

Destinations

Delta Express flew to as many as 31 domestic destinations in 18 states which included Albany, Providence, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Hartford, Allentown, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Austin, Oklahoma City, Cleveland, Boston, Detroit, New York (JFK, LGA & EWR) to cities like Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers, and Fort Lauderdale.

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