Delta Air Lines A350-900

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Wide-body jet

Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Sep 1, 2026

Busiest US routes for Delta Air Lines A350-900, by departures: ATL–ICN, LAX–SYD, ICN–SEA, HND–SEA, HND–LAX, ATL–HND, SEA–TPE, DTW–HND, DTW–ICN, HND–MSP, ICN–MSP, DTW–PVG, ATL–SCL, ATL–JNB, CDG–LAXHNDICNATLSEADTWLAXMSPSYDTPE
Delta Air Lines's busiest A350-900 routes, by departures — line weight is departures flown, dots are the airports it connects. Great-circle paths from US DOT T-100, trailing 12 months through May 2026.
Passengers flown a year
4M
11th-largest Delta Air Lines sub-fleet
Airframes in the filing
40
Airports served
22
Countries
14
Departures a day
45
Average age
5.2 yr

How Delta Air Lines flies its A350-900

Filed traffic data

The count above is the A350-900 airframes Delta Air Lines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 22 airports across 14 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.

Departures flown

16,486

May 2026

Seats flown

4,769,801

Passengers

4M

Load factor

83.6%

RPM ÷ ASM

Block hours

191,706

Delta Air Lines's busiest A350-900 routes

Its busiest A350-900 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.

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The longest and shortest Delta Air Lines A350-900 flights

The two ends of the type's working envelope, from the routes it actually flew — not what the airframe is certified to do.

Longest route flown

8,433 mi

Atlanta – Johannesburg (ATLJNB)

15h 51m block · 622 departures · 82% load

Flown by Delta Air Lines.

Shortest route flown

528 mi

Detroit – Minneapolis (DTWMSP)

1h 43m block · 288 departures · 78% load

Flown by Delta Air Lines.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.

Where Delta Air Lines flies the A350-900 from

Delta Air Lines flies its A350-900 from 22 US airports in 14 countries. The busiest, by departures:

  • ATL

    Atlanta

    2,744 departures · 10 routes

    17.2%

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  • ICN

    Seoul

    2,051 departures · 5 routes

    12.8%

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  • HND

    Tokyo

    1,796 departures · 5 routes

    11.2%

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  • LAX

    Los Angeles

    1,754 departures · 8 routes

    11.0%

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  • DTW

    Detroit

    1,408 departures · 5 routes

    8.8%

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  • SEA

    Seattle

    1,142 departures · 4 routes

    7.2%

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  • MSP

    Minneapolis

    1,063 departures · 4 routes

    6.7%

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  • PVG

    Shanghai

    575 departures · 3 routes

    3.6%

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  • AMS

    Amsterdam

    561 departures · 3 routes

    3.5%

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  • SYD

    Sydney

    417 departures · 1 route

    2.6%

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Where the A350-900 sits in Delta Air Lines's fleet

The A350-900 is 3.9% of Delta Air Lines's 1,025 tracked mainline aircraft.

Share of Delta Air Lines's mainline fleet · each type a slice · the A350-900 is the ringed slice at 3.9%

Other Delta Air Lines types

How old is the Delta Air Lines A350-900 fleet?

Delta Air Lines A350-900 — airframes by age (years)

Age is measured from each airframe's delivery date — the FAA airworthiness date where available, otherwise the manufacturer's. Bars share a fixed scale across every fleet page, so two carriers can be compared directly.

Oldest airframeN501DNAirbus A350-9009.2 yr · Delivered Jul 13, 2017
Newest airframeN531DNAirbus A350-9000.7 yr · Delivered Dec 16, 2025

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Monthly Delta Air Lines A350-900 capacity

1.5K
1.5K
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1.5K
1.4K
1.2K
1.3K
1.3K
1.2K
1.4K
1.3K
1.5K
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Monthly Delta Air Lines A350-900 departures across US routes, trailing 12 months through May 2026. Peak month in solid ink.

Frequently asked

How many A350-900 does Delta Air Lines have?

Delta Air Lines operates about 40 A350-900 aircraft — 40 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.

Where does Delta Air Lines fly the A350-900?

Delta Air Lines flies its A350-900 to about 22 US airports across 14 countries, its busiest route being ATL–ICN.

How old are Delta Air Lines's A350-900?

Delta Air Lines's A350-900 fleet averages about 5.2 yr, ranging from 0.7 yr to 9.2 yr.

What is the longest A350-900 route Delta Air Lines flies?

The longest A350-900 route Delta Air Lines flew over the trailing 12 months is ATL–JNB, about 8,433 miles.

Inventory: US DOT Form 41 Schedule B-43 (2025). Deliveries: Airbus & Boeing official reports. Registry status: FAA. Last refreshed Sep 1, 2026.