With a fleet of over 500 aircraft that need to be kept fully airworthy, Delta Air Lines' Technical Operations Centre is a key part of the airline's activities, providing a comprehensive maintenance service to Delta, as well as to other airlines. To ensure spare parts are available when needed, it uses ICEM Surf software for reverse engineering to be able to manufacture parts in-house. Back in 1924, when Huff Daland Dusters was founded as the world's first aerial crop dusting organisation, maintenance and overhaul of the firm's aircraft was something that got done only when absolutely necessary. But that situation began to change when, in 1928, the company became Delta Air Service and on 17th June, 1929, inaugurated airline services with the first passenger flights, over a route stretching from Dallas, Texas to Jackson, Mississippi, via Shreveport and Monroe, Louisiana. From that point on, aircraft maintenance and repair climbed to the top of the ladder of priorities.
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