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In 1941, Delta moved its headquarters from Monroe to Atlanta, to center itself along its new route network that now stretched to Chicago, Miami, and New Orleans.

In 1953 Delta purchased Chicago and Southern Air Lines, and flew under the name Delta C&S for the next two years. Like Braniff, Delta was initially restricted to Newark, but both airlines transferred across the Hudson River to Idlewild after only a few years.