Delta Adds 9 new flights

[Deadend]

Delta Adds a Latin Beat to Holiday Travel With Nine New Flights and Expanded Service Into Latin America and the Caribbean

New flights to Colombia, Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, Ecuador and Argentina, and additional seasonal service to select Caribbean destinations start in December

ATLANTA, Oct. 27, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Go easy. Get away. Let Delta Air Lines (NYSEAL) take you there with one of its most exciting expansions in Latin America and the Caribbean, including nine new flights and increased seasonal schedules to six sunny destinations starting in just a few weeks.

"Latin America and the Caribbean are the fastest-growing regions this season for Delta, offering customers variety and plenty of choices. Whether you're in the mood for some relaxation on a tropical island, adventure in the Amazon jungle, or great shopping in Buenos Aires, we'll fly you there," said Christophe Didier, Delta's vice president of Sales and Government Affairs for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Schedules are available at delta.com for new Delta service beginning in December, including:


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From To Start Date
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Tegucigalpa, Honduras* Dec. 18

Guayaquil, Ecuador Dec. 19

Atlanta Manaus, Brazil Dec. 19

Santiago, Dominican Republic Dec. 20

Recife-Fortaleza, Brazil Dec. 21
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Buenos Aires, Argentina* Dec. 18

New York-JFK Bogota, Colombia Dec. 18

Bonaire Dec. 20
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Nashville, Tenn. Cancun, Mexico* Dec. 27
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In addition, expanded seasonal schedules will start in December between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and six Caribbean destinations:



* Aruba (second daily flight);
* George Town, Cayman Islands (second Saturday flight);
* Montego Bay, Jamaica (third daily flight);
* Providenciales; Turks and Caicos (second Saturday flight);
* Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (second daily flight); and
* St. Maarten (second Saturday flight).
Delta also will add one year-round frequency to its existing schedule between Atlanta and San Juan, Puerto Rico, starting on Nov. 22.

Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than any airline with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 287 destinations in 58 countries. Delta has added more international capacity than any major U.S. airline during the last two years and is the leader across the Atlantic with flights to 42 trans-Atlantic markets. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers 315 weekly flights to 43 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on more than 16,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 500 worldwide destinations in 105 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and flight status at delta.com.

 

[Torpid]

Is this all on the Delta side or is some of it going to the connection side?

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Those are all mainline flights.

 

[Newpilot2b]

Something reminds me about SkyWest getting "overwater" certification?????? Now the questions is would ASA or SkyWest out of ATL do it?

 

[d.fitz]

Tegucigalpa, Honduras.... Got Balls???

for those who haven't seen it, this is a standard approach...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_z5HtME9n8

Nothin like hearin the RA say "fifty" a quarter mile out!!!

 

[Torpid]

The only reason I asked is because, in addition to the Delta flights, I know ASA did (or still does???) flights into turks and caicos.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

ASA supplements PLS on the thin days. Some days it is Shuttle America.

 

[freightdogfred]

Tegucigalpa, Honduras.... Got Balls???

for those who haven't seen it, this is a standard approach...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_z5HtME9n8

Nothin like hearin the RA say "fifty" a quarter mile out!!!

That airport's closed...so you need legs to walk, not balls.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91975521&ft=1&f=1004

 

[Benjamin Dover]

I'm trying to get to LBB - doest Delta fly there??

 

[d.fitz]

CAL shows a 737-700 departing tomorrow at 930am for TGU. I think it was only closed for a short time.

 

[michael707767]

That airport's closed...so you need legs to walk, not balls.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91975521&ft=1&f=1004

not closed now. Delta took a 737-700 down there with about 10 check airman on board and did touch and go's for a couple of hours to get them all checked out on that airport.

 

[General Lee]

I'm trying to get to LBB - doest Delta fly there??

Thank GAWD, NO.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Tejas-Jet]

I'm trying to get to LBB - doest Delta fly there??

Delta did fly into LBB at one time....clearly they couldn't compete and had to leave.

Same happened at DF'nW...couldn't compete there either

 

[EMBpilot]

Tejas,
Let somebody else compete with 5 leg days with 30 minute turns. Too much fast food for my taste.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Tejas,
Let somebody else compete with 5 leg days with 30 minute turns. Too much fast food for my taste.

Hey...cute response...maybe for your taste, but the reality is...Delta either couldn't find a way to compete effectively or their cost structure just made it impossible to keep the operation going...

Had nothing to do with how many legs per day Delta crews either did or didn't fly.

BTW...the gates are still there ( collecting dust)...well...they were the last time I flew through there...about 8 months ago or so.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I would venture to guess (uneducated of course....) That if SWA comes to ATL we will see Widgets out in the Republic of Texas once again. Not like we did, but more than we see now.

 

[~~~^~~~]

Yeah - we'll throw an RJ or two out there. That'll teach 'em. We could even paint it like a minnow, or whatever Shamu likes to eat for lunch.

Thank goodness SWA does not list flights on Travelocity and Orbitz. Passengers would use SWA to connect to Delta to actually go somewhere separated by Oceans and that could be a problem.

I am surprised at the number of passengers that use AAI to connect to Delta.

Eventually, Delta is going to have to fight fire with fire and out compete these guys in domestic operations. There might be a lot of glamor and profit in International, but if DAL looses focus on Domestic it puts the whole operation in peril.

 

[JoeMerchant]

Yeah - we'll throw an RJ or two out there. That'll teach 'em. We could even paint it like a minnow, or whatever Shamu likes to eat for lunch.

Thank goodness SWA does not list flights on Travelocity and Orbitz. Passengers would use SWA to connect to Delta to actually go somewhere separated by Oceans and that could be a problem.

I am surprised at the number of passengers that use AAI to connect to Delta.

Eventually, Delta is going to have to fight fire with fire and out compete these guys in domestic operations. There might be a lot of glamor and profit in International, but if DAL looses focus on Domestic it puts the whole operation in peril.

You sure have become "anti-RJ" since you stopped flying them......They are simply airplanes....not a panacea and not the anti-Christ....