Official: Delta- SLC to Paris direct

[Sedona16]

http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/070823/125519.html


Delta to Launch First Trans-Atlantic Flight From Salt Lake City With New Non-stop Service to Paris
Thursday August 23, 3:00 pm ET
New flight positions Delta as the only U.S. carrier to operate non-stop service to French capital from the western United States
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 23, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL - News), building on the continued success of the largest international expansion in its history, will offer customers the convenience of non-stop service between Paris and its growing Salt Lake City hub beginning in 2008. The flights, operated in cooperation with SkyTeam partner Air France, will be the first trans-Atlantic service ever offered by any airline from Salt Lake City and will be the only non-stop service operated by a U.S. carrier between the western United States and Paris.
We are pleased to respond to customers' growing demand for international travel with Delta's first trans-Atlantic flight that will connect the western United States to Europe and beyond through the international gateway in Paris,'' said Delta President and CFO Ed Bastian. ``We are proud to partner with the Salt Lake City Department of Airports, county and state government to link these two cities quickly and more directly than ever before.''
Customers traveling to Paris will experience one of the most famous destinations in the world with attractions such as the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre museum. Customers visiting Salt Lake City will have access to some of the United States' best skiing, hiking and mountain biking. Customers traveling beyond the capitals will have numerous connecting opportunities as Salt Lake City and Paris offer more than 200 destinations beyond their city limits utilizing both Delta and Air France connecting flights. Both cities have hosted the Olympic Games, and their respective regions host world-renowned movie festivals with the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, and the Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera.
Delta will operate daily service beginning June 2, 2008, with a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft seating up to 214 passengers.
The new route is also expected to offer up to five tons of cargo lift in each direction. From Paris, the top shipments will include cosmetics, fashion garments and wine, while Salt Lake City's chief exports will be machine parts, computers and information technology equipment.
Customers can purchase tickets for the new service beginning today via delta.com and other ticketing channels as follows:
Delta's new non-stop service between Salt Lake City and Paris Beginning June 2: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flight Departs Arrives Effective Flight Time --------------------------------------------------------------------- 170 Salt Lake City at 5 p.m. Paris at June 2, 10hr 5min 11:05 a.m. 2008 (next day) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 171 Paris at 10:20 a.m. Salt Lake City June 2, 11hr 30min at 1:50 p.m. 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
To celebrate the new service, Delta is offering Salt Lake City customers an introductory fare inviting them to experience the splendors of Paris. For a limited time, tickets for travel originating in Salt Lake City are available for $499 one way (based on a round-trip purchase). However customers should act fast as the special introductory fare must be purchased by Sept. 6. Additional taxes/fees/restrictions apply. Fare is available only for purchase on delta.com or from a travel agent. See below for more details.
Customers traveling to, from or through Salt Lake City will enjoy Delta's recently upgraded facilities offering more spacious, convenient and efficient check-in thanks to state-of-the-art self-service technology throughout the terminal. The multi-million dollar overhaul supports Delta's commitment to providing customer-focused technology along with helpful, personal service as it continues to expand its reach from one of its fastest growing hubs.
Additionally, customers flying in the business cabin on Delta's new flights between Salt Lake City and Paris will enjoy enhanced service including new seats with improved cushioning and the same 60 inches of legroom and wide-angle recline that have made BusinessElite(r) a customer favorite. Customers also will enjoy new innovative food offerings designed by celebrity chef Michelle Bernstein, original wine selections by Andrea Robinson, exclusively designed signature cocktails by nightlife proprietor Rande Gerber and industry-leading, on-demand, personal in-seat entertainment boasting more than 20 first-run and popular classic movies, a variety of TV programs, a broad range of music, and a suite of 12 video games.
Economy class customers will enjoy Delta's new all-leather seats, enhanced food offerings, and a complimentary cocktail with each meal.
With the added service to Paris, Salt Lake City will become Delta's fourth trans-Atlantic gateway, supporting the largest network of routes offered between the United States and Europe by any global airline. With its summer 2007 schedule, Delta operates service to more trans-Atlantic destinations than any other U.S. carrier and has strengthened its position as the airline serving the most worldwide destinations. In total, Delta serves 36 trans-Atlantic destinations and offers worldwide service to more than 300 cities. From Salt Lake City, Delta currently offers 371 peak-day departures to 114 destinations in North America. Delta Air Lines operates service to more destinations than any global airline with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 328 destinations in 56 countries. Since 2005, Delta has added more international capacity than all other major U.S. airlines combined and is a leader across the Atlantic with flights to 36 trans-Atlantic markets. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 600 weekly flights to nearly 60 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on nearly 15,000 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 481 worldwide destinations in 105 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.

 

[General Lee]

Very smart. Not only will they tap into the Mormon traffic, but also all of the traffic to the Western Ski Resorts. There will be plenty of European travellers in the Winter coming to Park City or connecting to Sun Valley or Aspen, since the last few winters have been bad for skiing in Europe. In the Summer, we will Americans will fill the flights going to Europe, and the Skyteam hub there in Paris can only help with loads etc.(connections from Air France etc)

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Mormon traffic? Don't they use horse and buggies?

 

[xrated]

Mormon traffic? Don't they use horse and buggies?

Oh come on, don't stereotype.

P.S.
They've evolved, they used mountain bikes while wearing shirts and ties and name tags.

 

[Frank Lorenzo]

Mormon traffic? Don't they use horse and buggies?

Actually it was a misprint. It should have read "Delta will tap into the moron traffic."

What is the over/under for this route getting sh!tcanned?

I give it 6 months.

 

[RJAA]

I will be interested to know how much the city of SLC is forking out to make this deal attractive for Delta. Also if their B767s could be loaded to full revenue potential from this high altitude airport in high temps that can push close to 100F on some days. If this was so lucrative like some people praise over here, it would have happened LONG" time ago as early as back in the days when L1011s were still flying around for Delta in SLC. If I live out in a major west coast city and have the money to burn for premium, reputable and convenient service, I would just catch a non-stop from LAX/SFO/PDX/SEA/PHX, plenty of options there with both American and European carriers. Definitely wouldn't get on a CRJ tubestick to SLC and add a stop and three hours on to my itenenary. That's where Delta is going to have a problem, and Delta knows it. Of course, the coach section may be full with college and missionary types, and upgrades to Biz E but that's not how the revenue is made. The city made the right offer and Delta is going to take it. That's is all, and I'd be shocked if Delta is banking on Europeans to fly 11 hours to ski in US of A or on vacations to Vegas and out west.

 

[General Lee]

I will be interested to know how much the city of SLC is forking out to make this deal attractive for Delta. Also if their B767s could be loaded to full revenue potential from this high altitude airport in high temps that can push close to 100F on some days. If this was so lucrative like some people praise over here, it would have happened LONG" time ago as early as back in the days when L1011s were still flying around for Delta in SLC. If I live out in a major west coast city and have the money to burn for premium, reputable and convenient service, I would just catch a non-stop from LAX/SFO/PDX/SEA/PHX, plenty of options there with both American and European carriers. Definitely wouldn't get on a CRJ tubestick to SLC and add a stop and three hours on to my itenenary. That's where Delta is going to have a problem, and Delta knows it. Of course, the coach section may be full with college and missionary types, and upgrades to Biz E but that's not how the revenue is made. The city made the right offer and Delta is going to take it. That's is all, and I'd be shocked if Delta is banking on Europeans to fly 11 hours to ski in US of A or on vacations to Vegas and out west.

Well, since the invention of the RJ, a lot more towns have been added for feed to and from SLC. Also, most connections to and from Europe have been connected through CVG, JFK, and ATL, and since a lot of those flights are now full, an extra section from SLC will ease the pipeline and allow more seats from those other hubs to Europe. Paris is a great hub for the Skyteam, and it allows plenty of connections throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. So, giving an extra flight to SLC, a DL hub with connections to plenty of high end Ski resorts (Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Aspen, etc), there should be plenty of high revenue pax filling those Business Elite seats. As far as 100F days in SLC, there have been 10 this year according to the Weather Channel, and I think 34R or 34L is long enough. We have added a new procedure on the 767 to allow for full power takeoffs even in high heat, essentially packs off takeoffs to keep the EGTs from spiking over the red line. I think our guys are thinking about potential problems in the Summer, and obviously wintertime flying will keep those engines nice and cool, full of rich Europeans looking for the slopes.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Full of LUV]

Wow

I will be interested to know how much the city of SLC is forking out to make this deal attractive for Delta. Also if their B767s could be loaded to full revenue potential from this high altitude airport in high temps that can push close to 100F on some days. If this was so lucrative like some people praise over here, it would have happened LONG" time ago as early as back in the days when L1011s were still flying around for Delta in SLC. If I live out in a major west coast city and have the money to burn for premium, reputable and convenient service, I would just catch a non-stop from LAX/SFO/PDX/SEA/PHX, plenty of options there with both American and European carriers. Definitely wouldn't get on a CRJ tubestick to SLC and add a stop and three hours on to my itenenary. That's where Delta is going to have a problem, and Delta knows it. Of course, the coach section may be full with college and missionary types, and upgrades to Biz E but that's not how the revenue is made. The city made the right offer and Delta is going to take it. That's is all, and I'd be shocked if Delta is banking on Europeans to fly 11 hours to ski in US of A or on vacations to Vegas and out west.

Wow, aren't we bitter???? SLC hub serves a lot of underserved cities, at least in the NW as well. You may hate the RJ, but if you want to get from Eugene, Salem, Medford, etc to Paris with only one stop, DAL is the only carrier that can currently do the job. Will it be enough to make the route profitable, only time will tell, but according to you, all routes have been tried and considered, so the entire industry is just doomed to stagnate and fail. Nice attitude.

 

[Skyboy722]

Wow, aren't we bitter???? SLC hub serves a lot of underserved cities, at least in the NW as well. You may hate the RJ, but if you want to get from Eugene, Salem, Medford, etc to Paris with only one stop, DAL is the only carrier that can currently do the job. Will it be enough to make the route profitable, only time will tell, but according to you, all routes have been tried and considered, so the entire industry is just doomed to stagnate and fail. Nice attitude.

DAL flies to Salem? ANYONE flies to Salem?!

 

[RJAA]

Wow, aren't we bitter???? SLC hub serves a lot of underserved cities, at least in the NW as well. You may hate the RJ, but if you want to get from Eugene, Salem, Medford, etc to Paris with only one stop, DAL is the only carrier that can currently do the job. Will it be enough to make the route profitable, only time will tell, but according to you, all routes have been tried and considered, so the entire industry is just doomed to stagnate and fail. Nice attitude.

Delta do serve those cities but you seem to be missing the point. It's more than just connecting the dots on the map and the number of people who is willing to get on the flight with discount fares and banking on seasonal tourism traffic. Airlines have never been successful that way. It's the consistency on year around basis with stuff like cargo and the amount of people particularly on business trip it can attract to sit up front who cares less about how much it would cost, just want the convenience and great service. For that kind of clientele, this service is not very competetive and I hope Medford, Eugene and Salem and the rest of small western cities can produce all of that to make this flight profitable.

 

[Truckdriver]

Oh come on, don't stereotype.

P.S.
They've evolved, they used mountain bikes while wearing shirts and ties and name tags.

I think there are about 70,000 of those Mormon types scattered around the globe. Lots of them in Europe and all of them leave from Provo, UT. I'd bet they have at least a thousand per month that could hop on this flight to Paris and connect to that part of the world. Add that to those flights being filled three times per year for major confereces that the Mormons have in Utah, the ski industry, the film industry, the summer recreation industry, and I think this flight will do O.K. I've also heard that Rome and London are in the works. The next question is when will we see that SLC ER base?

 

[Full of LUV]

This board is out of touch

I can't believe how flightinfo can have a three page thread about how great Detroit is and then slam Oregon and the Willamette valley. Oregon does business with the Frenchies, where do you think they get the fresh pine smell for the lav's on the new A380???

DAL flies to Salem? ANYONE flies to Salem?!

 

[Heavy Set]

Delta do serve those cities but you seem to be missing the point. It's more than just connecting the dots on the map and the number of people who is willing to get on the flight with discount fares and banking on seasonal tourism traffic. Airlines have never been successful that way. It's the consistency on year around basis with stuff like cargo and the amount of people particularly on business trip it can attract to sit up front who cares less about how much it would cost, just want the convenience and great service. For that kind of clientele, this service is not very competetive and I hope Medford, Eugene and Salem and the rest of small western cities can produce all of that to make this flight profitable.

Sounds to me like you can't understand what people are saying here. In the Summer, people from the States go to Europe, and that includes very rich people in Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, and places like that that have service to SLC on Delta. In the Winter, people from Europe will fly to SLC in search of better skiing, at those same above places, and also Park City in Utah. This flight could have O&D traffic for the skiing and Mormon people, and connecting traffic from the myriad of Rjs that fly into SLC. Looks like a good idea to me. General Lee is correct.

 

[Heavy Set]

I think there are about 70,000 of those Mormon types scattered around the globe. Lots of them in Europe and all of them leave from Provo, UT. I'd bet they have at least a thousand per month that could hop on this flight to Paris and connect to that part of the world. Add that to those flights being filled three times per year for major confereces that the Mormons have in Utah, the ski industry, the film industry, the summer recreation industry, and I think this flight will do O.K. I've also heard that Rome and London are in the works. The next question is when will we see that SLC ER base?

Not for a few flights I bet. My friends at Delta who fly the ER say it will be a tag on from an ATL or JFK pairing. There isn't an ER base in CVG and they have three or four flights to Europe.(FRA, LGW, CDG, and AMS and FCO during the Summer)

 

[RJAA]

Sounds to me like you can't understand what people are saying here. In the Summer, people from the States go to Europe, and that includes very rich people in Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, and places like that that have service to SLC on Delta. In the Winter, people from Europe will fly to SLC in search of better skiing, at those same above places, and also Park City in Utah. This flight could have O&D traffic for the skiing and Mormon people, and connecting traffic from the myriad of Rjs that fly into SLC. Looks like a good idea to me. General Lee is correct.

Sounds like you are a vivid Delta fan if you agree to Gen Lee. But seriously, go ahead and plan on premium traffic on rich people from Jackson Hole and Ski Resorts etc etc like you two would suggest while the coach section gets filled with glut of pax traffic of bargain fares from LAX, SFO, PHX, PDX, SEA who would otherwise wouldn't go or afford a non-stops from these cities, just summers mostly. I have said over and over and it's the yeild that's risky, how much cargo is it going to carry to offset those risks? That's why Delta sat and waited until the incentives are alright. Europeans to ski in Utah? sure there might be some, but seriously... you need more than that during the cold winter in SLC...don't take it too personal. Have a nice day.

 

[SSDD]

RJ,

I'm not a fan of the General, or Delta for that matter, but are you even familiar with the Salt Lake area, and the ski market?

I've lived is SLC for about 20 years now, and in the winter time the ski resorts are crawling with europeans. Even without direct flights they come by the thousands.

Will this market be successful? Will there be others? I don't know. But your arguement is shaky at best.

 

[Sedona16]

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2007-08-21-delta-europe-slc_N.htm


Utah approves $250,000 for Delta flights to Europe

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Delta Air Lines is working on direct flights to Europe from Salt Lake City, although the specific destination still is under wraps.
"We plan on having an announcement about our 2008 international flight (from Salt Lake) in the next couple of weeks," Delta spokesman Anthony Black said Friday.

A Utah economic-development agency will give $250,000 to aid flights to Paris. Delta likely will get help from Salt Lake City and the Utah Office of Tourism.
Direct overseas flights "will help us promote our parks, our ski resorts and help facilitate commerce between Europe and Utah," said Jerry Oldroyd, a member of the board overseeing the Governor's Office of Economic Development.

The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce has pushed hard for a route to Europe.

"The chance of a direct flight to Europe would plant the seeds for many of the aspirations that we have for the business community, namely, to become a world city," chamber spokeswoman Natalie Gochnour said.
Delta flies to Mexico and Canada from Salt Lake City.

The new route is also expected to offer up to five tons of cargo lift in each direction. From Paris, the top shipments will include cosmetics, fashion garments and wine, while Salt Lake City's chief exports will be machine parts, computers and information technology equipment.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Now all Delta needs to do is connect LBB to SLC with a non-stop on one of those super RJs.

LBB to Paris with one connection. Not even Southwest can compete with that.