NEW YORK, April 13, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Delta Air Lines will continue to expand its market-leading position for New York City customers with the addition of service to three more non-stop routes from New York's LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports this summer. The new flights include Saturday-only service between LaGuardia and Las Vegas and Los Angeles, effective June 10, and new daily round-trip service between JFK and Burlington, Vt., effective July 5. With these additions, Delta will offer New York customers more than 260 peak daily flights to 81 worldwide destinations from the city's two largest airports.
Additionally, Delta is accelerating from Sept. 9 to July 5 the start date for new non-stop service between New York-JFK and Richmond, Va. as part of a broader expansion plan at the JFK hub.
"Delta is New York's airline and we are excited about our continued growth in the largest, most exciting city in the world," said Bob Cortelyou, Delta's vice president of Network Planning. "Our customers will now be able to benefit from the easy access of LaGuardia Airport when traveling to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, complementing the service Delta already offers to those cities out of JFK. In addition, access from Burlington and Richmond into JFK where customers have access to Delta's convenient connections to more than 30 international destinations further enhances Delta's position as New York's leading airline."
Delta's expanded New York service will operate as follows:
Delta's new Saturday service between New York-LaGuardia and Las Vegas effective June 10:
Flight Departs Arrives Aircraft 1663 LaGuardia at 9:00 a.m. Las Vegas at 11:30 a.m. Boeing 757 1662 Las Vegas at 12:30 p.m. LaGuardia at 8:20 p.m. Boeing 757
Delta's new Saturday service between New York-LaGuardia and Los Angeles effective June 10:
Flight Departs Arrives Aircraft
1643 LaGuardia at 8:45 a.m. Los Angeles Boeing 757
at 11:40 a.m.
1644 Los Angeles at 12:35 p.m. LaGuardia Boeing 757
at 9:05 p.m.
Delta's new daily service between New York-JFK and Burlington, Vt. effective July 5:
Flight Departs Arrives Aircraft
5324(b) JFK at 12:50 p.m. Burlington CRJ200
at 2:05 p.m.
5590(b) JFK at 8:50 p.m. Burlington CRJ200
at 10:05 p.m.
5058(a)/(b) Burlington at 6:30 a.m. JFK at 7:45 a.m. CRJ200
5591(b) Burlington at 2:35 p.m. JFK at 4:00 p.m. CRJ200
Delta's new daily service between New York-JFK and Richmond, Va. effective July 5:
Flight Departs Arrives Aircraft 5058(b) JFK at 8:45 a.m. Richmond at 10:10 a.m. CRJ200 5504(b) JFK at 4:45 p.m. Richmond at 6:10 p.m. CRJ200 5324(b) Richmond at 10:40 a.m. JFK at 12:05 p.m. CRJ200 5504(b) Richmond at 6:40 p.m. JFK at 8:05 p.m. CRJ200
Delta's continuing growth in New York extends a list of recent milestones for the airline in the world's largest travel market. In March, Delta announced new and expanded service between JFK and 17 destinations in the United States and Canada to support the airline's international hub at JFK. Delta continues to grow as JFK's largest international carrier with new and expanded service planned to Budapest, Hungary (effective May 8); Dublin/Shannon, Ireland (effective May 15); Manchester, England (effective May 15); Kiev, Ukraine (effective June 1); and Sao Paulo, Brazil (effective June 16). At LaGuardia, Delta airline has recently announced or added new flights to Fort Myers, Fla.; Miami, Fla.; New Orleans, La.; and Dallas/Fort Worth from the main terminal; and to Chicago-O'Hare from the popular Marine Air Terminal.
Additionally, Delta has announced that it will invest more than $10 million in renovations to its Terminal 2 and 3 facilities at JFK to support this summer's growth and has recently completed an upgrade of its facilities at LaGuardia's Marine Air Terminal which offers customers complimentary wireless high speed Internet access, a VIP lounge and conference room, and complimentary newspapers and magazines. Refurbishments under way at JFK include replacing carpet, ceilings, paint, lighting and wall coverings in all public areas; refurbishing the Terminal 3 customs and immigrations entrance; refreshing facilities in Delta's BusinessElite lounge and Crown Room Clubs; and restoring Terminal 2 facilities currently utilized by Song for Delta operations. Additionally, Delta is adding international functionality to its JFK check-in kiosks to give customers more choice and convenience and to expedite customer check-in.
Delta is one of the largest carriers serving metropolitan New York and operates from all three of the city's major airports -- LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark. At LaGuardia, Delta is the largest carrier in terms of available seat miles and offers customers the city's leading Shuttle product to Boston and Washington, D.C. By June, Delta will offer LaGuardia customers flights to 32 of the airport's most popular destinations -- an increase of eight destinations since December. At New York-JFK, Delta operates a major international and domestic hub with plans to offer 141 peak day flights to 67 worldwide destinations by this September, including 13 new non-stop domestic destinations, five new transatlantic destinations and the airline's first service between South America and New York. With the July 2006 schedule, Delta will offer customers more flights from JFK than any airline in the market, including more transatlantic destinations than any other carrier serving JFK.
Delta Air Lines (Other OTC:DALRQ) is one of the world's fastest growing international carriers with more than 50 new international routes added or announced in the last year. Delta offers daily flights to 503 destinations in 94 countries on Delta, Song, Delta Shuttle, the Delta Connection carriers and its worldwide partners. In summer 2006, Delta plans to offer customers more destinations and departures between the U.S., Europe, India and Israel than any global airline, including service on 11 new trans-Atlantic routes from its Atlanta and New York-JFK hubs(c). Delta also is a major carrier to Mexico, South and Central America and the Caribbean, with more than 35 routes announced, added or applied to serve since Jan. 1, 2005. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on more than 14,000 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. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.
(a) Effective July 6
(b) Service operated by Delta Connection carrier Comair
(c) From the U.S., based on July 2006 OAG
A portion of travel for some itineraries may be on the Delta Connection carriers Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Comair, Freedom Airlines and Shuttle America; or Song, Delta's low-fare service.
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