Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Delta to Start SLC-NRT Service in June (plus other New Routes)

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | Delta to Start SLC-NRT Service in June (plus other New Routes)

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Posted onPost created on November 12 2008 16:29 ET by Trevor Bair

Delta announced a bunch of new routes today. Highlights are below:

(SLC - NRT will be using the A332.) See the link below for more aircraft info.

* Trans-Pacific: Delta plans to add three new nonstop trans-Pacific flights between the United States and Tokyo-Narita, Japan, including new nonstop flights from Salt Lake City and New York-JFK a second daily flight from Atlanta and daily service connecting customers beyond Tokyo to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

* Africa: Delta will expand its industry-leading position in Africa with new flights between Atlanta and Nairobi, Kenya and Cape Town, South Africa (via Dakar, Senegal); between Atlanta and Monrovia, Liberia; Abuja, Nigeria; Luanda, Angola; and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (all via Sal Island, Cape Verde); and between New York-JFK and Lagos, Nigeria. Delta also will introduce its first daily nonstop service to South Africa with flights between Atlanta and Johannesburg.

* Europe/Middle East: Delta will expand its leading position across the Atlantic with the only nonstop flights operated to Gothenberg, Sweden and Valencia, Spain, both from New York-JFK. Delta also will expand its service at New York-JFK with nonstop service to Prague, Czech Republic and Zurich, Switzerland (seasonal); as well as the addition of a second nonstop flight between New York-JFK and Tel Aviv.

Source: http://news.delta.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=11185

Trevor Bair

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Posted onPost created on November 12 2008 19:24 ET by Felipe Nava

* South America: Delta will start to fly in December to Recife and Fortaleza with the Boeing 757-200WL ---> ATL-REC-FOR-ATL

Posted onPost created on November 13 2008 11:48 ET by Trevor Bair

Thanks Felipe, missed adding that. smile

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Posted onPost created on November 13 2008 17:39 ET by Alex Deutz

AWESOME!

cant wait to fly to johanasburg from the atl

Posted onPost created on November 26 2008 20:26 ET by Felipe Nava

Another flight to South America: Atlanta - Manaus with a Boeing 737-700. They must be crazy man!

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Posted onPost created on November 27 2008 15:00 ET by Andrew Lynn

Yep, one of the longer stage lengths for Delta's new 73Ws. This is why they bought them. For some of the longer thin routes and for those performace stricken airports where the 757 and 738 is too much metal.

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Posted onPost created on November 28 2008 22:21 ET by Felipe Nava

But in MAO even a 747-400 can land

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