MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rome isn't the
only new nonstop destination being added from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
next spring. Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) will launch seasonal
service to Iceland's Keflavik
International Airport from its Twin
Cities hub beginning May 26,
2016.
Reykjavik will be Delta's fifth
destination in Europe from
Minneapolis-St. Paul. Delta
recently announced service from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Rome and also operates flights to Amsterdam, London, Paris and Tokyo-Narita.
Reykjavik service will be operated
in conjunction with Delta's joint venture partners Air France, KLM
and Alitalia using a 199-seat Boeing 757-300 aircraft. The aircraft
offers 20 seats in the premium cabin as well as 29 in Delta
Comfort+ and 150 in Main Cabin.
"By next spring, our customers in the
Twin Cities will enjoy direct service to six overseas
international destinations in Europe and Asia," said Bob
Cortelyou, Delta's Senior Vice President–Network Planning.
"New service from Minneapolis-St.
Paul to Reykjavik will open
up more opportunities not only for passengers, but also for cargo
handlers that import and export fish and other commodities between
the two countries."
Delta has also extended its service between Reykjavik and New York-JFK, which will now
begin February 11, 2016. Previously
operated for four months over the peak summer, Delta's New York-JFK
flight will now run for seven months, with service starting three
times weekly and moving to daily in May
2016. Delta is the only U.S. airline that operates service
to Iceland.
Delta's Minneapolis-St Paul to
Reykjavik schedule will operate as
follows:
Flight
number
|
Departure
|
Arrival
|
DL260
|
Minneapolis-St Paul
at 9:52 p.m.
|
Reykjavik at 9 a.m.
(next day)
|
DL261
|
Reykjavik at 8:30
a.m.
|
Minneapolis-St Paul
10 a.m.
|
Passengers flying in Delta's premium cabin enjoy a full range of
premium products for a comfortable, relaxed, and productive
in-flight experience. These include a regionally inspired menu with
accompanying wines, plus Westin Heavenly Inflight Bedding from
Westin Hotels & Resorts. Delta Comfort+ offers customers up to
four additional inches of legroom and 50 percent more recline than
Delta's standard international Main Cabin seats as well as priority
boarding. Delta offers in-flight entertainment at every passenger's
seat and Wi-Fi so that customers can stay connected at 30,000
feet.
Delta operates more than 400 peak-day flights to more than 120
destinations from Minneapolis-St.
Paul International Airport. Delta has invested more
than $25 million to update restaurants featuring
world-class cuisine, gate-house dining and iPads for customer use
and ordering in concourse G. Delta has also made renovations to its
Delta Sky Club on concourse F and offers Sky Priority services and
gate area power recharging stations.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 170 million customers each
year. Delta was named to FORTUNE magazine's top 50 World's Most
Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired
airline for the fourth time in five years. Additionally, Delta has
ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for
four consecutive years, a first for any airline. With an
industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection
carriers offer service to 316 destinations in 57 countries on six
continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees
worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft.
The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and
participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture
with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with
Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta
offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and
markets including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia,
Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita.
Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities,
global products and services, and technology to enhance the
customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional
information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as
delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta,
Facebook.com/delta and Delta's blog takingoff.delta.com.
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