ATLANTA and SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air
Lines (NYSE: DAL) is expanding to Asia with new service between
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Seoul Incheon
International Airport beginning on June 3,
2017. The daily nonstop flight will operate with a 291-seat
Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. Additionally, Delta and Korean Air are expanding their joint
codeshare agreement.
Delta's new Atlanta flight complements Korean Air's
existing service, providing customers in the Southeast U.S. with
greater access to destinations across Asia. Combined, Delta and Korean will offer round-trip
connectivity to 142 destinations in the Americas and 33
destinations across Asia between
their joint Atlanta-Seoul schedules.
"Delta and Korean Air are
expanding a 20+ year trans-Pacific partnership, and we believe the
new Delta service between
Atlanta and Seoul in conjunction with an enhanced
partnership with Korean solidifies our joint position as leading
carriers in the U.S.-Asia market,"
said Steve Sear, Delta's President – International &
Executive Vice President – Global Sales. "Incheon International
Airport is one of the premier gateways to Asia and the strength of our combined hubs and
flight offerings gives customers a significantly enhanced portfolio
of destinations for travel."
"Our expanded partnership with Delta allows our customers to travel more
conveniently with more options between Asia and the Americas, strengthening our
position as the world's largest trans-Pacific airline," said
Walter Cho, Korean Air's C.O.O.
"Travelers will benefit from the combined network strength of
Korean Air and Delta resulting in
greater schedule flexibility and increased frequency."
In addition to new Atlanta-Incheon service, Delta and Korean Air will expand their
codeshare partnership, providing customers with greater access to
destinations throughout Asia and
the Americas. Korean will place its code on Delta's Atlanta to Seoul service along with flights to 115 U.S.
and Canada destinations beyond
Atlanta, Los Angeles and New
York City. Korean will also add its code to Delta's Sao Paulo,
Brazil flights from both Atlanta and New York
City. Delta will expand its
codeshare footprint to 32 Korean Air destinations beyond
Seoul including new code to
Taipei, Osaka, Singapore, Nagoya and Okinawa. The airline will also place its code
on Korean flights from San
Francisco and Houston to
Seoul. Delta and Korean plan to launch the new
codeshare in 4Q 2016, subject to government approvals.
Delta's new daily nonstop
service between Atlanta and
Seoul:
Flight
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Start Date
|
DL 89
|
Atlanta 1:05
p.m.
|
Seoul 4:45 p.m. (next
day)
|
June 3,
2017
|
DL 88
|
Seoul 6:30
p.m.
|
Atlanta 7:40
p.m.
|
June 4,
2017
|
Korean's current daily nonstop service between Seoul and Atlanta:
Flight
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
KE 35
|
Seoul 9:20
a.m.
|
Atlanta 10:20
a.m.
|
KE 36
|
Atlanta 12:20
p.m.
|
Seoul 4:10 p.m. (next
day)
|
Korean's Seoul-Atlanta flight is operated by Boeing 777-300ER
with eight First Class, 42 Prestige business and 227 economy seats.
The new Delta operated 777-200LR
service offers 37 Delta One business, 36 Delta Comfort+ and 218
Main Cabin seats.
Today, Delta offers 14 weekly
flights to Seoul Incheon International Airport from its global
gateways in Detroit and
Seattle. Korean Air offers almost
100 weekly flights to 13 gateways in North America including New York-JFK,
Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas/Fort
Worth, Honolulu,
Washington-Dulles,
Houston-Intercontinental, Chicago-O'Hare, Seattle, Las
Vegas, Vancouver and
Toronto.
Delta and Korean are two of the
four founding members of the SkyTeam alliance which began in
2000.
Delta Air Lines serves nearly 180 million customers each year.
In 2016, Delta was named to
Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named
the most admired airline for the fifth time in six years.
Additionally, Delta has ranked
No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an
unprecedented five consecutive years. With an industry-leading
global network, Delta and the
Delta Connection carriers offer service to 321 destinations in 56
countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 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 transatlantic 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 and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, 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, and
Facebook.com/delta.
Korean Air, is one of the world's top 20 airlines and carried
more than 24 million passengers in 2015. Korean Air operates over
460 flights per day to 131 cities in 46 countries on six continents
with a fleet of 173 aircraft including ten
A380s.
With its modern aircraft and over 20,000 professional employees,
Korean Air offers customers convenience and comfort. Korean Air's
award-winning offerings of Korean and international meals and
state-of-the-art inflight entertainment system provide passengers
with a memorable inflight experience.
The airline is a founding member of the Sky Team airline
alliance, which together with its 20 members, offers its 612
million annual passengers a worldwide system of more than 16,320
daily flights covering 1,052 destinations in 177
countries.
Korean Air introduced the double-decker A380 aircraft to its
fleet in 2011 and made the interior more spacious than any other
airline, with just 407 seats spread across three classes, with the
top deck dedicated to 'Prestige' business class. The design also
features the world's first onboard 'Duty Free Showcase' and three
bar lounges.
More on Korean Air's programs, routes, frequencies and partners
is available at www.koreanair.com.
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