ATLANTA, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air
Lines (NYSE: DAL), the leading airline across the Atlantic with
more total departures, destinations and seats than any other
airline, is bringing more nonstop options to Europe from its Los
Angeles, New York-JFK, Atlanta, and Detroit hubs and more next summer, making
Delta the number one choice for customers traveling between
the United States and
Europe.
"Delta's history of bringing people together and driving
positive economic impact across the Atlantic spans more than four
decades and our summer 2018 schedule further cements Delta as the
best choice for customers," said Dwight
James, Delta's Senior Vice President – trans-Atlantic.
"Delta was the first U.S. airline to fully equip lie-flat business
class and premium main cabin seating on transoceanic aircraft and
we will continue to enhance the customer experience next summer
with locally-sourced chef-driven menus, complimentary in-flight
entertainment and great Delta hospitality."
Further schedule and service detail is as follows:
Los Angeles
New Boeing 777-200LR service will
link Angelenos nonstop to Paris and Amsterdam beginning June 16, in addition to more than one hundred
onward destinations in Europe, the
Middle East, Africa and India via easy connections on Delta's joint
venture partners Air France and KLM:
LAX –
Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG)
|
Flight
Number
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Frequency
|
DL156
|
LAX at 12
p.m.
|
CDG at 7:55 a.m.
(next day)
|
Tue/Thurs/Sat
|
DL157
|
CDG at 3:15
p.m.
|
LAX at 6:25
p.m.
|
Wed/Fri/Sun
|
LAX – Amsterdam
Schiphol (AMS)
|
Flight
Number
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Frequency
|
DL78
|
LAX at 12
p.m.
|
AMS at 7:55 a.m.
(next day)
|
Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun
|
DL79
|
AMS at 3:35
p.m.
|
LAX at 6:25
p.m.
|
Mon/Tue/Thur/Sat
|
New York-JFK
Delta's largest trans-Atlantic
gateway will expand next year with new seasonal service to the
Ponta Delgada-Azores beginning May
24, year-round service to Lagos,
Nigeria beginning March 24 and
an upgraded offering on New York-JFK to London-LHR with new A330
service.
JFK – Azores
(PDL)
|
Flight
Number
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Frequency
|
DL417
|
JFK at 8:30
p.m.
|
PDL at 7:30 a.m.
(next day)
|
excluding
Mon/Wed
|
DL217
|
PDL at 9:15
a.m.
|
JFK at 10:30
a.m.
|
excluding
Tue/Thurs
|
JFK – Lagos
(LOS)
|
Flight
Number
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Frequency
|
DL415
|
JFK at 10:55
p.m.
|
LOS at 2:50 p.m.
(next day)
|
Mon/Wed/Fri
|
DL215
|
LOS at 11:30
p.m.
|
JFK at 05:30 a.m.
(next day)
|
Tue/Thurs/Sun
|
Atlanta
At Delta's Atlanta hub, the world's most travelled, new
daily seasonal service to Lisbon
on Boeing 767 aircraft will begin May
24 and run through Sept. 4.
Delta's Atlanta hub will
make it easier for U.S. customers to visit Portugal with convenient one-stop connections
from over 150 destinations in the U.S.
ATL – Lisbon,
Portugal (LIS)
|
Flight
Number
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Frequency
|
DL122
|
ATL at 7:30
p.m.
|
LIS at 8:45 a.m.
(next day)
|
Daily
|
DL123
|
LIS at 10:30
a.m.
|
ATL at 2:45
p.m.
|
Daily
|
Detroit
Delta will add a third daily round-trip
between Detroit and Paris
beginning May 16 in addition to
Delta's and Air France's existing service. The new flight will
provide customers more choice and offer additional connections in
Paris to over 100 destinations in
Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.
DTW –
Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG)
|
Flight
Number
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Frequency
|
DL96
|
DTW at 3:50
p.m.
|
CDG at 6 a.m. (next
day)
|
Daily
|
DL99
|
CDG at 1:10
p.m.
|
DTW at 4:10
p.m.
|
Daily
|
Orlando and
Indianapolis
Previously announced year-round service
will begin March 30 from Orlando to Amsterdam and on May
24 from Indianapolis to
Paris, bringing easy connections to more than 100 destinations in
Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India to customers in the Sunshine and Hoosier
states.
Orlando (MCO) –
Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)
|
Flight
Number
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Frequency
|
DL126
|
MCO at 9:45
p.m.
|
AMS at 12:45 p.m.
(next day)
|
Daily to 5x
weekly
|
DL127
|
AMS at 1:15
p.m.
|
MCO at 5:40
p.m.
|
Daily to 5x
weekly
|
IND –
Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG)
|
Flight
Number
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Frequency
|
DL500
|
IND at 6:20
p.m.
|
CDG at 8:45 a.m.
(next day)
|
Daily to 5x
weekly
|
DL501
|
CDG at 1:15
p.m.
|
IND at 4:35
p.m.
|
Daily to 5x
weekly
|
About Delta
Delta Air Lines serves more than
180 million customers each year. In 2017, Delta was named to
Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named
the most admired airline for the sixth time in seven years.
Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News
Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented six consecutive years.
With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta
Connection carriers offer service to 315 destinations in 54
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, Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New
York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle,
Salt Lake City, Seattle, Seoul,
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.
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