In its 2010 fall schedule Delta Air Lines is enhancing flight schedules in key U.S. domestic and transborder business markets, planning added service between 21 cities and Washington, D.C. or New York.
The schedule enhancements do not affect Delta Air Lines’ previously announced capacity plans for 2010 and 2011, the carrier says.
Fall schedule highlights include increased service at Washington-Reagan National Airport, with new or increased service to nine cities from October 31; and enhanced domestic and transborder service at LaGuardia and JFK airports in New York, with new or expanded service to 12 cities from September 7.
“As we plan our schedules for the fall, we continue to be focused on connecting communities of all sizes to the nation’s top business markets,” says Bob Cortelyou, Delta’s senior vice president – network planning. “From New York to Washington to Chicago to Los Angeles, we have continued to optimize flight schedules for our business customers without adding additional aircraft.”
The Boeing 737-700 is one of the most recent additions to the Delta Air LInes fleet and Delta uses its 737-700s on a wide variety of domestic and international routes, including flights between Atlanta and northern Brazil
On October 31, Delta will launch new nonstop service from Reagan National Airport to Hartford, Connecticut; Columbus, Ohio; the Florida cities of Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami and Tampa; and St. Louis, for a total of 21 new daily nonstop flights to Reagan National.
In addition, Delta will expand its existing service from Reagan National to Boston with five additional daily frequencies to provide 12 flights each day, and Delta will expand its service to Indianapolis from two to three daily flights.
However, as part of the schedule realignment, Delta will discontinue service between Reagan National and Huntsville, Alabama.
When the schedule upgrade is complete, Delta will serve 22 cities nonstop from Reagan National, compared with 16 in the fall of 2009.
More details on the schedule enhancements at Washington-Reagan are available at news.delta.com. These flights are available for sale to customers via delta.com and other ticketing channels from July 31.
As previously announced, Delta is also continuing its expansion at New York’s LaGuardia and JFK Airports this fall as part of its efforts to grow in the United States’ most competitive travel market. Beginning September 7, Delta will offer new or expanded domestic service from New York to Nashville, Tennessee; St. Louis; Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia.; Kansas City, Missouri; San Antonio; Cleveland; Charlotte, North Carolina.; Orange County, California; Baltimore; Montreal and Toronto.
Delta will operate the routes from either LaGuardia or JFK airports. More details are available at news.delta.com.
The carrier has also recently launched an expansion of its Delta Shuttle business product, offering new service between New York-LaGuardia and Chicago O’Hare.
“We remain committed to providing leading service for our customers in New York, with a variety of new travel options in the nation’s Number One business market,” says Cortelyou. “We are focused on improving the travel experience at our key New York airports on the ground and in the air.”
During the past four years, Delta has added 40 new destinations from LaGuardia and JFK combined, expanded BusinessElite service to transcontinental flights from JFK to Los Angeles and San Francisco, reintroduced ‘Red Coats’ as customer-service ambassadors at LaGuardia and JFK, added 2,000 jobs across New York state, and announced increased First Class service to six mid-sized cities in the Southeast and Midwest.
A portion of travel for some itineraries may be on Delta Connection carriers Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Chautauqua, Comair, Compass Airlines, Freedom Airlines, Mesaba, Pinnacle Airlines, Shuttle America (dba Delta Shuttle) and SkyWest.
Related to this story:
- Delta and US Airways Complete LaGuardia-Washington Reagan Slot Swap
- Delta Announces New Destinations and Flights from New York JFK and LaGuardia
- DOT Tentatively Approves Revised Delta-US Airways Slot-Swap Proposal
- Delta Adds New Routes and Flights from New York Airports
- AirTran to Increase Schedule at LaGuardia, Reagan
