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ATLANTA, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today announced a series of schedule enhancements to strengthen its international network for summer 2010. The changes - which will expand service for customers in 17 cities - leverage Delta's industry-leading joint venture with Air France-KLM, growing alliance relationship with Alaska Air Group and increased fleet flexibility gained from its merger with Northwest.
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"No other airline has the alliance partners, fleet flexibility or network breadth to consistently deliver new routes for customers while at the same time being responsible in managing capacity in the face of a global economic recession," said Glen Hauenstein, Delta's executive vice president - Network Planning and Revenue Management. "As America's flag carrier to the world, Delta's 2010 schedule will bring new nonstop service to dozens of communities around the globe, thanks to the strength of our worldwide alliances."
Delta's 2010 changes are part of the first fully consolidated schedule published following Delta's merger with Northwest, allowing the airline to reallocate existing capacity to new routes. Delta also will maintain many of the international route reductions it announced in June in response to decreased global demand.
Delta's new and expanded nonstop routes for summer 2010 will be focused in three regions: Trans-Pacific, trans-Atlantic and Africa.
Region | Route | Effective* | Aircraft | Frequency |
------ | ----- | --------- | -------- | --------- |
Trans- | Seattle to Beijing, June 4, 2010 Boeing 767-300 | Five times |
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Pacific | China | weekly |
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Seattle to Osaka, | June 7, 2010 Boeing 767-300 | Daily |
Japan
Detroit to Hong | June 2, 2010 Boeing 777-200 | Five times |
Kong__ weekly
Detroit to | June 1, 2010 Boeing 777-200 | Five times |
Seoul-Incheon__ weekly
Detroit to | June 1, 2010 Boeing 777-200 | Expanded |
Shanghai, China__ from five
to seven
times
weekly
Tokyo-Narita to | June 1, 2010 Boeing 747-400 | Upgraded |
New York-JFK__ from
daily
Boeing
777-200
to
747-400
aircraft
Tokyo-Narita to Los June 1, 2010 Airbus A330-200 Expanded
Angeles | /Boeing | from |
777-200__ seven to
11 weekly
flights
Trans-
Atlantic | New York-JFK to | May 27, 2010 Boeing 757-200 | Daily |
Copenhagen,
Denmark
New York-JFK to | May 27, 2010 Boeing 757-200 | Daily |
Stockholm, Sweden
New York-JFK to | June 3, 2010 Boeing 747-400 | Upgraded |
Tel Aviv, Israel__ from
daily
Boeing
767-300
to
747-400
aircraft
Seattle to__ June 1, 2010 Airbus A330-300 Expanded
Amsterdam | /Boeing | from |
...