NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE:DAL) is offering customers a new way to reach Lagos, Nigeria, beginning March 24, 2018, via new service from the
airline's New York-JFK hub. Flights will operate three times
weekly, complementing the existing four-times-weekly service from
Atlanta.
"JFK is one of Delta's gateways to the world, and we're proud to
make that world a little smaller with the launch of service to
Lagos," said Henry Kuykendall, Delta's Vice President-New
York. "This new route to the African continent joins existing
service from JFK to Dakar and
Accra, and follows new
trans-Atlantic routes to Lisbon,
Berlin and Glasgow that began this spring. We're proud to
continue to grow and refine our network to serve the more than 27
million Delta customers that pass through New York every year."
Delta's New York-JFK – Lagos
service is scheduled to operate as follows:
Flight
Number
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Days of
Operation
|
DL415
|
New York-JFK at 10:50
p.m.
|
Lagos at 2:05
p.m. (next day)
|
Tue., Thurs.,
Sun.
|
DL215
|
Lagos at 10:30
p.m.
|
New York-JFK at 5:30
a.m. (next day)
|
Mon., Wed.,
Fri.
|
The onboard experience between New York-JFK and Lagos will be on the Airbus A330-200 aircraft,
featuring 34 lie-flat seats with direct-aisle access in Delta One,
32 in Delta Comfort+ and 168 seats in the Main Cabin. Complimentary
meals, including chef-curated and locally sourced fare and
beverages will be provided in all cabins. Additionally, in the
Delta One cabin, customers will enjoy Westin Heavenly In-Flight
Bedding, noise-canceling LSTN headphones and TUMI amenity kits
featuring Kiehl's Since 1851 premium skincare products.
Delta is the leading U.S. airline in Africa and flies to four cities: Accra,
Ghana; Dakar, Senegal; and Johannesburg, South Africa; in addition to
Lagos, where Delta will mark its
10th anniversary of service in December.
"Nigeria has been a
strategically important market for Delta over the past 10 years and
is a mainstay in our African network," said Dwight James, Delta's Senior Vice President –
Trans-Atlantic. "As we look ahead to the next decade, we are
improving the product offering with the A330 and increasing the
number of seats from Lagos."
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 329 destinations in 59 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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