SEATTLE, May 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL) is adding service from its hub at Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport to Boston;
Orlando; Pasco, Wash.; and Victoria, British Columbia. Victoria is a new destination in Delta's
network and is subject to foreign government approval. Delta will
also expand its existing Bozeman,
Mont., service from Seattle.
The new service includes:
- One daily year-round flight to Boston's Logan International Airport beginning
April 4, 2016.
- One daily year-round flight to Orlando International Airport beginning
Dec. 19, 2015.
- Three daily year-round flights to Tri-Cities Airport in
Pasco beginning Nov. 1, 2015.
- Three daily year-round flights to Victoria International Airport beginning
April 4, 2016.
- One daily year-round flight to Bozeman Yellowstone
International Airport beginning August 1,
2015, expanded from Saturday-only seasonal service.
Flights to Boston and
Orlando will operate using Boeing
737-800 and 757-200 aircraft, respectively. Bozeman, Pasco and Victoria service will be operated by Delta
Connection carrier SkyWest using two-class, 65-seat CRJ-700
jets.
The new service is part of Delta's previously announced plans
for 2 percent system capacity growth for 2015.
Boston and Orlando service will connect Seattle with the third and fifth largest
markets on the East Coast. Boston
service will also provide customers one-stop access through
Seattle to the top five
destinations in Asia.
"Through our growth, our team of nearly 3,000 Seattle-area employees is working diligently
to support the needs of our Seattle customers and the hundreds of
thousands of other customers we connect through Sea-Tac each year,"
said Mike Medeiros, Delta's vice
president of Seattle. "These new
flights are important additions and are consistent with Delta's
industry-leading commitment to capacity discipline. We look forward
to showing our customers what Delta's brand of thoughtful, reliable
and innovative is all about as Seattle continues to take its place as a
global commerce center."
As a global airline, Delta offers Seattle customers access to a worldwide
network of destinations throughout Asia, Europe,
Canada and the U.S. By August, the airline will operate 128
flights to 36 destinations from its West Coast hub.
Earlier this month, Delta celebrated the start of service from
Seattle to Boise; Sacramento; Sitka,
Alaska; and Ketchikan,
Alaska along with the expansion of service to Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska. Service to Denver begins June
4, and service to Kona on the Big
Island of Hawaii begins in December. Delta will also expand
service to Los Cabos and
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in
October along with Palm Springs,
Calif.; and Tucson, Ariz.,
in December.
During the summer, Delta offers 10 long-haul international
flights from Seattle, providing as much long-haul
international service from Seattle as all other airlines
combined. This includes the top five destinations
in Asia and three of the top four destinations
in Europe. Delta is the only carrier to offer
nonstop service from Seattle to Amsterdam, Hong
Kong, Paris, Shanghai and Tokyo-Haneda.
Every Delta flight from Seattle features jet
service with Delta One/First Class and Delta Comfort+ seating and
free entertainment options via Delta Studio as well as Wi-Fi
service on every domestic aircraft operating in the contiguous
U.S. Delta is the only carrier to offer full flat-bed seats
with direct aisle access in Delta One on every long-haul
international flight from Seattle along with
entertainment on demand in every seat throughout the aircraft.
Locally, Delta recently opened a 7,000-square-foot
corporate office just outside Seattle in
downtown Bellevue. The airline has also invested $15
million in its facilities at Sea-Tac, including its Delta Sky
Club and lobby renovations, Sky Priority services, new gate area
power recharging stations, expanded ticket counters and
enhancements to the international arrivals area. Delta people are
active members of the Seattle
community, working to serve their neighbors both in and out of the
airport.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 170 million customers each
year. Delta was named to FORTUNE magazine's top 50 World's Most
Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired
airline for the fourth time in five years. Additionally, Delta has
ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for
four consecutive years, a first for any airline. With an
industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection
carriers offer service to 327 destinations in 60 countries on six
continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees
worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft.
The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and
participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture
with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a newly formed 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, New
York-LaGuardia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle
and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport
facilities, global products, services and technology to enhance the
customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional
information is available on delta.com, Twitter @Delta,
Google.com/+Delta, Facebook.com/delta and Delta's blog
takingoff.delta.com.
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