LONDON, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE:DAL) has inked a new three-year deal with Chelsea Football
Club as the club's official airline sponsor, again bringing
together two major international brands.
Delta and Chelsea FC, the English Premier League and Capital One
Cup champions, first joined forces in 2012 and since then have
worked together to bring the airline's 170 million annual
passengers closer to the club. Chelsea players have joined Delta customers
and employees in numerous events around the world showcasing
Delta's products and services and shared global scope.
"Chelsea Football Club and Delta are both winning brands and
since the partnership began three years ago, both have gone from
strength to strength," said Perry
Cantarutti, Delta's Senior Vice President – Europe, Middle
East and Africa. "We look forward to another three
great years and to working with the club in promoting their
activities in the United
States."
Chelsea's Managing Director,
Christian Purslow, added: "We are
delighted to be entering into a new phase of our partnership with
Delta Air Lines, the world's biggest airline. Rated
by Fortune magazine as one of the world's most admired
companies Delta Air Lines has the profile, reach and reputation
which fit perfectly with our strategy of partnering with a small
group of world-class companies.
"Over the next three years we look forward to Delta continuing
to help us tell Chelsea's story
all over the world, particularly in their home market in America,
where they are such an established and recognised
presence."
Delta is the exclusively designated "Official Airline Partner of
Chelsea FC" and the agreement gives Delta LED exposure at each home
game and on the Chelsea FC website. The Delta logo will also
be included on media backboards for interviews conducted at
Chelsea's stadium around Premier
League home matches. The Delta 360˚ Lounge will also remain
at Stamford Bridge.
Delta is synonymous with sport in the
United States where the airline is the official airline
sponsor of sixteen leading U.S. sports teams including baseball's
New York Yankees, hockey's Los Angeles Kings, American football's
Minnesota Vikings as well as Super Bowl winners Seattle Seahawks.
This summer, Delta will welcome the Chelsea team as they tour the United States, playing matches in
New Jersey, Charlotte and Washington
D.C.
Delta flies to 335 destinations across six continents, and
alongside partner Virgin Atlantic, operates up to 39 flights a day
from the U.K. to North
America.
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 335 destinations in 64 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 the Delta News Hub, as well as
delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta,
Facebook.com/delta and Delta's blog takingoff.delta.com.
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