SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today announced it will increase westbound service from three North Dakota cities with its summer 2010 schedule. By June, Delta will add two new daily round-trip flights between its Salt Lake City hub and Bismarck and Minot, as well as an additional daily round-trip flight between Salt Lake City and Fargo.
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"North Dakotans will benefit greatly from Delta's new westbound connections to the Salt Lake City hub, making it faster and more convenient to travel from their hometowns to points across the Mountain West, West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii," said Bob Cortelyou, senior vice president – Network Planning. "With Delta's expanded westbound schedule, business travelers in Bismarck, Fargo and Minot will now have the choice of doing business in cities across the West Coast and returning home the same day."
Added Melissa McLaughlin, Delta's national sales manager for North Dakota: "As North Dakota's leading airline, we take very seriously our commitment to making travel accessible between our home state and the more than 350 cites Delta serves around the globe."
With the summer 2010 schedule, Delta plans to offer North Dakota customers 34 peak-day departures from six airports – nine from Bismarck; two from Devils Lake; nine from Fargo; five from Grand Forks; two from Jamestown; and seven from Minot. The new flights from Minot will be the first ever offered to the Salt Lake City hub.
Customers traveling between North Dakota and Salt Lake City will benefit from convenient connections to more than 300 peak-day departures to nearly 90 worldwide destinations, including international flights to Tokyo-Narita, Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Mexico City.
In addition to expanded service to Salt Lake City, Delta offers daily flights between the six North Dakota airports it serves and its hub at Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Delta's new North Dakota flights, which will be available for sale to customers beginning Saturday, Feb. 13, will be introduced as follows:
New daily nonstop service between Bismarck and Salt Lake City
Flight Departs Arrives Effective Aircraft
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4889 Bismarck Salt Lake City May 4, 2010 CRJ-200
at 6:40 a.m. at 8 a.m.
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4890 Bismarck Salt Lake City June 10, 2010 CRJ-200
at 5:25 p.m. at 6:45 p.m.
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4890 Salt Lake City Bismarck June 10, 2010 CRJ-200
at 1:45 p.m. at 4:55 p.m.
------ ----------------- -------------- ------------- --------
4878 Salt Lake City Bismarck May 3, 2010 CRJ-200
at 7:45 p.m. at 10:55 p.m.
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New daily nonstop service between Minot and Salt Lake City
Flight Departs Arrives Effective Aircraft
------ ------- -------------- ------------- --------
4881 Minot Salt Lake City May 4, 2010 CRJ-200
at 6:30 a.m. at 8 a.m.
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4880 Minot Salt Lake City June 10, 2010 CRJ-200
at 5:30 p.m. at 7 p.m.
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4880 Salt Lake City Minot June 10, 2010 CRJ-200
at 1:45 p.m. at 5:05 p.m.
----- -------------- -------------- ------------- --------
4876 Salt Lake City Minot May 3, 2010 CRJ-200
at 7:45 p.m. at 11:05 p.m.
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Expanded daily nonstop service between Fargo and Salt Lake City
Flight Departs Arrives Effective Aircraft
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4826* Fargo Salt Lake City Existing service CRJ-700
at 6:25 a.m. at 7:55 a.m.
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4919 Fargo Salt Lake City June 10, 2010 CRJ-700
at 5:35 p.m. at 7:05 p.m.
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4919 Salt Lake City Fargo June 10, 2010 CRJ-700
at 1:45 p.m. at 5:05 p.m.
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4505** Salt Lake City Fargo Existing service CRJ-700
at 7:45 p.m. at 11:05 p.m.
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*Flight renumbered for summer 2010 schedule
**Flight retimed for summer 2010 schedule
Delta's expanded service from Bismarck, Minot and Fargo will be operated by Delta Connection carrier SkyWest Airlines using 50-seat CRJ-200 and 70-seat CRJ-700 regional jets. These jets feature two-by-two seating with no middle seats.
Delta Air Lines, the world's No. 1 airline, serves more than 160 million passengers each year. With its unsurpassed global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 367 destinations in 66 countries on six continents. Delta employs more than 70,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of nearly 800 aircraft. A founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance, Delta participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France KLM. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 16,000 daily flights, with hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita. The airline's service includes the SkyMiles frequent flier program, the world's largest airline loyalty program; the award-winning BusinessElite service; and more than 50 Delta Sky Clubs in airports worldwide. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and review flight status at delta.com.
Service may be operated by Delta Connection carrier Compass Airlines, Mesaba Airlines, Pinnacle Airlines or SkyWest Airlines.
SOURCE Delta Air Lines
