ATLANTA, Aug. 26, 2008 – Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today announced a schedule change for flights connecting New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Santo Domingo and Santiago, Dominican Republic.  The two routes will operate on Saturdays starting Dec. 13, 2008.

Delta currently offers daily nonstop service between New York-JFK and Santo Domingo and Santiago.  These flights will be temporarily suspended in mid-September and will return as a weekly frequency in December, just in time for the holiday rush.
 
Also in December, Delta will begin nonstop service between Atlanta and Santiago, making the Dominican Republic the country with the most routes for the airline in the Caribbean.
  
These flights complement Delta’s current nonstop service connecting Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Santo Domingo, Punta Cana and Puerto Plata.

“Delta is responding to the needs of the growing Dominican population in New York City, especially during the holiday season when so many of our valued customers fly home to visit friends and family,” said Christophe Didier, Delta’s vice president for Sales and Government Affairs for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Delta’s schedule between New York-JFK and Santo Domingo starting Dec. 13, 2008: 

Delta’s schedule between New York-JFK and Santiago starting Dec. 13, 2008: 

Delta also will start flights between New York-JFK and Buenos Aires, Argentina (Dec. 18)*; New York-JFK and Bogotá (Dec. 18)*; Atlanta and Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Dec. 20); Nashville, Tennessee and Cancun, Mexico (Dec. 20)*; and New York-JFK and Bonaire (Dec. 20)*.
 
Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than any airline with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 312 destinations in 61 countries. Delta has added more international capacity than any major U.S. airline during the last two years and is the leader across the Atlantic with flights to 44 trans-Atlantic markets. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers 393 weekly flights to 47 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on more than 16,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 500 worldwide destinations in 105 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and flight status at delta.com.

*Service subject to foreign government approval.