Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) will launch new daily nonstop service from Salt Lake City International Airport to Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, starting on Dec. 20, 2014. Delta’s new route highlights its growth in Mexico by offering more options to connect important business markets in Mexico with its international hubs in the United States.

“Mexico City is a global city, and one of the most important financial and cultural centers for Latin America. With one of the fastest growing economies in the world, the city is experiencing a growing demand for connections to more destinations in the U.S and worldwide,” said Carlos E. Hernandez, Delta’s director for Mexico. “Our new service between Salt Lake City and Mexico City is part of Delta's commitment to supporting this growing demand for business customers, both in the capital city and in other cities within Mexico, through our combined network with Aeromexico.”

Through its long-term alliance with Aeromexico, Delta has scheduled its SLC-MEX service to conveniently connect with onward flights from Aeromexico’s hub in Mexico City. Delta and Aeromexico will now offer round trip connections between Salt Lake City and the following cities in Mexico:  Acapulco, Aguascalientes, Leon, Campeche, Cancun, Durango, Guadalajara, Morelia, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, Torreon, Veracruz, and Zacatecas.*

Delta is the largest airline serving Salt Lake City with more than 260 peak-day departures to nearly 90 cities, including seven international destinations. The airline provides significant connecting opportunities from its hub in Utah, including multiple daily flights to key U.S. business markets.

The new nonstop flight between Salt Lake City and Mexico City is available for booking through www.delta.com with the following schedule:

Customers have 24/7 access to real-time travel support before, during and after their trip through Delta’s Twitter channel in English, @DeltaAssist, and in Spanish, @DeltaAssist_ES, between 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST.

About Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines is working to become the best U.S. airline in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its achievements have been recognized with two top distinctions by Latin Trade’s Best of Travel Annual Awards 2014, leading the categories of “Most Improvement Overall” and “Best Partnerships and Alliances”, and being the only U.S. airline in this year’s rankings.  Delta was also recognized with the Best Airline to North America award by Prêmio Destaque Companhia de Viagem, by Grupo Companhia. Delta continues to grow in Latin America through its long-term exclusive alliances with GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes, Aeroméxico and Aerolíneas Argentinas, and is committed to building a solid regional footprint thus enhancing its global network and offering a better overall experience for its customers. Delta provides service to 29 countries and 47 destinations in the region offering over 1,600 weekly flights between Latin America/Caribbean and the U.S. Delta customers can receive real-time, on-the-go travel assistance in Spanish and Portuguese through Twitter channels @DeltaAssist_ES and @DeltaAjuda from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST. Brazilian customers can also access Delta´s dedicated Brazil Facebook page, visiting http://www.facebook.com/DeltaAirLinesBrasil.

Delta Air Lines serves nearly 165 million customers each year. This year, Delta was named the 2014 Airline of the Year by Air Transport World magazine and was named to FORTUNE magazine’s 50 Most Admired Companies, in addition to being named the most admired airline for the third time in four years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 334 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 delta.com, Twitter @Delta, Google.com/+Delta, Facebook.com/delta and Delta’s blog takingoff.delta.com. 

*Based on Aeromexico flights schedule published for Dec. 2014.