Delta Expands Flights Between NYC and Key Global Business Markets
Delta Air Lines today announced it is adding more flights between New York City and key global business markets this year, with fifteen international cities slated for new or expanded service by fall. Expanded routes include: New York-JFK to London-Heathrow; Brussels; Shannon; Manchester; Amsterdam; Cairo; Istanbul; Milan; Moscow; Nice; and Athens, in addition to previously announced new service to Copenhagen and Stockholm, and expanded capacity to Tel Aviv and Tokyo-Narita.
International expansion at JFK
Effective Sept. 19, Delta will offer an additional daily flight between JFK and London-Heathrow, expanding its service in the world’s leading business market to three times daily on a year-round basis.
The new London-Heathrow flight will operate with dedicated Boeing 767-400 aircraft featuring Delta’s new full-flat beds in BusinessElite. The service is strategically scheduled to complement existing flight times between New York and Heathrow. Delta’s new flight will depart JFK at 11:05 p.m., complementing existing departures at 6:45 and 9 p.m. The added departure from Heathrow will operate at 12:30 p.m., complementing existing departures at 10:05 a.m. and 5:05 p.m.
Delta also is increasing the capacity or frequency of flights in select markets beginning this spring and summer.
Last week, the airline reinstated year-round service from JFK to Shannon and Manchester, and expanded its existing year-round service to Brussels to daily. In June, larger aircraft operating on flights from JFK to Athens, Istanbul, Milan, Moscow, Nice, Tel Aviv and Tokyo-Narita will offer more seats while flights to Cairo will operate daily. And, as previously announced, Delta will introduce the only year-round nonstop service from JFK to Copenhagen and Stockholm beginning May 27.
As part of its joint venture with Air France-KLM, Delta also has reinstated a third daily flight between JFK and the Amsterdam hub to expand connecting opportunities between New York and destinations across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. With more than 230 daily trans-Atlantic flights and a fleet of 135 aircraft, the joint venture between Air France-KLM and Delta offers customers access to nearly 300 destinations in North America and 200 destinations throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America.