SEATTLE, June 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL) celebrated new nonstop service from Seattle to Seoul today with a gatehouse inaugural
ceremony. The flight marked Delta's fourth nonstop international
route added from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in a year,
including London-Heathrow, Shanghai-Pudong and
Tokyo-Haneda.
"Delta's Seoul service is
another key addition in our rapidly expanding international
portfolio for corporate and leisure customers," said Mike Medeiros, Delta's vice president –
Seattle. "The Seattle market is geographically positioned to
optimally connect traffic to all of our Asia destinations, which are the leading
commercial centers in the region."
Last week Delta announced service from Seattle to several popular ski and beach
destinations for this fall and on June
16 will celebrate a new international flight with nonstop
service to Hong Kong.
In addition to the recently added international service, Delta
also currently operates nonstop flights from Seattle to Amsterdam, Beijing, Paris-Charles
de Gaulle and Tokyo-Narita.
By this summer, Delta will offer more international service from
Seattle than all other carriers
combined with more than 2,500 daily long-haul international seats
as part of the market's 86 peak-day departures to 26
destinations.
The Seoul flight will operate
using a 210-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft with 35 full-flat bed
seats in BusinessElite, 32 seats in Economy Comfort and 143 Economy
class seats. Delta is the only carrier to offer full flat-bed seats
with direct aisle access in BusinessElite on every long-haul
international flight from Seattle
along with Economy Comfort seating and entertainment on demand in
every seat throughout the aircraft.
In February, Delta launched a double miles promotion for
Seattle-based SkyMiles members.
Customers who book and fly Delta or Delta Connection-marketed and
-operated flights from Seattle by Dec. 31, 2014, will be awarded double miles and
double Medallion Qualification Miles on the nonstop segment
departing from or arriving into Seattle. Registration is required.
Delta currently operates 76 peak-day departures to 25
destinations from Seattle, and
every flight offers BusinessElite/First Class and Economy Comfort
seating as well as Wi-Fi service on all domestic aircraft. Delta
also introduced international Wi-Fi on its Boeing 747-400 fleet
earlier this year and will complete installation of Wi-Fi service
on its entire long-haul international fleet by the end of 2015. The
airline has also invested $15 million
in its facilities at Sea-Tac, including its Delta Sky Club and
recently completed lobby renovations, Sky Priority services, new
gate area power recharging stations, expanded ticket counters and
enhancements to the international arrivals area.
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 top 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 333 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 hubs in Amsterdam,
Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK,
New York-LaGuardia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City 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.
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