ATLANTA, June 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL) customers will begin receiving upgraded amenities
in Economy Comfort including complimentary pillows, blankets and
food options on all flights from New
York's John F. Kennedy International Airport
to Los Angeles International
Airport, San Francisco
International Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
beginning June 4.
Customers on Delta's transcontinental routes will continue to
receive priority boarding, seats with more legroom, plus free beer,
wine and spirits when they purchase Economy Comfort starting
at $99 per flight segment.
Economy Comfort customers will receive a complimentary pre-set
pillow and blanket on their seat while they board the aircraft.
After boarding, Economy Comfort customers will be offered a Delta
sleep kit, including eye shades and ear plugs, as added amenities.
During flight, Economy Comfort customers will enjoy complimentary
Luvo snack wraps and a full-size bottle of water for all flights
and Luvo frozen yogurt bars as a mid-flight snack on most flights
except those flights leaving the West Coast after 9 p.m.
This is just another example of how Delta continues to improve
travel through its investments in the customer experience in the
air and on the ground.
"Delta continues to invest in Economy Comfort with upgraded
amenities for customers when they fly one of our transcontinental
routes from New York to
Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle," said Jeff
Robertson, vice president – Product Development,
Sky Clubs and Marketing
Communications. "Adding pillows and blankets for comfort as well as
Luvo wraps and mid-flight snack offerings improves the travel
experience for our premium economy customers so they arrive at
their destination rested and refreshed."
As previously announced, by mid-June, Delta will also operate
three newly refurbished Boeing 757 aircraft with full flat-bed
seats in the BusinessElite cabin. The addition of these aircraft to
Delta's existing 767 aircraft will offer customers full access to
flat-bed seats in BusinessElite on all flights between New
York-JFK and Los Angeles International Airport. As additional
Boeing 757 aircraft are refurbished in the coming months, all
transcontinental flights between New York-JFK and Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Seattle will
feature full flat-bed seats in BusinessElite by summer 2015.
Customers can see a complete overview of Delta's ongoing updates
to its products with the Delta Fleet Sheet on Facebook.
Delta has invested billions of dollars in the customer
experience, including updating interiors with more baggage space
and access to power throughout 225 domestic narrowbody aircraft
through 2016, a new Terminal 4 at New York-JFK and the Maynard H.
Jackson Jr. International Terminal in Atlanta. Delta has also spent more than
$100 million to expand, renovate and
consolidate terminals C and D at New York-LaGuardia Airport and
opened a Sky Deck at Delta Sky Clubs
in New York-JFK and Atlanta in
2013. Additionally, customers have seen Delta's investment in its
more than 50 Delta Sky Clubs throughout the system, power
recharging stations at dozens of airports, and continued updates to
the Fly Delta app including features such as integrated baggage
tracking and mobile check-in.
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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