SEATTLE, Feb. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL) is adding service from its hub at Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport to Kona International Airport and will
increase service from select seasonal markets beginning as soon as
summer 2015.
The new and increased Seattle
service will operate as follows:
- One daily flight to Kona on the Big
Island of Hawaii beginning Dec. 19,
2015
- One additional daily flight to Palm
Springs, Calif., for a total of two daily seasonal flights
beginning Dec. 19, 2015
- One daily seasonal flight to Tucson,
Ariz., which was previously Saturday service, beginning
Dec. 19, 2015
- Extension of seasonal service to daily year-round service to
Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska, beginning May 15, 2015
- Expanded seasonal service to Los
Cabos and Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico, beginning Oct. 3,
2015
"Over the past year, we've focused on building our Seattle hub by adding new service and
investing in our products and facilities to provide a strong,
differentiated option to key destinations for both our business and
leisure customers," said Mike
Medeiros, Delta's vice president of Seattle. "The addition of Kona service, along
with expansion in other leisure markets, ensures our customers have
even more choices when it's time to unwind."
Service to Kona will be operated with Boeing 757-200 aircraft.
Fairbanks, Juneau and Puerto
Vallarta will use Boeing 737-800 aircraft, while
Los Cabos will use Airbus A319
aircraft. Palm Springs and
Tucson service will be operated by
Delta Connection carrier SkyWest using two-class, 65-seat CRJ-700
aircraft. Additionally, Delta will introduce Boeing 717 aircraft on
some existing routes between Seattle and Las
Vegas, Los Angeles and
Phoenix.
As Seattle's global airline, Delta offers
customers access to a worldwide network of destinations
throughout Asia, Europe and the U.S. with 85
peak-day departures to 31 destinations from Seattle. By summer, the airline will operate
126 flights to 35 destinations from its West Coast hub.
Delta will serve Seattle's
top 15 destinations in the Western U.S. when recently announced
service to Boise, Idaho; Denver; and Sacramento, Calif., launches this spring.
Ketchikan and Sitka, Alaska, service will also
launch in May, completing the top five destinations
in Alaska.
During the summer, Delta offers 10 long-haul international
flights from Seattle, providing as much long-haul
international service from Seattle as all other airlines
combined. This includes the top five destinations
in Asia and three of the top four destinations
in Europe. Delta is the only carrier to offer
nonstop service from Seattle to Amsterdam, Hong
Kong, Paris, Shanghai and Tokyo-Haneda.
Every Delta flight from Seattle features jet
service with BusinessElite/First Class and Economy Comfort seating
and free entertainment options via Delta Studio as well as Wi-Fi
service on every domestic aircraft operating in the contiguous
U.S. 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 entertainment on demand in every seat throughout the
aircraft. Locally, Delta recently opened a
7,000-square-foot corporate office just outside Seattle in
downtown Bellevue. 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.
From now until July 31, residents
of Washington, Alaska and Oregon can fast-track to Silver Medallion
status in just two qualifying round-trip flights by enrolling in
the "Two Trips to Silver" promotion using their SkyMiles number. By
flying additional qualifying round-trips, SkyMiles members in these
states can go on to earn Gold Medallion status and up to 30,000
bonus miles. Terms and exclusions apply and are available at
delta.com/2tosilver.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 170 million customers each
year. Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual
Airline survey for four consecutive years, a first for any airline.
Additionally, Delta was named to FORTUNE magazine's top 50 World's
Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired
airline for the fourth time in five years. With an industry-leading
global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer
service to 326 destinations in 59 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.
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