NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines customers in New York and Chicago will find it easier to do business between the Big Apple and the Windy City with new nonstop service between New York's LaGuardia Airport and Chicago's Midway Airport, and additional service between New York's JFK Airport and Chicago-O'Hare, effective Feb. 15, 2007. The new service offers customers a Delta Shuttle-like experience for travel between two of the nation's largest business markets with convenient, regularly timed nonstop flights between LaGuardia and Midway.
With the new service, Delta will offer customers 12 daily departures between airports in New York and Chicago, including seven new departures between LaGuardia and Midway, and five daily departures between New York-JFK and Chicago-O'Hare -- double the number of flights offered between the two markets today.
"Delta continues to make the travel experience more enjoyable for our customers as we expand in New York with additional nonstop flights to the country's top business markets," said Bob Cortelyou, vice president -- Network Planning. "With increased frequency and regularly timed flights, plus the added convenience of Chicago's close-in Midway Airport and the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia, we're offering customers the fastest way to travel between Manhattan and downtown Chicago. And, with our two-class Embraer E170 aircraft, customers will find Delta's service as comfortable as it is convenient.
"Additionally, our expanded service between O'Hare and JFK will offer Chicago customers connecting opportunities to more than 30 international flights serving five continents from Delta's New York hub, including nonstop service to Mumbai, India and new nonstop service to Accra, Ghana, starting Dec. 11, 2006," Cortelyou said.
As an added benefit to Chicago customers, Delta's new service to Midway will operate from Delta's Marine Air Terminal -- the preferred terminal at LaGuardia. The Marine Air Terminal is conveniently located away from the high traffic of LaGuardia's main terminals and offers customers upgraded business amenities such as free coffee, newspapers and magazines, as well as a full-service business center.
The new flights between LaGuardia and Midway, which replace current service between LaGuardia and O'Hare, will be operated by Delta Connection carrier Shuttle America using the passenger-preferred 70-seat Embraer E-170 with six seats in the first class cabin and 64 seats in the economy cabin. Flights between JFK and O'Hare will be operated by Delta Connection carrier Comair using the quiet and comfortable 50- and 70-seat Bombardier regional jets.
Delta's new nonstop service between New York-LaGuardia and Chicago-Midway, effective Feb. 15, 2007:
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Flight Departs Arrives --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6491 New York-LaGuardia at 6:45 a.m. Chicago-Midway at 8:20 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6464 New York-LaGuardia at 8:45 a.m. Chicago-Midway at 10:20 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6465 New York-LaGuardia at 10:45 a.m. Chicago-Midway at 12:20 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6466 New York-LaGuardia at 12:45 p.m. Chicago-Midway at 2:20 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6463 New York-LaGuardia at 2:45 p.m. Chicago-Midway at 4:20 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6488 New York-LaGuardia at 4:45 p.m. Chicago-Midway at 6:20 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6479 New York-LaGuardia at 6:45 p.m. Chicago-Midway at 8:20 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6490 Chicago-Midway at 7:00 a.m. New York-LaGuardia at 10:10 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6491 Chicago-Midway at 9:00 a.m. New York-LaGuardia at 12:10 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6464 Chicago-Midway at 11:00 a.m. New York-LaGuardia at 2:10 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6465 Chicago-Midway at 1:00 p.m. New York-LaGuardia at 4:10 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6466 Chicago-Midway at 3:00 p.m. New York-LaGuardia at 6:10 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6463 Chicago-Midway at 5:00 p.m. New York-LaGuardia at 8:10 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6488 Chicago-Midway at 7:00 p.m. New York-LaGuardia at 10:10 p.m. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Delta's additional nonstop service between New York-JFK and Chicago-O'Hare, effective Feb. 15, 2007:
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Flight Departs Arrives --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5481 New York-JFK at 7:05 a.m. Chicago-O'Hare at 8:45 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5483 New York-JFK at 9:55 a.m. Chicago-O'Hare at 11:30 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5491 New York-JFK at 12:55 p.m. Chicago-O'Hare at 2:29 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5469 New York-JFK at 5:25 p.m. Chicago-O'Hare at 7:50 p.m.(a) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5492 New York-JFK at 7:25 p.m. Chicago-O'Hare at 9:23 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5483 Chicago-O'Hare at 6:15 a.m. New York-JFK at 9:25 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5491 Chicago-O'Hare at 9:15 a.m. New York-JFK at 12:25 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5465 Chicago-O'Hare at 12:15 p.m. New York-JFK at 3:25 p.m.(a) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5492 Chicago-O'Hare at 3:10 p.m. New York-JFK at 6:25 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5538 Chicago-O'Hare at 6:15 p.m. New York-JFK at 9:30 p.m. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
(a) Existing flight
Delta offers customers more flights to more destinations from New York City's two preferred airports combined -- John F. Kennedy International and New York-LaGuardia -- than any other airline. At LaGuardia, Delta operates the city's leading Shuttle product to Boston and Washington, D.C., in addition to nonstop Delta and Delta Connection carrier service to 29 other destinations. At New York-JFK, Delta operates a major international and domestic hub with 167 peak day flights to 70 worldwide destinations, including nonstop service to 31 international destinations.
Delta Air Lines (Other OTC:DALRQ) offers customers service to more destinations than any global airline with Delta and Delta Connection carrier service to 290 destinations in 46 countries. With more than 50 new international routes added in the last year, Delta is America's fastest growing international airline and is a leader across the Atlantic with flights to 28 trans-Atlantic destinations. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 400 weekly flights to 49 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on more than 14,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 445 worldwide destinations in 92 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.
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