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Delta Continues to Build Asian Gateway in Detroit
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DETROIT, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) this week begins nonstop flights from its Detroit Metropolitan Airport hub to Seoul-Incheon and Hong Kong. The new routes, along with expanded service to Shanghai, continue Deltas development of Detroit as a major gateway to Asia thanks to its strategic geographic position for millions of customers who travel between the U.S. East Coast and Asia. On a year-round basis, Delta offers Detroit customers service to 158 nonstop destinations, including 28 international destinations and five in Asia.
Delta in October will inaugurate twice weekly service from Detroit to Sao Paulo, South Americas largest business market. The new Detroit service will create a second competitive gateway to Brazil from the Midwest region. Delta plans to add service from Detroit to Tokyos Haneda Airport complementing the airlines current service connecting Detroit to Tokyo at Narita. Service to Tokyo-Haneda is pending final U.S. government approval.
The new and expanded service from Detroit is part of Deltas summer 2010 schedule, the first fully consolidated schedule published following Deltas merger with Northwest. Compared to Northwests 2007 schedule, Delta has introduced 15 new nonstop destinations from Detroit including eight new international destinations. The merger combined Deltas broad network to Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America with Northwests Asian network providing single airline access to the world.
New nonstop service between Detroit and Seoul-Incheon begins today.
Flight
Departs
Arrives
Frequency
159
Detroit at 12:30 p.m.
Seoul-Incheon at 3:20 p.m.*
Five times weekly
158
Seoul-Incheon at 5:35 p.m.
Detroit at 6 p.m.
Five times weekly
New nonstop service between Detroit and Hong Kong begins June 2.
Flight
Departs
Arrives
Frequency
27
Detroit at 3:30 p.m.
Hong Kong at 7:15 p.m.*
Five times weekly
26
Hong Kong at 9:15 a.m.
Detroit at 12:10 p.m.
Five times weekly
Expanded nonstop service between Detroit and Shanghai, China begins today.
Flight
Departs
Arrives
Frequency
19
Detroit at 4:35 p.m.
Shanghai at 7:20 p.m.*
Daily
18
Departs Shanghai at 10 a.m.
Detroit at 12:05 p.m.
Daily
*Flight arrives the following day. |
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