US carrier Delta Air Lines has announced its revised commitment to the New York market with new direct links to Caribbean and domestic markets. The US major has revealed it will introduce an additional 12 daily flights from New York to eleven different destinations during the spring and summer of 2012.
In March, Delta will add second daily frequencies from New York JFK to Santo Domingo and Santiago, Dominican Republic; and a third daily flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico as well as launch a new non-stop service between New York LaGuardia and Nassau, Bahamas. “The new and expanded Caribbean routes will serve significant local demand for flights to those markets,” says the airline.
In addition, Delta in June will add new routes to five US cities from its international hub at New York JFK, comprising Austin, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida; Kansas City, Missouri; New Orleans and Milwaukee and will boost frequencies to San Francisco; and Los Angeles. With the expanded schedule, Delta will now offer a total of eight peak-day flights to Los Angeles and six to San Francisco from New York JFK.
"Our expanded service to these key Caribbean and domestic destinations reinforces our ongoing commitment to our customers in New York," said Gail Grimmett, Senior Vice President – New York, Delta Air Lines. "With our planned expansion at LaGuardia Airport, and our terminal renovation and expansion at JFK, Delta is continuing to position itself as the preferred carrier for customers traveling to and from New York."
Delta has made major investments across the New York region over the past decade, boosting its economic impact to more than $13 billion annually. The carrier is building an expanded concourse as part of a $1.2 billion project to enhance Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, creating a state-of-the-art gateway for New York's fastest-growing global airline when it opens in 2013.
It has also recently received approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a slot transaction with US Airways which will allow it to approximately double the number of non-stop destinations it serves from LaGuardia, adding as many as four million additional round-trip seats available at LaGuardia without increasing congestion. Delta will invest $100 million creating an expanded main terminal at LaGuardia, with a new 600-foot connector bridge between terminals D and C.
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