LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air
Lines (NYSE: DAL) completed another step toward becoming the
carrier of choice for Los Angeles'
entertainment and production communities with the recent
introduction of service to additional industry destinations. In
partnership with Virgin Atlantic Airways, Delta will launch direct service to
London-Heathrow on Oct.
26; in December, Delta will
add service to Vancouver, Canada,
operated by Delta Connection carrier Compass Airlines.
"London and Vancouver are important routes for the
entertainment and film industries and significant components of our
ongoing efforts to serve the specialized needs of our customers in
the Los Angeles entertainment
community," said Ranjan Goswami,
Delta's staff vice president
– Global Sales, West Region. "We want our customers – whether they
work in film, TV, online digital streaming, or music – to know that
when they fly Delta, they can
expect nonstop service to the top industry destinations, premium
entertainment and food options, and world-class customer service
from our award-winning employees."
Like Virgin Atlantic, Delta's
new London flight will arrive in
Heathrow Airport's Terminal 3, and BusinessElite customers will
have access to the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse. Both Delta and Virgin Atlantic offer full flat-bed
seats with direct aisle access on all flights between Los Angeles and London.
Service to Key Entertainment, Technology and Automotive
Destinations
With the addition of the London-Heathrow and Vancouver routes, Delta now serves all the top entertainment
destinations from Los Angeles,
including Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Boston; Detroit; Miami; Nashville,
Tenn.; New Orleans;
New York; Paris; Raleigh, N.C.; Salt
Lake City; San Francisco;
Seattle; and Sydney.
Delta also serves important
automotive and tech industry destinations from Los Angeles, most recently announcing in
September direct service from Los
Angeles to Dallas and
San Antonio, Texas. Other key
components of Delta's tech and
auto network from Los Angeles
include Austin, Boston and Leon,
Mexico.
"Delta has gone to great
lengths to win over Hollywood and
the LA tech community, and it's resonating big time at UTA," said
Jeremy Zimmer, chief executive
officer of premier global talent and literary agency UTA, whose
nearly 200 agents and executives fly to worldwide destinations on a
near daily basis.
Last fall, Delta expanded its service from Los
Angeles to San Francisco with the launch of its hourly
nonstop Delta Shuttle product. Customers have access to First Class
seating and free Wi-Fi on every Delta Shuttle flight. Austin, Dallas, San
Francisco, some San Antonio
and some Seattle service is
operated by Delta Connection and Delta Shuttle carrier Compass
Airlines.
Enhancements to the Delta Experience – Both In-Flight and On
the Ground
Delta supports and markets the
music of emerging artists and short form content creators through
exclusive partnerships that provide in-flight content for its
customers, who can now enjoy free entertainment from every seat out
of Los Angeles through the
new Delta Studio product. Every Delta flight from Los Angeles offers BusinessElite/First Class
and Economy Comfort seating, and nearly every domestic flight
features Wi-Fi service.
Delta operates eight daily
transcontinental flights between Los
Angeles and New York – JFK,
and all eight flights feature full flat-bed seats and meals from
renowned Chef Michael Chiarello in
BusinessElite along with a series of other product enhancements.
Customers in Economy Comfort on flights between Los Angeles and New
York – JFK now have access to an enhanced product with
complimentary headsets, beer, wine, spirits, and premium snacks,
including healthy wraps from Luvo.
On the ground, travelers through Los Angeles will
enjoy the benefits of the $229 million expansion and
enhancement of Terminal 5 at LAX. The current
project will double the size of the ticketing lobby and screening
checkpoints and open an exclusive Sky Priority lobby with dedicated
access to screening checkpoints for Delta's high-value customers. It also will
include renovations to the Delta Sky Club and new baggage
carousels. The project is scheduled to take place in several
phases, with the west lobby to be completed in
November.
Expanded LAX Network
Delta has significantly expanded its Los Angeles network over the last year, adding
service to new destinations, increasing the number of flights
from destinations it already serves, and expanding to year-round
service in Boston. Delta will also launch service
from Los Angeles
to Monterrey, Mexico,
operated by Compass Airlines in November.
By the end of 2014, Delta will operate 150 peak-day
departures to 47 destinations from LAX and now provides more direct
service than any other airline from Los
Angeles to Atlanta with 10
daily flights, Detroit with five
daily flights, and New Orleans
with three daily flights. Delta is
also a leading carrier from Los
Angeles to London-Heathrow through its partnership with Virgin
Atlantic and to Sydney through its
partnership with Virgin Australia.
About Delta
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 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 318 destinations in 57 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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