MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Twin Cities,
meet the Eternal City: Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) is adding nonstop
daily service from its Minneapolis-St.
Paul hub to Rome during the
peak summer season beginning May 26,
2016.
Rome will be Delta's fifth
long-haul international destination from Minneapolis-St. Paul and the 10th peak-day
flight between the U.S. and Italy
for summer 2016. The airline also operates flights from
Minneapolis to Amsterdam, London, Tokyo-Narita
and Paris. The service will be operated in conjunction with Delta's
joint venture partners Air France, KLM and Alitalia using Boeing
767-300ER aircraft.
"With the investments in our facilities and the addition of
Rome service, our partnership with
the MSP market is strong," said Bob
Cortelyou, Delta's Senior Vice President – Network Planning.
"We look forward to partnering with the community and the airport
authority to meet the growing needs of our customers in
the Twin Cities."
"We are very excited about Delta Air Lines' decision to launch
service to Rome," said
Jeff Hamiel, executive director and
chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Airports Commission,
which owns and operates Minneapolis-St.
Paul International Airport. "Rome is one of Europe's oldest cities, with tremendous
historical, cultural and commercial appeal. It is also the most
popular destination in Europe not
to already have direct service from MSP International Airport.
Direct service to Rome gives
businesses, colleges and civic organizations in Minnesota another opportunity to attract
visitors from the Mediterranean region of Europe."
Delta's Minneapolis-St. Paul to
Rome schedule will operate as
follows:
Flight
number
|
Departure
|
Arrival
|
Start
Date
|
DL90
|
Minneapolis at 5:25
p.m.
|
Rome at 10 a.m. (next
day)
|
May 26,
2016
|
DL91
|
Rome at 11:45
a.m.
|
Minneapolis at 3:45
p.m.
|
May 27,
2016
|
Service between Minneapolis-St.
Paul and Rome will feature
a full range of premium products, including full flat-bed seats
with direct aisle access and a range of regionally inspired dining
options in the Delta One cabin as well as Westin Heavenly Inflight
Bedding and Tumi amenity kits. Customers flying in Delta Comfort+
benefit from up to four additional inches of legroom and up to 50
percent more recline than Delta's standard international Main Cabin
seats as well as Sky Priority boarding. Throughout the aircraft,
all passengers will have access to on-demand in-flight
entertainment and Wi-Fi enabling customers to stay connected at
30,000 feet.
Delta operates more than 400 peak-day flights to more than 120
destinations from Minneapolis-St.
Paul International Airport. Delta has invested more
than $25 million to update restaurants featuring
world-class cuisine, gate-house dining and iPads for customer use
and ordering in concourse G. Delta has also made renovations to its
Delta Sky Club on concourse F and offers Sky Priority services and
gate area power recharging stations.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 170 million customers each
year. 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. Additionally, Delta has
ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for
four consecutive years, a first for any airline. With an
industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection
carriers offer service to 318 destinations in 58 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 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 and services, and technology to enhance the
customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional
information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as
delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta,
Facebook.com/delta and Delta's blog takingoff.delta.com.
Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090202/DELTALOGO
To view the original version on PR Newswire,
visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/delta-adds-rome-flight-from-minneapolis-st-paul-300154001.html
SOURCE Delta Air Lines