INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air
Lines (NYSE:DAL), in cooperation with joint venture partner Air
France KLM, will bring nonstop trans-Atlantic service from
Indianapolis to its European hub
at Paris-Charles de Gaulle
beginning May 24, 2018.
"Indiana and the Indianapolis metropolitan area has long been
an important part of our route network and we are honored that
Delta will be the first U.S. carrier to take Indiana nonstop to Europe," said Bob
Cortelyou, Delta's Senior Vice President – Network
Planning.
Delta is Indianapolis' leading
global airline with service to 13 destinations and 37 peak-day
departures and the only airline to offer a premium lounge, the
Delta Sky Club. With the new service to Paris, customers from across the Hoosier State
will have convenient, one-stop connections at Paris-Charles de Gaulle to more than one
hundred destinations in Europe,
Africa, Middle East and India.
"This new service is a great example of the strength of our
trans-Atlantic joint venture and we look forward to providing a new
economic link between the state of Indiana and Europe," said Dwight
James, Delta's Senior Vice President – Trans-Atlantic.
"Indiana's pro-business
reputation continues to grow and spread around the globe, and
that's why securing a direct trans-Atlantic flight is so
important," Indiana Gov.
Eric Holcomb said. "This flight is a
big win for our state's business community and for Hoosier
travelers. I cannot wait to see that first Delta flight take off
for Europe in just a few short
months."
Delta's onboard experience between Indianapolis and Paris will be on Boeing 767-300ER aircraft,
equipped with 25 fully lie-flat seats in Delta One, 29 seats Delta
Comfort+ and 171 seats in the Main Cabin. Every seat has access to
Wi-Fi, free personal in-flight seatback entertainment screens as
well as power ports. Complimentary meals and beverages will also be
provided in all cabins of service.
Delta's Indianapolis-Paris service will be available for sale
beginning Sept. 23 and is scheduled
to operate as follows:
Flight
Number
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
DL500
|
Indianapolis (IND) at
6:20 p.m.
|
Paris (CDG) at
8:45 a.m. (next day)
|
DL501
|
Paris (CDG) at
1:15 p.m.
|
Indianapolis (IND) at
4:35 p.m.
|
Delta's history in Indianapolis
goes back more than five decades. Today, Delta carries thousands of
Hoosiers every day on frequent service across its global network
via its hubs in Atlanta,
Boston, Detroit, Los
Angeles, Minneapolis/St.
Paul, New York City, and
Salt Lake City in addition to
nonstop flights to Orlando,
Raleigh/Durham and Cancun.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each
year. In 2017, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired
Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for
the sixth time in seven years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1
in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an
unprecedented six consecutive years. With an industry-leading
global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer
service to 315 destinations in 54 countries on six continents.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta
employs more than 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a
mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding
member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the
industry's leading transatlantic 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,
Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul,
New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de
Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Seoul, 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, and Facebook.com/delta.
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