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Delta Air Lines is adding a number of international routes to its schedule this winter as demand for international travel continues to grow across the industry.
Beginning Dec. 17, the Atlanta-based airline will offer nonstop service from its largest hub in Atlanta to Cape Town, Africa, and from Los Angeles to Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia, for the first time. . Beginning in May 2023, the airline is also slated to add nonstop service from Atlanta to Tel Aviv, Israel.
With the new routes, the airline will offer a total of 10 weekly flights to South Africa, as well as 13 weekly flights to Tel Aviv from three US hubs in Atlanta, Boston and New York.
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The airline reported earlier this month that it is seeing steady progress in returning international travel and has already resumed service to many international markets including Copenhagen, Seoul, Prague and Tokyo.
A passenger walks past a Delta Airlines plane at a gate at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., January 3, 2022. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo/Reuters)
“International customer revenue showed significant improvement during the quarter as travel restrictions eased and many countries lifted testing requirements, including the United States,” Delta Air Lines President Glen Hauenstein told analysts during an earnings call. .
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In June, revenues in Latin America and the transatlantic regions exceeded 2019 levels, according to Hauenstein. He also noted that “the Pacific is accelerating as Korea and Australia have reopened and restrictions are being eased in Japan.”
So far, about 60% of total bookings in September are for international travel, which “is at record levels well above what we experienced in June,” Hauenstein added.
Travelers walk through Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer/AP Newsroom)
Similarly, American Airlines Chief Financial Officer Derek Kerr also told analysts that business acceleration and international long-haul demand contributed to the strength the company saw during the three-month period ending in June.
| TICKER | Safety | The last | CHANGING | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sprout | DELTA AIR LINES INC. | 31.70 | +0.20 | +0.63% |
| AAL | AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC. | 13.76 | -0.21 | -1.50% |
| UAL | UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC. | 36.74 | +0.32 | +0.88% |
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“There’s a lot of pent-up demand for people going internationally, anywhere, trans-Pacific, trans-Atlantic and South American long-haul,” chief commercial officer Vasu Raja told analysts. “And we anticipate that will continue throughout the year.”
Meanwhile, United Airlines announced that it has already restarted 24 international routes in the second quarter. The Chicago-based airline also announced a new weekly service between Tokyo and Saipan starting in September.
