Delta offers customers more of Hawaii

Delta Air Lines’ customers worldwide will enjoy new connections to two of Hawaii’s major islands as the airline adds nonstop flights between its Los Angeles gateway and Lihue on the island of Kauai and Kona on the “Big Island” of Hawaii, effective June 5, 2008.

With the additional flights, Los Angeles will continue to serve as Delta’s largest gateway to Hawaii with five daily round-trip flights from southern California to four of Hawaii’s major destinations.

“The addition of flights to Lihue and Kona marks another step in Delta’s efforts to establish the world’s broadest network of destinations for our customers,” said Glen Hauenstein, Delta’s executive vice president – Network Planning and Revenue Management. “These newest destinations will allow customers to explore the beaches of the Coconut Coast while enjoying the beauty of the Garden Island or snorkeling off the sandy shores of the Kohala coast, all with convenient flight connections through our growing Los Angeles gateway.”

Flights will be available for sale to customers today at delta.com and via other ticketing channels, based on the following flight schedules:

Delta’s new service between Los Angeles and Kona, effective June 5, 2008

Departs, Arrives, Frequency
Los Angeles at 12:15 p.m., Kona at 2:50 p.m., Daily
Kona at 8:50 p.m., Los Angeles at 5:10 a.m.*, Daily
Delta’s new service between Los Angeles and Lihue, effective June 5, 2008

Departs, Arrives, Frequency
Los Angeles at 12:00 p.m., Lihue at 2:50 p.m., Daily
Lihue at 8:50 p.m., Los Angeles at 5:20 a.m.*, Daily

*Flight arrives the following day

In addition to flights between Hawaii and Los Angeles, Delta also offers customers nonstop service to Hawaii from Atlanta and Salt Lake City. With next summer’s schedule, Delta plans to offer customers a total of nine daily round-trip flights between its mainland gateways and the Hawaiian islands.

Flights will be operated with a mix of Boeing 757-200, 767-300 and 767-400 aircraft seating between 178 and 277 passengers. All Delta flights between the mainland and Hawaii feature First Class and Economy Class service.

Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than any airline with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 310 destinations in 54 countries. Since 2005, Delta has added more international capacity than all other major U.S. airlines combined and is the leader across the Atlantic with flights to 36 trans-Atlantic markets.

To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 400 weekly flights to 53 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on nearly 15,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 475 worldwide destinations in 104 countries.

Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at Delta.com.