Delta resumes Atlanta-Edinburgh route for summer

Delta Air Lines customers looking to reach Scotland for a summer fortnight will again be able to fly the world’s largest trans-Atlantic airline between its largest international gateway in Atlanta and the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.

Nonstop Delta flights between Atlanta and Edinburgh will operate seasonally between June 2 and October 1, 2008 and will complement new year-round service between Edinburgh and New York-JFK, beginning May 1.

With the return of the Atlanta-Edinburgh route, Delta will offer customers nonstop access to 31 trans-Atlantic destinations via its Atlanta hub, including new flights to Lagos, Nigeria (inaugurated Dec. 3, 2007); London-Heathrow (effective March 29, 2008) and Stockholm, Sweden (effective June 3, 2008).

“Delta looks forward to another record year of international traffic via our Atlanta hub thanks to the addition of more new destinations around the globe for our customers,” said Bob Cortelyou, Delta’s senior vice president – Network Planning. “From Europe to Africa to Asia to South America, Delta covers the globe in any direction from Atlanta, with flights slated to more than 80 international destinations next summer.”

Flights between Atlanta and Edinburgh will operate three-times weekly from June 2-30 and daily from July 1-September 30.

Customers flying Delta between Atlanta and Edinburgh flights will travel on a Boeing 757-200 aircraft featuring 16 seats in Delta’s award-winning BusinessElite cabin and 158 seats in Economy. All customers will enjoy comfortable all-leather seating and personal, in-seat entertainment, in both classes.

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