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BRIEF: Delta to add new St. Louis flights
Posted on: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:35:14 EDT
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Jul 28, 2010 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
Delta Air Lines will add four daily round-trip flights between Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and Washington-Reagan National Airport this fall.
The new flights,which begin on Oct. 31, will bring Delta's total peak-day nonstop offerings from St. Louis to 39 at that time --
second only to Southwest Airlines for departures, airport officials said today.
Delta also will add new nonstop flights from Lambert to LaGuardia Airport in New York in September, as well as its Salt Lake City hub.
"We see a tremendous opportunity," Delta Chief Financial Officer Hank Halter said today in an interview. "The market, as we have shown, provides travel interest to these destinations."
Halter said St. Louis has a strong business-travel market because of the number of companies headquartered here, as well as a solid demand from leisure travelers.
"We're thrilled with Delta's commitment to expand nonstop service from St. Louis to key destinations, like Washington, D.C.," airport director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said in a statement.
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