Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Delta adds new Caribbean routes

Delta Air Lines Inc. is adding flights from New York to the Caribbean, including its first flights to Haiti in about 50 years.

The Atlanta-based airline will start new nonstop daily service between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on June 20. The new flights are the first Delta service to Haiti since the 1950s when Delta flew from New Orleans to Port-au-Prince.

Delta also will bring back daily nonstop service between New York's LaGuardia Airport and Bermuda beginning May 22.

"Delta's long-standing commitment to the Caribbean basin is now reinforced as we provide the growing population of Haitians in the tri-state area with more options to visit friends and loved ones in their native country," said Gail Grimmett, Delta senior vice president, in a news release.

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