Delta Air Lines Adds First Flights to Martinique

Delta Air Lines will continue its rapid expansion into the Caribbean this December with the addition of its first flights to the French island of Martinique.

Beginning December 16, Delta will add flights between its largest hub in Atlanta and Fort de France, Martinique in the French West Indies.

Martinique is the second destination that Delta will serve in this region having recently announced twice weekly service to the French island of Guadeloupe, effective December 13. Both routes are subject to foreign government approval.

“With the addition of service to the beautiful island of Martinique, Delta will be the only U.S. carrier to serve two destinations in the French West Indies non-stop from the U.S. mainland,’’ said Glen Hauenstein, Delta’s executive vice president for Network Planning and Revenue Management.

“Our customers now have an even greater choice of unique and exciting destinations, as Delta expands the scope of our network throughout the Caribbean, offering our customers the opportunity to broaden their horizons and explore Martinique and Guadeloupe,” he went on to say.

Delta customers traveling to the United States and Canada from Martinique will benefit from 97 daily one-stop connections to destinations throughout the region, including key business and leisure destinations such as New York, Chicago, Montreal, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Tampa and Orlando.

Delta’s expanded nonstop service to the Caribbean is part of a series of more than 50 new routes to Latin America and the Caribbean added or announced by Delta in the last year as part of the largest international expansion in the airline’s history.

With its March 2007 schedule, Delta plans to offer customers 246 weekly flights to 19 Mexican destinations and 282 weekly flights to 24 Caribbean destinations.

This growth represents a 70 percent increase in Delta’s weekly flights to Mexico and the Caribbean combined since fall 2004.