ATLANTA, Aug. 6, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) today announced the addition of a nonstop frequency between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and San Juan, Puerto Rico, starting Nov. 22, 2008.
This new flight complements Delta's daily nonstop service between San Juan and Atlanta and New York-JFK, and will be the fifth daily frequency Delta offers between Atlanta and San Juan.
"For more than 50 years, San Juan has been a very successful market for Delta, and today is the destination with the highest number of flights and passengers for our airline in the Caribbean basin," said Christophe Didier, Delta's vice president for Sales and Government Affairs for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Delta's added flight between Atlanta and San Juan from Nov. 22, 2008: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Flight Departs Arrives Frequency -------------------------------------------------------------------- DL 417 Atlanta at 8:30 a.m. San Juan at 12:59 p.m. Daily -------------------------------------------------------------------- DL 422 San Juan at 1:55 p.m. Atlanta at 4:59 p.m. Daily --------------------------------------------------------------------
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