Delta Air Lines Adding New Westbound Flights from Three North Dakota Cities

Minot customers gain first service to Salt Lake City hub


SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 11  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today announced it will increase westbound service from three North Dakota cities with its summer 2010 schedule.  By June, Delta will add two new daily round-trip flights between its Salt Lake City hub and Bismarck and Minot, as well as an additional daily round-trip flight between Salt Lake City and Fargo.

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"North Dakotans will benefit greatly from Delta's new westbound connections to the Salt Lake City hub, making it faster and more convenient to travel from their hometowns to points across the Mountain West, West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii," said Bob Cortelyou, senior vice president - Network Planning.  "With Delta's expanded westbound schedule, business travelers in Bismarck, Fargo and Minot will now have the choice of doing business in cities across the West Coast and returning home the same day."

Added Melissa McLaughlin, Delta's national sales manager for North Dakota: "As North Dakota's leading airline, we take very seriously our commitment to making travel accessible between our home state and the more than 350 cites Delta serves around the globe."

With the summer 2010 schedule, Delta plans to offer North Dakota customers 34 peak-day departures from six airports - nine from Bismarck; two from Devils Lake; nine from Fargo; five from Grand Forks; two from Jamestown; and seven from Minot.  The new flights from Minot will be the first ever offered to the Salt Lake City hub.

Customers traveling between North Dakota and Salt Lake City will benefit from convenient connections to more than 300 peak-day departures to nearly 90 worldwide destinations, including international flights to Tokyo-Narita, Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Mexico City.

In addition to expanded service to Salt Lake City, Delta offers daily flights between the six North Dakota airports it serves and its hub at Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Delta's new North Dakota flights, which will be available for sale to customers beginning Saturday, Feb. 13, will be introduced as follows:

  New daily nonstop service between Bismarck and Salt Lake City

  Flight   Departs             Arrives         Effective      Aircraft
  ------   -----------------   --------------  -------------  --------
  4889     Bismarck            Salt Lake City  May 4, 2010    CRJ-200
           at 6:40 a.m.        at 8 a.m.
  ------   -----------------   --------------  -------------  --------
  4890     Bismarck            Salt Lake City  June 10, 2010  CRJ-200
           at 5:25 p.m.        at 6:45 p.m.
  ------   -----------------   --------------  -------------  --------
  4890     Salt Lake City      Bismarck        June 10, 2010  CRJ-200
           at 1:45 p.m.        at 4:55 p.m.  
  ------   -----------------   --------------  -------------  --------
  4878     Salt Lake City      Bismarck        May 3, 2010    CRJ-200
           at 7:45 p.m.        at 10:55 p.m.
  ------   -----------------   --------------  -------------  --------


  New daily nonstop service between Minot and Salt Lake City

  Flight  Departs         Arrives         Effective      Aircraft
  ------  -------         --------------  -------------  --------
  4881    Minot           Salt Lake City  May 4, 2010    CRJ-200
          at 6:30 a.m.    at 8 a.m.                 
  -----   ------------    --------------  -------------  --------
  4880    Minot           Salt Lake City  June 10, 2010  CRJ-200
          at 5:30 p.m.    at 7 p.m.                 
  -----   ------------    --------------  -------------  --------
  4880    Salt Lake City  Minot           June 10, 2010  CRJ-200
          at 1:45 p.m.    at 5:05 p.m.    
  -----   --------------  --------------  -------------  --------
  4876    Salt Lake City  Minot           May 3, 2010    CRJ-200
          at 7:45 p.m.    at 11:05 p.m.               
  -----   --------------  --------------  -------------  --------


  Expanded daily nonstop service between Fargo and Salt Lake City

  Flight  Departs          Arrives          Effective         Aircraft
  ------  ------------     -------          ---------         --------
  4826*   Fargo            Salt Lake City   Existing service  CRJ-700
          at 6:25 a.m.     at 7:55 a.m.                    
  ------  ------------     --------------   ----------------  --------
  4919    Fargo            Salt Lake City   June 10, 2010     CRJ-700
          at 5:35 p.m.     at 7:05 p.m.                 
  ------  ------------     --------------   ----------------  --------
  4919    Salt Lake City   Fargo            June 10, 2010     CRJ-700
          at 1:45 p.m.     at 5:05 p.m.      
  ------  --------------   --------------   ----------------  --------
  4505**  Salt Lake City   Fargo            Existing service  CRJ-700
          at 7:45 p.m.     at 11:05 p.m.      
  ------  --------------   --------------   ----------------  --------

  *Flight renumbered for summer 2010 schedule
  **Flight retimed for summer 2010 schedule



Delta's expanded service from Bismarck, Minot and Fargo will be operated by Delta Connection carrier SkyWest Airlines using 50-seat CRJ-200 and 70-seat CRJ-700 regional jets. These jets feature two-by-two seating with no middle seats.

Delta Air Lines, the world's No. 1 airline, serves more than 160 million passengers each year. With its unsurpassed global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 367 destinations in 66 countries on six continents. Delta employs more than 70,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of nearly 800 aircraft. A founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance, Delta participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France KLM. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 16,000 daily flights, with hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita. The airline's service includes the SkyMiles frequent flier program, the world's largest airline loyalty program; the award-winning BusinessElite service; and more than 50 Delta Sky Clubs in airports worldwide. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and review flight status at delta.com.

Service may be operated by Delta Connection carrier Compass Airlines, Mesaba Airlines, Pinnacle Airlines or SkyWest Airlines. 

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