Detroit, San Diego gain nonstop routes to Honolulu
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) today announced it will introduce nonstop flights connecting Honolulu with Detroit and San Diego, beginning in June. The new service marks the first time Delta has served Honolulu from San Diego and reinstates nonstop service from Detroit that had been discontinued in 2004.
"The expanded customer base created through Delta's merger with Northwest allows us to bring new service to markets that previously did not have the demand to sustain nonstop flights," said Bob Cortelyou, Delta's senior vice president - Network Planning. "Detroit to Honolulu nonstop service provides greater access to Hawaii for customers in Michigan, the eastern U.S. and Canada, while our new route between San Diego and Honolulu will expand Delta's extensive flight schedules between the West Coast and Hawaii."
As a leading carrier to the Hawaiian Islands, Delta currently offers passengers 106 weekly flights between Hawaii and nine worldwide destinations. Delta operates its largest gateway to Hawaii at Los Angeles International Airport with an average of five daily round-trip departures to four Hawaiian destinations - Honolulu, Maui, Lihue and Kona. In addition to new local nonstop service beginning in June 2010, Detroit and San Diego customers will continue to have convenient connecting access to additional Hawaiian destinations via Los Angeles. Delta offers five daily round-trip flights between Detroit and Los Angeles and will add five daily round-trip flights between San Diego and Los Angeles, effective Feb. 11, 2010.
Flights between San Diego and Honolulu are available for sale to customers at delta.com and via other ticketing channels. Flights are scheduled as follows:
Flight Departs Arrives Effective Frequency
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San Diego at 5:45
1831 p.m. Honolulu at 8:45 p.m. June 3, 2010 Daily
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San Diego at 6:50
1870 Honolulu at 10 p.m. a.m. June 3, 2010 Daily
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Wednesday,
Detroit at 12:10 Honolulu at 3:55 Thursday &
2143 p.m. p.m. June 2, 2010 Sunday
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Tuesday,
Honolulu at 6:10 Wednesday &
2142 p.m. Detroit at 9:05 a.m. June 2, 2010 Saturday
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