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Delta Airlines will operate daily flights between New York and Ponta Delgada in the summer of 2019, increasing by approximately 400 seats per week, the carrier announced Tuesday.
Passing from five weekly flights this year to a daily operation, the US airline will make 21 weekly flights between Portugal and the United States departing from JFK Airport.
The first Delta Airlines operation in the Azores began on May 25, 2018 and included five weekly flights, with the exception of Tuesdays and Thursdays.
This was the first direct connection between Ponta Delgada and New York and marked the entry of an American airline into the region and the end of the SATA monopoly on connections between the archipelago and the mainland American.
According to Roberto Ioriatti, Transatlantic Vice President of the airline, the operation for Ponta Delgada "will continue to increase the number of visitors to the Azores, facilitating non-stop trips to the United States so that more tourists can discover this paradise hidden from the Atlantic. "
Flights to the Azores leave New York at 20:50 and arrive at Ponta Delgada at 18:45 the next day. However, flights departing from Ponta Delgada, the first scheduled for May 24, are expected at 8:15 am and arrive in New York at 10:21 am, still at the local time.
In addition to flights to Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel, the airline will operate two daily flights from Lisbon via the new seasonal direct route to Boston, effective May 24, 2019.
According to the carrier, this link "complements the existing annual direct link to New York", all flights being operated jointly with Air France-KLM and partners of the Alitalia joint venture using Boeing 757-200 aircraft. 199 places.
Delta Air Lines carries around 180 million passengers a year. Delta and Delta Connection serve 321 destinations in 57 countries and employ more than 80,000 people, with a fleet of more than 800 aircraft.
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