Delta Air Lines Welcomes Two-Millionth Passenger on Board its Africa Services

Delta Air Lines today announced that it has transported two million passengers on its Africa services. Delta, which operates direct flights from the U.S. to seven African cities in six countries, launched its first African services in December 2006 and today offers more than 6,800 weekly seats between Africa and the United States.

“We are delighted to reach this major milestone in our African operations as we mark our fourth anniversary of service to Africa,” said Perry Cantarutti, Delta’s senior vice president Europe, Middle East and Africa. “In four years, we have grown our operations in Africa from 22 weekly departures in December 2006, to more than 60 planned by January 2011. Africa remains a key part of Delta’s international network strategy and we look forward to expanding our operations with service to Luanda starting in January next year.”

Since 2006, Delta has transported: 647,205 passengers to and from Senegal; 465,173 passengers to and from South Africa; 333,573 passengers to and from Nigeria; 322,457 passengers to and from Ghana; 235,451 passengers to and from Egypt and 1,047 passengers to and from Liberia.

Delta is the only airline to operate bi-directional nonstop service between South Africa and the United States; to fly direct to the U.S. from two Nigerian Cities, Lagos and Abuja; and to fly nonstop from Accra to two U.S. cities, Atlanta and New York JFK. Delta is also the only airline to operate direct service between Liberia and the United States and from January 2011 will be the only airline to operate scheduled service between the U.S. and Angola. From its hubs in Atlanta and New York JFK, Delta offers more onward connections throughout the United States and beyond than any other airline linking Africa and the U.S.

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