Delta announces first nonstop Atlanta-India flight
Atlanta, August 2008 - Delta Air Lines Inc. has announced it is to open a nonstop flight between Atlanta and Mumbai, India, with a tentative launch date of Nov. 1.
The airline currently offers one-stop service from Atlanta to the Indian city through New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Delta made the announcement at a press conference Aug. 7 at the World Trade Center Atlanta.
Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is India’s most populous city with 13 million people and is home to many of the country’s financial institutions, including the National Stock Exchange.
Delta has been expanding its international routes since coming out of bankruptcy in April 2007. The airline’s President and CFO, Edward Bastian, announced in March it would continue opening international routes in the face of high fuel costs and an uncertain U.S. economy. Since then, Delta has opened routes to eight foreign cities from JFK and two from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Other international routes to open this year include Atlanta to Stockholm, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and several Caribbean destinations.
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