Delta unveils bumper summer schedule

Delta Air Lines has announced details of its summer schedule. The airline will serve 1,000 peak-day destinations from its Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International hub, the world's largest airline hub, and will offer passengers a choice of 230 destinations – 30 more than in June 2005.

Delta has identified 22 high-demand destinations where its summer schedule will be expanded during May and June. These include Baltimore, Dallas/Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Seattle.

"As we prepare for Delta's busiest summer travel season ever, we are seeing increased demand for travel via Atlanta as more customers choose the convenience of flying through Delta's largest hub to connect to nearly 230 worldwide destinations," said Bob Cortelyou, vice president of network planning.

"Delta will fly to more destinations this summer from Atlanta than any other previous year."

As well as adding new services to existing destinations, Delta is also planning to fly to seven new European destination and 18 new destinations across Latin America and the Caribbean.

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