[h=1]Delta dramatically expands service from New York-LaGuardia[/h]
Delta will dramatically increase flights from New York-LaGuardia by next summer - the largest single expansion by an airline there in 43 years.Delta’s new domestic hub at LaGuardia will include more than 100 new flights, an increase of 60%, and 29 new destinations. By summer 2012, Delta will operate more than 264 daily flights between LaGuardia and 61 cities, more than any other airline.Delta will offer more than 400 daily departures from LaGuardia, New York-JFK and Newark-Liberty. Delta closed an agreement this week with US Airways to swap slots, takeoff and landing rights, at LaGuardia and Washington-Reagan National.Delta’s expanded LaGuardia schedule adds nonstop service to top U.S. business markets, including Miami, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Charlotte, Denver, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee and Cleveland. Delta also will add frequency to business markets it currently serves, including Chicago, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham and Portland, Maine.The new flights will provide Delta’s customers with more choice and options when flying to New York’s preferred airport for business travelers.“Our new schedule puts Delta in nearly all of the top 50 markets from LaGuardia,” said Gail Grimmett, s.v.p.-New York. “It means we can get our customers to destinations across the U.S. with nonstop service and the convenience of LaGuardia.”In addition to key business markets, Delta will be adding new all-jet service from LaGuardia to smaller communities in the Northeast and across the East Coast, including Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y.; Norfolk, Va.; and Burlington, Vt. In many cases, Delta will replace turboprop aircraft operated by US Airways. The larger jet aircraft used by Delta means up to 4 million additional seats will be available at LaGuardia without increasing congestion.As part of the expansion, Delta will invest $100 million to create an expanded main terminal at LaGuardia in Terminals C and D, where it will operate a total of 29 gates. A 600-foot connector bridge will be built to conveniently link the two terminals. Delta also will convert the existing US Airways lounge in Terminal C to a Delta Sky Club, while continuing to operate its current Sky Club in Terminal D.Delta will continue to operate its popular hourly Delta Shuttle to Boston, Washington, D.C., and Chicago from its six gates at the Marine Air Terminal.
