Delta Adding More than 4,500 Seats for Customers Traveling to 2011 Bowl Championship Series Games

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Dec 08, 2010, 09:00 ET

ATLANTA, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is adding more than 4,500 seats on high-demand routes for customers traveling to this year's biggest college football bowl match-ups. Flights have been added to Delta's schedules from Oregon, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia and Wisconsin to make it easier for fans traveling between their hometowns and BCS Championship Series Games in Glendale, Ariz., New Orleans, Miami and Pasadena, Calif.

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The additional flights, which are now available for sale at delta.com, include:

2011 BCS National Championship: Birmingham, Ala. to/from Phoenix


Flight	Departs	Arrives	Aircraft	Date(s) Operating
8771	Birmingham at 9:30 a.m.	Phoenix at 12:30 p.m.	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 7-8, 2011
8773	Birmingham at 12:30 p.m.	Phoenix at 3:30 p.m.	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 7-8, 2011
8770	Phoenix at 1 a.m.	Birmingham at 5:15 a.m.	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 11, 2011
8772	Phoenix at 2 a.m.	Birmingham at 6:15 a.m.	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 11, 2011
8774	Phoenix at 9 a.m.	Birmingham at 1:15 p.m.	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 11, 2011

2011 BCS National Championship: Oregon to/from Phoenix


Flight	Departs	Arrives	Aircraft	Date(s) Operating
8770	Portland at 4:05 p.m.	Phoenix at 7:35 p.m.	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 7-8, 2011
8772	Eugene at 7 p.m.	Phoenix at 10:25 p.m.	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 7-8, 2011
8773	Phoenix at 1:30 a.m.	Eugene at 3:05 a.m.	Airbus A320	Jan. 11, 2011
8775	Phoenix at 2:10 a.m.	Portland at 3:50 a.m.	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 11, 2011

2011 Rose Bowl: Wisconsin to/from Los Angeles


Flight	Departs	Arrives	Aircraft	Date(s) Operating
8771	Madison at 9 a.m.	Los Angeles at 11:25 a.m.	Airbus A320	Dec. 29-30, 2010
8773	Madison at 6:35 p.m.	Los Angeles at 9 p.m.	Airbus A320 / Boeing 777-200	Dec. 29-30, 2010
8771	Milwaukee at 9 a.m.	Los Angeles at 11:30 a.m.	Airbus A320	Dec. 31, 2010
8772	Los Angeles at 11 p.m.	Madison at 4:45 a.m. (next day)	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 1, 2011
8776	Los Angeles at 9 a.m.	Madison at 2:50 p.m.	Boeing 777-200	Jan. 2, 2011

2011 Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma City to/from Phoenix


Flight	Departs	Arrives	Aircraft	Date(s) Operating
8775	Oklahoma City at 7:10 p.m.	Phoenix at 8:40 p.m.	Boeing 757-200	Dec. 30, 2010
8774	Phoenix at 2 a.m.	Oklahoma City at 5 a.m.	Boeing MD-90	Jan. 2, 2011

2011 Orange Bowl: Roanoke, Va. to/from Miami


Flight	Departs	Arrives	Aircraft	Date(s) Operating
5631*	Roanoke at 7:10 p.m.	Miami at 9:40 p.m.	CRJ-700	Jan. 1, 2011
5630*	Miami at 7:35 a.m.	Roanoke at 9:55 a.m.	CRJ-700	Jan. 4, 2011

*Operated by Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines

2011 Sugar Bowl: Columbus, Ohio to/from New Orleans


Flight	Departs	Arrives	Aircraft	Date(s) Operating
8771	Columbus at 9:50 a.m.	New Orleans at 11:20 a.m.	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 2, 2011
8770	New Orleans at 10 a.m.	Columbus at 1:10 p.m.	Boeing 757-200	Jan. 5, 2011

In addition to carrying fans to and from popular sporting events, Delta is one of the leading carriers of college sports teams with more than 30 NCAA football teams flying the airline to and from their games this year.

Delta Air Lines serves more than 160 million customers each year. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 358 destinations in 66 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 75,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft. A founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance, Delta participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 13,000 daily flights, with hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita. The airline's service includes the SkyMiles frequent flier program, the world's largest airline loyalty program; the award-winning BusinessElite service; and more than 50 Delta Sky Clubs in airports worldwide. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and review flight status at delta.com.