Delta Adds Iceland Service from Twin Cities Hub

Minneapolis marks Delta's second U.S. destination from Iceland along with New York-JFK

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Nov 09, 2015, 10:00 ET

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rome isn't the only new nonstop destination being added from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport next spring. Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) will launch seasonal service to Iceland's Keflavik International Airport from its Twin Cities hub beginning May 26, 2016.

Reykjavik will be Delta's fifth destination in Europe from Minneapolis-St. Paul. Delta recently announced service from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Rome and also operates flights to Amsterdam, London, Paris and Tokyo-Narita. Reykjavik service will be operated in conjunction with Delta's joint venture partners Air France, KLM and Alitalia using a 199-seat Boeing 757-300 aircraft. The aircraft offers 20 seats in the premium cabin as well as 29 in Delta Comfort+ and 150 in Main Cabin.

"By next spring, our customers in the Twin Cities will enjoy direct service to six overseas international destinations in Europe and Asia," said Bob Cortelyou, Delta's Senior Vice President–Network Planning. "New service from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Reykjavik will open up more opportunities not only for passengers, but also for cargo handlers that import and export fish and other commodities between the two countries."

Delta has also extended its service between Reykjavik and New York-JFK, which will now begin February 11, 2016. Previously operated for four months over the peak summer, Delta's New York-JFK flight will now run for seven months, with service starting three times weekly and moving to daily in May 2016. Delta is the only U.S. airline that operates service to Iceland.

Delta's Minneapolis-St Paul to Reykjavik schedule will operate as follows:

Flight number	Departure	Arrival
DL260	Minneapolis-St Paul at 9:52 p.m.	Reykjavik at 9 a.m. (next day)
DL261	Reykjavik at 8:30 a.m.	Minneapolis-St Paul 10 a.m.

Passengers flying in Delta's premium cabin enjoy a full range of premium products for a comfortable, relaxed, and productive in-flight experience. These include a regionally inspired menu with accompanying wines, plus Westin Heavenly Inflight Bedding from Westin Hotels & Resorts. Delta Comfort+ offers customers up to four additional inches of legroom and 50 percent more recline than Delta's standard international Main Cabin seats as well as priority boarding. Delta offers in-flight entertainment at every passenger's seat and Wi-Fi so that customers can stay connected at 30,000 feet.

Delta operates more than 400 peak-day flights to more than 120 destinations from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Delta has invested more than $25 million to update restaurants featuring world-class cuisine, gate-house dining and iPads for customer use and ordering in concourse G. Delta has also made renovations to its Delta Sky Club on concourse F and offers Sky Priority services and gate area power recharging stations.

Delta Air Lines serves more than 170 million customers each year. Delta was named to FORTUNE magazine's top 50 World's Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the fourth time in five years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for four consecutive years, a first for any airline. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 316 destinations in 57 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta, Facebook.com/delta and Delta's blog takingoff.delta.com.