Delta adds seasonal Honolulu service from Minneapolis-St. Paul hub

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Dec 02, 2014, 03:23 ET

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) will launch daily seasonal service from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to Honolulu International Airport next fall. The flight will give passengers direct access to the popular vacation destination while providing more options for connecting Midwestern customers through one of Delta's largest hubs.

"Delta looks forward to offering the Minneapolis-St. Paul community nonstop service to one of the most popular vacation destinations we serve," said Glen Hauenstein, Delta's executive vice president and chief revenue officer. "And customers traveling this route will enjoy the investments we've made to upgrade our onboard service, seats and complimentary in-seat entertainment."

The flight will operate beginning Oct. 25, 2015 through March 26, 2016 using a 225-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft with 25 full flat-bed seats in BusinessElite, 29 seats in Economy Comfort and 171 Economy class seats. Delta is the only U.S. global carrier to offer full flat-bed seats with direct aisle access in BusinessElite on widebody oceanic flights.

BusinessElite, Economy Comfort and economy customers will have complimentary access to Delta Studio - entertainment offered through seat-back systems - including all movies, television, music and games.

Delta's seasonal service between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Honolulu will operate as follows:

Flight	Departs	Arrives
DL1664	Minneapolis-St. Paul at 11:45 a.m.	Honolulu at 3:49 p.m.
DL1653	Honolulu at 5:17 p.m.	Minneapolis-St. Paul at 6:00 a.m. (+1 day)

With the addition of service next fall Delta will operate 20 peak-day departures from the U.S. and Japan to four Hawaiian destinations.

Delta has recently 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 nearly 165 million customers each year. This year, Delta was named the 2014 Airline of the Year by Air Transport World magazine and was named to FORTUNE magazine's 50 Most Admired Companies, in addition to being named the most admired airline for the third time in four years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 319 destinations in 59 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 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 newly formed 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, services and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on delta.com, Twitter @Delta, Google.com/+Delta, Facebook.com/delta and Delta's blog takingoff.delta.com.