Delta Air Lines Expands BusinessElite Service from New York

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NEW YORK, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Delta Air Lines today announced a significant expansion of BusinessElite service from New York. The airline has added full-flat beds to all flights between New York-JFK and London-Heathrow, and in September will begin to introduce new BusinessElite service on transcontinental flights between Delta’s JFK hub and Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Today’s announcement is part of Delta’s continued focus on the New York market including the recently announced plans to create a domestic hub at LaGuardia and the re-launch of the revitalized Red Coat program that began at Delta’s international hub at JFK.

“Delta’s frequent business travelers tell us that the comfort of a flat bed seat with direct aisle access is a must-have on flights to and from London, and that a true BusinessElite experience is critical when flying to and from the West Coast,” said Ranjan Goswami, Delta’s director of Customer Experience. “Today, we are responding to our road warriors’ requests with a significant enhancement of the level of business class service offered from our JFK hub.”

Delta customers in Atlanta and Detroit also benefit from the BusinessElite enhancements with full-flat bed seats available on all flights between these hubs and London-Heathrow and Minneapolis routes will be added in September. Routes served with Boeing 777-200LR aircraft already feature full-flat seats, including flights between Atlanta and Dubai, Johannesburg, and Sydney (via Los Angeles).

More information on Delta’s new full flat bed seats is available at delta.com.

Since making a strategic decision to build New York into a hub earlier this decade, Delta has made major investments across the tri-state region, boosting its economic impact to more than $13 billion annually. Along with adding more than 30 new international routes at JFK, Delta has created more than 2,000 jobs across the state, invested heavily in New York sponsorships and advertising and completed more than $70 million in facility upgrades at JFK’s Terminals 2 and 3.