Delta Air Lines adds Dallas-Love Field to global network

Delta Air Lines is expanding its global network to offer customers nonstop flights to Dallas’ Love Field Airport. Effective July 6, 2009, Delta will offer three new daily round-trip flights between its Memphis, Tennessee hub and Dallas’ downtown airport, connecting in-town Dallas customers to the world’s largest airline network.

“Our customers tell us they love convenience, and they will appreciate the addition of Dallas’ most convenient and centrally-located airport to the route map of the world’s largest airline,” said Glen Hauenstein, Delta’s executive vice president of network planning and revenue management.

Customers flying between Love Field and Memphis will have connecting opportunities to 237 peak-day flights to 90 worldwide destinations. Daily round-trip flights between Dallas Love Field and Memphis are available for sale at delta.com beginning today with the following schedule:

Flight** Departs Arrives Effective

NW 2672 Love Field at 6 am Memphis at 7:40 am July 7, 2009
NW 2674 Love Field at 11:25 am Memphis at 1:05 pm July 6, 2009
NW 2676 Love Field at 4:15 pm Memphis at 5:55 pm July 6, 2009
NW 2673 Memphis at 9:15 am Love Field at 11 am July 6, 2009
NW 2675 Memphis at 2 pm Love Field at 3:45 pm July 6, 2009
NW 2677 Memphis at 7:51 pm Love Field at 9:36 pm July 6, 2009

**Flights operated by Delta Connection carrier Pinnacle Airlines using 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets.

The new Love Field flights complement existing service from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport where Delta offers 36 peak-day departures to its seven U. hubs – Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, and Salt Lake City.

Delta’s new flights will be the only nonstop service between Love Field and Tennessee and expand on other recently-announced new routes between Memphis and Texas. The airline added new nonstop flights to Memphis from McAllen and Lubbock in March and April, respectively.