For its part, the sales management of Delta in France reports reservations multiplied by 3 in this return compared to a year ago.
The American partner company of Air France plans to serve 12 American cities directly from Paris: Atlanta, Detroit, New York JFK, Minneapolis et Seattle own, Boston, Washington, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago et San Francisco being served with Air France.
Some frequencies will be increased as of November: New York JFK will switch to bi-daily, just like Atlanta, and Mineapolis will switch to daily. Other routes, such as Cincinnati or Salt-Lake-City will be relaunched next spring.
“The traffic is coming back and until March 2022, our capacities should match the demand. However, we are ready to increase frequencies as soon as necessary ”, made known from the aisles of the IFTM-Top Resa Béatrice de Rotalier, Sales Director France of Delta.
“The competition will always be intense, but thanks to our alliances, we have strong backs and are in a favorable position for the recovery”, she adds, referring to the recent rationalizations of fleets in the two companies, their recent performances in the Skytrax rankings as well as the good financial results of Delta in 2021 on the American market. The American company has been profitable again since September. “The ball is in our court, it’s up to us to surf on all this good news for the future”, she adds.
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