Delta Air Lines Applies for Expanded Service to Brazil

Delta Air Lines has submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to expand its service between the United States and Brazil, which would allow increased flights between the airline’s Detroit hub and Sao Paulo.

Detroit-Sao Paulo is an important business route for the industrial Midwest. Delta proposes five weekly flights with the ultimate goal of offering daily service. The three additional frequencies Delta has requested will significantly enhance the consumer benefits and competitiveness of the Detroit gateway.

Delta's service will create a new gateway to Brazil in the Midwest region, and continue Detroit's expansion as an international hub. In recent months, Delta has added service from Detroit to Seoul-Incheon and Hong Kong and expanded service to Shanghai. In January 2011, Delta will begin nonstop service from Detroit to Haneda Airport in Tokyo.

Delta currently offers service between Atlanta and Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Manaus; and service between New York-JFK and Sao Paulo. In December, Delta became the first U.S. airline to offer nonstop service to Brazil's capital city, with nonstop service between Atlanta and Brasilia.