Delta to Start Flying to Ecuador in June
Delta has received approval to start new service between Atlanta and two new destinations in Ecuador –Quito and Guayaquil- beginning June 8.
The new service, subject to Ecuadorian government approval, will operate nonstop from Atlanta to Quito, continue to Guayaquil, and return nonstop from Guayaquil to Atlanta.
“We are pleased to be able to include Ecuador in the growing list of countries Delta plans to serve in South America,” said James Sarvis, Delta´s director for Latin America and the Caribbean. “Our planned new flights to Quito and Guayaquil continue our expansion to the most important business centers in Latin America and bring to seven the number of countries now served by Delta in South America.”
The new flights –to be operated using Boeing 757-200 aircraft- will connect customers via the world´s largest airline hub in Atlanta to Ecuador´s capital of Quito and to the country´s largest city and main port of Guayaquil.
Within the last 90 days, Delta has completed one of the largest expansions to Latin America and the Caribbean in its history, starting seven new routes since November 2005 alone.
New nonstop destinations from the airline´s largest hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport included Punta Cana and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Barbados; Managua, Nicaragua; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; and Antigua. Delta also launched non-stop service between Salt Lake City and Puerto Vallarta.
In the first quarter of 2006, Delta and its codeshare partners will offer service between the United States and more than 170 markets in Latin America, the Caribbean and Bermuda.
With extensive ongoing growth to Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers currently offer customers an average of 57 daily flights to 38 destinations in 24 countries in the region.
