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Delta Air Lines and Air France officially launched their JV agreement, leveraging the new EU-US Open Skies agreement, with three new trans-Atlantic routes connecting London-Heathrow to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Commencing 31-Mar-08, the JV partners will operate daily non-stop services connecting London-Heathrow to Los Angeles and Atlanta, and twice-daily services to New York-JFK. Air France will operate the LAX service with a Delta codeshare using a Boeing 777-200 with seating capacity for 263. Delta will operate the JFK and Atlanta services with Air France codeshare using a Boeing 767-300ER with seating capacity for up to 216.
According to the terms of the expanded JV agreement, signed on 17-Oct-07, the two carriers will share revenues and costs on flights operated by both carriers between London-Heathrow and the United States, as well as on flights between Air France's Paris-CDG and Lyon hubs, and Delta's Atlanta, New York-JFK, Cincinnati and Salt Lake City hubs.
By 2010, the agreement will be extended to all trans-Atlantic flights operated by Air France and Delta between Europe and the Mediterranean on one side and North America on the other side, as well as all flights between Los Angeles and Tahiti.
About Air France
Air France, founded in 1933, operates 1,700 daily flights with a fleet of 254 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, including 131 regional aircraft operated by its Britair, CityJet and Regional subsidiaries. Air France and KLM signed a merger agreement in Sep-03. Together, they represent a workforce of over 103,000 employees, 73.5 million passengers, 248 worldwide destinations and a fleet of 569 aircraft.
About Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines operates services to 315 destinations in 59 countries with Delta and Delta Connection. Delta has added 36 trans-Atlantic markets in the last two years. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 650 weekly flights to 65 destinations.
Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 744 worldwide destinations in 151 countries.
© Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 01-Apr-08
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Delta Air Lines, Air France launches JV with three new routes 
