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forgot to bid
Maybe Wall Street wasn't impressed because they saw forsee having to ride more CRJ-900s out of LGA?
The latest expansion announcement for the NYC complex is 100 percent mainline. Nice to see for a change.
“We're excited to be announcing new and expanded service to these popular leisure destinations at the same time we're building our new domestic hub at LaGuardia Airport," said Gail Grimmett, s.v.p.–New York. “It's another step toward achieving our goal of becoming the preferred airline in New York.”
In conjunction with the LGA expansion, Delta is investing $160 million to modernize two terminals at the airport and construct a new walkway connecting the facilities. At JFK, Delta is under way on a $1.2 billion program to enhance and expand Terminal 4, adding nine new gates and creating a state-of-the-art gateway for New York's fastest growing global airline. That facility will open in spring 2013.
New and expanded service to the Caribbean and Bermuda includes daily year-round service between LGA and Bermuda; and new Saturday flights between JFK and St. Maarten. Also, LGA-Nassau flights will be expanded from seasonal to year-round service; JFK-Montego Bay, Jamaica, flights will grow from Saturday seasonal to daily service; JFK-Aruba service will increase from Saturday seasonal flights to daily year-round service and JFK-Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, flights will expand from Saturday seasonal to daily year-round service.
Delta will also add new and expanded service to Florida including two new flights between LGA and Sarasota; a new flight between JFK and Fort Myers, a fourth daily flight between LGA and Fort Myers, as well as a fifth daily flight between LGA and Miami and Tampa, and a second daily flight between JFK and Tampa.
All mainline.