Delta adds Pacific routes with Virgin Blue

Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal - by Atlanta Business Chronicle Date: Monday, May 2, 2011


Delta Air Lines, Inc. has added five routes to Australia and New Zealand by expanding codesharing with the Virgin Blue Airlines Group.

The new service to Perth, Adelaide and Canberra, Australia and Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand starts May 21.

In January 2010, Delta (NYSE: DAL) started connecting customers on Virgin Blue flights to Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia. Atlanta-based Delta operates nonstop service between Los Angeles and Sydney, where all codeshare flights connect.