Delta Lines
Delta Air Lines marked its 10th anniversary of nonstop service between Lagos and Atlanta with 1.12 million passengers flown in the last decade. The airline is the Only Carrier that flies nonstop between Nigerian and the United State after the exit of United Airline Last year.
The Service was launched in on December 4, 2007, exacty 10years on Monday, December 4, 2017
Delta’s senior vice president-Network Planning, Bob Cortelyou flanked by other Senior officials including Commercial Director, East and West Africa, Bobby Bryan; Staff Vice President, Sales, EMEAI, Shane Spyak, Director – Sales, AMEI all of Delta Air Lines, Jimmy Eichelgruen, among others described the route as strategic for the airline.
He said, “It’s an honor to serve Lagos. For 10 years it has been an important route in our trans-Atlantic. With this milestone comes a new flight to New York-JFK.”
From March 26, 2018, the airline will operate daily service between Lagos and the United States, with four weekly services to Atlanta.
This will be complemented by three new weekly flights to New York-JFK.
Both routes will be operated with A330-200 aircraft, recently introduced onto the Lagos-Atlanta route, adding more seats and offering an enhanced onboard experience.
Figures from the airline further showed that 6,300 flights were operated between Nigeria and the United States. In 2017 alone, 80,000 passengers were flown between Nigeria and the United States.
