Delta Air Lines to Increase Flights to Caribbean

Delta Air Lines has unveiled plans to increase flights between New York-JFK and the Caribbean with a second daily flight to Nassau, Bahamas beginning 1 October 2018; a new daily service to Kingston, Jamaica, effective 20 December 2018; and new Saturday-only service to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, beginning 22 December 2018.

This winter, Delta will operate up to 145 flights per week to 16 Caribbean destinations from JFK.

"No one better connects New York to the world than Delta," said Chuck Imhof, Vice President — New York and Sales, East. "We offer our customers more flights to more destinations than any other airline and we're excited to add more flights to the Caribbean to our strong network portfolio."

Flights to Kingston will be operated with Boeing 737-800 aircraft configured with 16 First Class seats, 36 Delta Comfort+ seats, and 108 Main Cabin seats.

Flights to Nassau and Port-au-Prince will operate on Airbus A320 aircraft featuring 16 First Class seats, 18 Delta Comfort+ seats, and 126 Main Cabin seats.

Once onboard, all customers on flights from New York to the Caribbean can enjoy complimentary Delta Studio featuring more than 1,000 hours of on-demand in-flight entertainment on individual seatback screens or streamed directly to a laptop, tablet or mobile.

There is also free mobile messaging via iMessage, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, plus optional access to high-speed Wi-Fi throughout the aircraft.

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