Delta Air Lines Launches New Service Between the Sister Cities Los Angeles and Nagoya Offers SkyMiles Bonus Too

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) will inaugurate service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Nagoya on April 1, 2001.

The new flight, which will be the only daily nonstop service from Los Angeles to Nagoya, will be flown on Delta’s MD-11 aircraft featuring the award-winning BusinessElite™ service. The flight will depart Los Angeles at 11:55 a.m. and arrive in Nagoya at 3:45 p.m. On the return, the flight departs Nagoya at 5:45 p.m. and arrives in Los Angeles at 12:00 Noon.

To introduce these new flights, Delta SkyMiles members who fly nonstop between Los Angeles and Nagoya will earn double miles for paid Economy Class travel and triple miles for paid BusinessElite travel from April 1 through June 30, 2001. SkyMiles members in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean must pre-enroll in this offer by calling 888-558-3358 and entering code 1006. SkyMiles members may also earn a bonus of 1,000 miles for a round trip or 500 miles each way for each Los Angeles-Nagoya ticket purchased at delta.com.

"These new flights will provide greater opportunities for U.S. travelers and shippers to use Delta service to Japan based on Delta’s extensive network and convenient connections," said Paulette Corbin, Delta’s vice president - airport customer service.

The new Los Angeles service will provide travelers with connecting flights to 24 destinations in the United States and Mexico. Delta’s expanded BusinessElite U.S. transcontinental service also connects Los Angeles with daily, nonstop flights to New York’s JFK and Boston.

In addition to the new Nagoya service, on April 1 Delta will introduce nonstop service from New York’s JFK to Tokyo. With the new service, the airline will have three nonstop flights to Tokyo -- from Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta. Delta’s flights to Japan feature the MD-11 aircraft with the award-winning BusinessElite service. Delta recently introduced BusinessElite U.S. service on transcontinental routes between JFK and Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. Delta’s premium cabin service, BusinessElite, features sleeper-style seats with five feet of legroom, a unique one-touch fully electronic state-of-the-art control system, plus upgraded amenities such as personal in-seat videos.

Delta's goal is to become the No. 1 airline in the eyes of its customers, flying passengers and cargo from anywhere to everywhere. People choose to fly Delta more often than any other airline in the world on 5,183 flights each day to 354 cities in 65 countries on Delta, Delta Express, Delta Shuttle, Delta Connection carriers, and Delta's Worldwide Partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance which provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services.

Terms and Conditions: Double miles: Double miles offer applies to tickets purchased in the Economy Class cabin for every non-stop segment flown between Los Angeles and Nagoya, Japan between April 1 and June 30, 2001. Triple miles offer applies to tickets purchased in the BusinessElite cabin for every non-stop segment flown between Los Angeles and Nagoya, Japan between April 1 and June 30, 2001. Economy Class offers exclude S, T and U classes. BusinessElite offer excludes I class. SkyMiles members in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean must pre-enroll in this offer by calling 888-558-3358 and entering code 1006. Other restrictions may apply. Unless otherwise noted, all standard Delta SkyMiles program rules and conditions apply. Bonus miles will automatically appear on statement within four to six weeks after qualifying Delta trip. SkyMiles members may also earn a bonus of 1,000 miles for a round trip or 500 miles each way for each Los Angeles-Nagoya ticket purchased online and flown. Online bonus miles offer is subject to change or withdrawal with 30 days advance notice.