Delta Airlines

Delta Airlines has confirmed that it will be reducing its Atlanta-Mumbai nonstop flights from the current daily frequency to 5 times a week effective March 29th. DL will continue to operate this route using a Boeing 777-200LR and is likely to maintain this reduced frequency on a permanent basis rather than to rivert back to daily flights from the on set of the IATA Winter 09-10 timetable.

DL too has announced a number of significant capacity changes for current Northwest Airlines and its own operated flights across their long haul network that it will come into effect from June 1st. The most significant ones are the capacity reduction to Mumbai, India from NW's AMS hub as well as the launch of new daily flights via NRT-Tokyo to SGN-Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Flights to SGN will be flown from NRT nonstop on a daily basis using a B 757-200.

The other main highlights are as follows:

AMS/BOM - capacity reduced from daily A 332 to daily B 763ER.

DTW/LHR - capacity reduced from daily A 333 to daily B 763ER.

JFK/ATH - capacity increased from daily B 763ER to daily A 333.

MSP/CDG - capacity reduced from daily A 333 to daily B 763ER.

EWR/AMS - capacity reduced to daily B 763ER from daily A 333.

JFK/VCE - capacity increased from daily B 763ER to daily A 333.

ATL/AMS - capacity increased from daily B 764ER to daily A 333.

ATL/LGW - capacity increased from daily B 763ER to daily A 333.

ATL/MUC - capacity increased from daily B 763ER to daily B 764ER.