Delta plans Atlanta-Liberia route

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), the only U.S. network carrier to serve Africa, today announced it will expand its service to the African continent with the introduction of the first and only flight between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Monrovia's Roberts International Airport, Liberia*. The service, which will make a stop at Amilcar Cabral International Airport on Sal Island, Cape Verde*, will start in June, 2009.

Currently, Delta offers service between the United States and six African destinations with flights between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Accra, Ghana; Dakar, Senegal; Cairo, Egypt, and Cape Town in South Africa (via Dakar) and between Atlanta and Lagos, Nigeria, and Johannesburg, South Africa (via Dakar).

Delta's new service between Atlanta and Monrovia will be operated using a Boeing 757 aircraft with up to 174 seats in a two-cabin configuration -- 16 seats in Delta's award-winning BusinessElite service and 158 seats in economy class. Delta's BusinessElite service features all-leather sleeper seats, innovative food offerings from celebrity chef Michelle Bernstein and award-winning, original wine selections chosen by Delta's Master Sommelier Andrea Robinson. Economy class customers also benefit from new all-leather economy seats, amenity kits and enhanced food offerings.

Delta's service between Atlanta and Monrovia will operate once weekly as follows:

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FLIGHT              DEPARTS**                   ARRIVES**
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DL 214           Atlanta                     Sal Island, Cape Verde
                        at 3:10 p.m.                       at 2:15 a.m.
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DL 214        Sal Island, Cape Verde      Monrovia, Liberia
                        at 3:20 a.m.                      at 7:05 a.m.
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DL 215       Monrovia, Liberia          Sal Island, Cape Verde
                        at 8:10 a.m.                        at 9:55 a.m.
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DL 215          Sal Island, Cape Verde           Atlanta
                        at 11:25 a.m.                     at 5:15 p.m.
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*Subject to government approval.
** Schedule subject to change