Delta Air Lines is to add a daily service from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Paris from 2 June, 2008. It will be flown in conjunction with SkyTeam partner Air France and operated by a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft seating up to 214 passengers, with a flight time of around 11 hours.
It is also the only non-stop service operated by a US carrier between the western US and Paris.
”We are pleased to respond to customers” growing demand for international travel with Delta”s first transatlantic flight that will connect the western US to Europe and beyond through the international gateway in Paris,” said new Delta president and CFO, Ed Bastian.
Delta points out that customers visiting Salt Lake City will have access to some of the US” best skiing, hiking and mountain biking. Salt Lake City itself only has a population of nearly 200,000 but the metropolitan area supports an estimated one million people; it is the home of the Mormon religion.
The new route is also expected to offer up to five tons of cargo lift in each direction. From Paris, the top shipments will include cosmetics, fashion garments and wine, while Salt Lake City”s chief exports will be machine parts, computers and information technology equipment.