Delta is to add a second daily flight between Heathrow and Atlanta from April, but as a result will drop its only remaining service from Gatwick.
The carrier has gradually decreased its services from Gatwick over the last few years, with flights to New York JFK being dropped in 2008 and Cincinnati services ceasing the following year (see online new.
The second daily flight from Heathrow will commence on April 18, operated by B767-400ER aircraft featuring 39 fully flat business class seats. Delta added that the flight would begin "shortly before" the opening of the new Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta.
Perry Cantarutti, Delta’s senior vice president – Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “The expansion of our Heathrow-Atlanta service is a great way to celebrate the new international terminal in Atlanta, which will provide a world-class facility for our customers."
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