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Flights from London Heathrow To Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York-JFK launched by Air France and Delta Air Lines

Airline Industry Information, March 31, 2008

Air France and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) have announced that, under a joint venture partnership, they are to launch three new trans-Atlantic routes under the new EU-US Open Skies Agreement.

The airline said that, effective today (31 March), they will operate daily nonstop flights between London-Heathrow and Los Angeles-LAX, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and twice-daily flights to New York-JFK.

The LAX flights are to be operated by Air France, whilst the JFK and Atlanta flights will be operated by Delta.

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Under the terms of the agreement the airlines will share revenues and costs on flights operated by both carriers between London-Heathrow and the US and on flights between Air France's Paris-CDG and Lyon hubs and Delta's Atlanta, New York - JFK, Cincinnati and Salt Lake City hubs.

The agreement will be extended by 2010 to all Air France and Delta operated trans-Atlantic flights between Europe and the Mediterranean and North America, as well as all flights between Los Angeles and Tahiti.

In addition Delta will operate seven services out of Gatwick, Manchester and Edinburgh to US gateways on a codeshare basis with Air France.

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Flights from London Heathrow To Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York-JFK launched by Air France and Delta Air Lines

Airline Industry Information, March 31, 2008

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