Delta to fly daily from LA to Beijing
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Delta Air Lines will expand its Chinese operations later this year with the launch of a new direct daily flight between Los Angeles and Beijing.
Commencing on 16 December 2016, the new route will mark the US airline’s fifth direct route from LAX to Asia Pacific, following its existing services to Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo’s two airports – Haneda and Narita. The airline also flies direct to Beijing from Detroit and Seattle.
Delta will operate the new route using a 291-seat, three-class Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, and Beijing-bound passengers will also be able to connect to cities across China, such as Chengdu, Shenyang, Qingdao, Xian and Hangzhou, with Delta’s SkyTeam alliance partners.
“Delta’s new non-stop service to Beijing continues our expansion in China, providing our business customers with access to Beijing and beyond through our partnerships with the market’s leading carriers, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines,” said Ranjan Goswami, Delta’s vice president of sales – west.
“This is an important route for customers who will enjoy the investments we’ve made to upgrade Delta’s airport facilities, onboard service, full flat-bed seats with direct aisle access in Delta One, Wi-Fi and… in-flight entertainment.”
The new services will depart LAX every day at 1230 and arrive at Beijing’s Capital International Airport at 1745 the next day. The return flights will then take off at 1930 and land back in LAX at 1545 the same day. The flight time is approximately 12-13 hours.
Currently, only Air China offers direct flights between Beijing and LAX.
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