Delta Airlines announces flight route to Cape Verde


US-based Delta Airlines announced this week that it will be adding fifteen new flight routes between the United States and Africa. The new measure will connect Sal’s Amílcar Cabral International Airport directly to the city of Atlanta, GA and is aimed at helping the company protect itself from the slowdown in the economic sector by way of new investments.

Delta Airlines recently finalized the acquisition of its competitor Northwest Airlines, thus creating the world’s largest airline. According to Reuters, American air companies have been forced to invest increasingly in international routes, which are more profitable than domestic flight paths.

The new destinations announced by Delta include Cape Verde, South Africa, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Senegal. The company has affirmed that the flights will begin operating next summer. Other routes are also expected to be announced between the United States and Japan, Sweden, Spain, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.

The connection to Cape Verde will take place through a stopover at Amílcar Cabral International Airport on the island of Sal. The final destination of the route will be Monrovia, Liberia, and is expected to begin operating in June of 2009.


15 / 11 / 2008
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