Boston, MA 06/04/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Airline company, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) announced that it could witness 7% growth in passenger unit revenue while the just concluded month of May. The company has also launched a new Seattle service to Seoul.
May Air Traffic
The company disclosed that its main hub New York, Atlanta, and Seattle provided the necessary strength to its domestic routes that translated into gains in revenue during the month of May by recording 7.0% more consolidated passenger unit revenue. It has also recorded 99.9% monthly completion factor and 84.4% on-time arrival rate in May.
The airline operator is estimating $2.93 – $2.98 fuel price per gallon on an adjusted basis during the period of June quarter.
Launch of Seoul Route
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) said that it had launched a new non-stop service to Seoul in South Korea from Seattle in Washington. This is fourth non-stop service of international route that has been added from Seattle – Tacoma International Airport in a space of 12 months. This included Shanghai – Pudong, London – Heathrow, and Tokyo – Haneda.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) disclosed that its Seoul flight would function by a 210-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, which has Business Elite segment with 35 full-flat bed seats, Economy Comfort in 32 seats, and 143 Economy class seats. It has claimed that it is the only service provider to present full flat-bed seats. On each long-haul international flight, it will have direct aisle access in Business Elite from Seattle apart from Economy Comfort seating beside entertainment on demand in each seat right through the aircraft.
Management Speaks
Commenting on the launch of Seoul route, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) vice president – Seattle Mike Medeiros said that this is an important addition in its fast expanding global footprint for both corporate as well as leisure customers. He also said that Seattle is geographically well positioned to optimize traffic connection to all the key destinations in Asia that are prominent commercial centers in the area.
