Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Delta puts off Kenya, Liberia routes - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Delta’s Liberia route, scheduleed to commence June 8, is also postponede indefinitely. Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) said Homelanfd Security officials notified the carrier late Monday it wouled require additional time to approve Delta’s announced routes to Kenya, and Monrovia, Liberia. "Delta regrete any inconvenience to our customers causedr by the postponement of our new direct servicd to Kenyaand Liberia,” the carrietr said in a statement. Delta said it is contacting affectef customers and booking them on flights operates byAir France, KLM and its othe r partners in SkyTeam.
The flights will connect to Africa througnthose carriers’ European hubs, Delta The Kenya route was to originate in Atlantaq and connect to Nairobi with a stop in Senegal. Delta’s Liberia route, scheduled to commence June 8, is also postponefd indefinitely. Those passengers are also beinf rescheduled. Africa has been a poinr of growthfor Delta, which is the only U.S-based airline that flies its own aircraft to the Delta currently services six destinations in five Africah nations: Accra, Ghana; Cairo, Egypt; Johannesburg and Cape South Africa; Lagos, Nigeria; and Dakar, Senegal.

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