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November 7, 2002, 10:01 AM
DAL, which is spending $400 million to build a new terminal at Logan International Airport, plans to announce today that it will begin seasonal Boston-Rome service next spring.
The flights will run from May 1 through September, according to aviation officials. Rome will mark the third international destination that Delta has attempted to fly to from Boston. The Atlanta carrier, which is the third-largest US airline, and the largest at Logan, halted Boston-London Gatwick service after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, sent the airline industry into a financial freefall from which it has yet to recover.
Prior to the attacks, Delta had said it would start Boston-Paris service last April, but the airline has yet to fly that route, relying instead on its joint marketing partner Air France to cover the route.
Delta sells tickets on the two daily Air France Boston-Paris flights as if it were a Delta flight.
The Boston-Rome service will use Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, the staple of Delta's North Atlantic operations.
Delta's new terminal -- on the former Terminal A -- is not expected to open until 2005. Airline executives have said Delta will fly to several international destinations from Boston when the terminal opens.
Boston is the largest city on the Eastern Seaboard without nonstop service to Rome. Alitalia, the Italian national airline, offers daily service from Boston to Milan.
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The flights will run from May 1 through September, according to aviation officials. Rome will mark the third international destination that Delta has attempted to fly to from Boston. The Atlanta carrier, which is the third-largest US airline, and the largest at Logan, halted Boston-London Gatwick service after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, sent the airline industry into a financial freefall from which it has yet to recover.
Prior to the attacks, Delta had said it would start Boston-Paris service last April, but the airline has yet to fly that route, relying instead on its joint marketing partner Air France to cover the route.
Delta sells tickets on the two daily Air France Boston-Paris flights as if it were a Delta flight.
The Boston-Rome service will use Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, the staple of Delta's North Atlantic operations.
Delta's new terminal -- on the former Terminal A -- is not expected to open until 2005. Airline executives have said Delta will fly to several international destinations from Boston when the terminal opens.
Boston is the largest city on the Eastern Seaboard without nonstop service to Rome. Alitalia, the Italian national airline, offers daily service from Boston to Milan.
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