Delta Expands Africa Presence With First-Ever Flight Between Atlanta and Monrovia, Liberia
This is the headline in the news release and you can click this title to go to the whole article.
Although many will be glad to see a direct flight into West Africa ‘in general’ to Liberia without passing thru Brussels or some part of the UK…It comes late to us Mercy Ship’ers. Our presence (for now) ends at the end of this year after first starting outreach in the beginning of 2005 and repeatedly coming back.
Another thing I might point out in the article is that this flight is once a week AND it doesn’t really start til JUNE 2009…so hold on to your money and keep checking to make sure this ‘deal’ is going to get ‘off the ground’ (pun intended).
But for all intents and purposes it looks like it will cut the flight down to 12 hours instead of the the usual layovers and stops in Europe bringing it to almost 24 hours (of course with these numbers keep in mind actual layover and flying time, not your time changes or differences). That in itself will be JOY to so many of us.
ATLANTA, Oct. 22, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), the only U.S. network carrier to serve Africa, today announced it will expand its service to the African continent with the introduction of the first and only flight between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Monrovia’s Roberts International Airport, Liberia*. The service, which will make a stop at Amilcar Cabral International Airport on Sal Island, Cape Verde*, will start in June, 2009.
I am sure this will help enhance Liberia’s business structure as it opens an even broader ‘convenience’ of accessibility to their country.
Below is a sample of what the ‘ticket’ flight will look like:
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FLIGHT DEPARTS** ARRIVES**
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DL 214 Atlanta Sal Island, Cape Verde
at 3:10 p.m. at 2:15 a.m.
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DL 214 Sal Island, Cape Verde Monrovia, Liberia
at 3:20 a.m. at 7:05 a.m.
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DL 215 Monrovia, Liberia Sal Island, Cape Verde
at 8:10 a.m. at 9:55 a.m.
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DL 215 Sal Island, Cape Verde Atlanta
at 11:25 a.m. at 5:15 p.m.
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*Subject to government approval.
** Schedule subject to change
Hurray for Liberia, the world is opening up to her!
