17, Delta operates seven weekly nonstop flights from both Atlanta and Cape Town, in addition to the airline's existing daily service from Atlanta to Johannesburg, both on Delta's flagship A350 aircraft. The expanded Cape Town service represents a 67% increase in capacity to South Africa over last year.
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Delta has offered direct flights between Atlanta and Johannesburg since 2016, but from 18 December it will be expanding its direct service with three weekly direct flights between Atlanta and Cape Town.
The basics of Delta's Cape Town service plansThe 8,130-mile flight will be operated eastbound on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and westbound on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
The nonstop Atlanta-Cape Town service commences December 17 and will operate on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays using the Airbus A350-900. The service from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) departs at 8:50 p.m. and arrives in CPT at 6:15 p.m. the next day.
United Airlines launched a new nonstop, year-round service between its Washington/Dulles hub and Cape Town. United's new flight from Cape Town is the first-ever nonstop service between Washington and South Africa's legislative capital, Cape Town.
The nonstop Atlanta-Cape Town route on Airbus A350-900 jets will operate three days a week, while the triangle route operates four times a week. Delta in 2020 submitted an application to serve Cape Town via Johannesburg, but initially ran into challenges getting approval from South Africa's government.
Currently, the bragging rights for the longest flight in the world belong to Singapore Airlines' New York City to Singapore route. Its longest flight path, which connects Singapore's Changi Airport with New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, 9,585 miles away, takes 18 hours and 40 minutes.
Sept. 22, 2023, 9:30 a.m. The latest lineup bolsters Delta's nonstop connections from its Atlanta hub to cities in the U.S. West. The airline will also launch a new Dallas-Seattle route and resume some additional flying from Salt Lake City and Detroit.
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