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Delta CEO Takes Shots at Boeing & Buttigieg, Teases New Long-Haul Routes & Delta One Lounges
In Minneapolis on Thursday, Delta didn't mince words about DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg while also hinting at new routes, partnerships, and lounges on the horizon.
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”After adding a nonstop to Atlanta (ATL) earlier this year, Scandinavian recently announced nonstop service between Seattle (SEA) and Copenhagen (CPH) will start next spring. Bastian thinks there’s room for more … including, perhaps, for Delta itself to start a route of its own from Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP).
“I know this community has deep ties to that region of the world. Undoubtedly, you're going to see Delta flying with (SAS's) support on the other side. We're excited about it,” Bastian said.
SAS itself has already suggested that they'll put Minneapolis on their map, swapping their current flights to the United hub of Washington, D.C.-Dulles (IAD) to Delta's Midwestern stronghold instead. But that route hasn't materialized just yet.
“I'm sure they're interested in adding service,” Bastian said. “We'll be very interested in our own service as well.”
Bastian reiterated his goal of pulling the airline into their transatlantic joint venture with Air France, KLM, and Virgin Atlantic – a critical move that would allow them to closely coordinate both flight schedules and airfare pricing.”
