OREANDA-NEWS.  Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) announced a significant upgrade to its service between Brasilia and Atlanta with the introduction of full flat-bed seats in the BusinessElite cabin, starting on Oct. 26, 2014. The full flat-bed seats have a 180є recline and an oversized personal entertainment screens allowing travelers to increase productivity, rest and experience the audio video on demand inflight entertainment system.

“The switch from 757-200 to the widebody 767-300 underscores our commitment to the Brasilia market to bring our customers a superior travel experience, and maintain our growth with an additional 22 percent capacity increase,” said Luciano Macagno, Deltaґs director for Brazil. “Delta is now the only airline with daily service on widebody aircraft linking the U.S. to Brasilia, and offering connections to 99 percent of Brazilian and U.S. customer demand between the countries through our strategic partnership with GOL.”

The Boeing 767-300 aircraft has a total of 26 seats on BusinessElite, offering an increase in seating capacity of 66 percent, a 16 percent growth in Economy Comfort and a 35 percent on the Economy class capacity.

“Delta is working to become the best U.S. airline in Latin America and the Caribbean, and we listen to our frequent business travelers who have stated that the flat-beds are a must. The new BusinessElite flat-bed seats have direct aisle access and give customers more privacy to work or rest on their way to and from Brasilia,” added Macagno.