OREANDA-NEWS. Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has filed for regulatory approval to offer new non-stop flights between Orlando, Florida, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, beginning Dec. 19, 2015. Delta expects to serve the two cities with four (4) weekly flights.  The airline's strategic alliance with GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes extends the reach of this service to 20 interior Brazil destinations and provides seamless connections at Guarulhos International Airport.
"In keeping with our goal of being the best U.S. airline in Latin America and the Caribbean, we continuously listen to our customers and strive to offer them increasingly convenient ways to travel for business or leisure," said Nicolas Ferri, Delta's vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean.  "It is exciting to have the opportunity to offer a direct flight four times per week and to offer customers the reach of GOL's network with 600 weekly codeshare flights to Brazil's interior.  Delta's continued expansion of routes important to Latin American customers demonstrates our commitment to the region and propels us toward meeting our goal."

The proposed service would be operated using a Boeing 767-300 aircraft, with 35 seats in Delta One, 32 seats in Delta Comfort+ and 143 seats in the Main Cabin.

Delta's proposed schedule between Orlando (MCO) and Sao Paulo (GRU) is as follows:

Flight Number

Departs

Arrives

Frequency

Effective

DL 59

Orlando (MCO) at 9:50
p.m.

Sao Paulo (GRU) at 9:50 a.m.

4 times per week

Monday, Tuesday,

Thursday, Saturday

Dec. 19, 2015

DL 58

Sao Paulo (GRU) at 11:25 p.m.

Orlando (MCO) at 5:35 a.m.

4 times per week

Monday, Wednesday,

Friday, Sunday

Dec. 20, 2015