Delta files to fly from Detroit to Sao Paulo

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) announced plans to introduce the first-ever nonstop flights between its Detroit Metropolitan Airport hub and Sao Paulo.

Delta has requested authorization from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to introduce two weekly flights between Detroit and Sao Paulo beginning November 4, 2010.  Delta already holds certain rights to operate Sao Paulo service, but requires DOT permission to fly from Detroit. The airline would operate the flights using 216-seat Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft with 35 seats in BusinessElite and 181 seats in Economy Class.

Brazil would be the latest addition to a long list of new services introduced from Detroit since Delta‘s merger with Northwest Airlines last year.  Other planned or recently launched nonstop routes from Detroit include:

  • Detroit to Shanghai, service expanded from five-times weekly to daily, beginning May 1
  • Detroit to Seoul-Incheon, new five-times weekly service beginning June 1
  • Detroit to Hong Kong, new five-times weekly service beginning June 2
  • Detroit to Rome, new daily summer seasonal service, first introduced in June 2009 and returningJune 1, 2010
  • Detroit to Tokyo-Haneda, planned daily service pending U.S. Department of Transportation approval