Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-223 N851NW (msn 609) NRT (Michael B. Ing), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) will add an eighth destination to its growing Africa route network on January 20, 2011 between the United States and Luanda, Angola. Flights will operate three times per week with 243-seat Airbus A330-200 aircraft flying between Delta’s hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Luanda with an intermediate stop in Dakar, Senegal.

Delta also is working with TAAG Angolan Airlines for TAAG to codeshare on the flights at a future date.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Airbus A330-223 N851NW (msn 609) prepares to land at Tokyo (Narita).