Jun 19, 2008 6:09 am US/Pacific
Delta Cuts 13 Percent Of LAX Flights
LOS ANGELES
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With the cutbacks, passengers can expect higher fares and fewer travel options, particularly to Mexico and other Latin American destinations, it was reported.
CBS
Struggling with high fuel costs, Delta Air Lines plans to slash about 13 percent of its flights at LAX, including nonstop service to Boston, Hartford, Conn., and Columbus, Ohio, it was reported on Thursday.
The cuts by Delta, the fourth-largest carrier at the airport, would be the deepest so far at LAX, which had managed to escape the brunt of an industrywide move to ground flights to cope with escalating fuel prices, according to reports.
With the cutbacks, passengers can expect higher fares and fewer travel options, particularly to Mexico and other Latin American destinations, it was reported.
In all, Delta plans to end service on nine routes from LAX, including to several cities in Mexico, starting in late August.
Although the airline has not publicly disclosed the route cuts, local managers and airport officials were notified of the changes this week, it was reported.
A Delta spokesman couldn't confirm all of the routes that would be cut but said they were part of an overall company effort to cut domestic flights by 13 percent, according to reports in The Times.
For Delta, the cutbacks would in effect end the Atlanta-based carrier's plans to expand at LAX and make the region's largest airport one of its major hubs.
Other cities Delta cut from its LAX schedule this year include Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Ixtapa, Mexico. It also suspended plans to launch a nonstop service to Washington's Dulles International Airport from LAX.
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