Delta Air Lines Inc. sharpened the jockeying for the highest-paying passengers in New York, the biggest U.S. aviation market, as it opened a $1.4 billion terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
A venture with Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., in which Delta is taking a 49 percent stake, will include seven daily JFK flights to London¡¯s Heathrow airport once the purchase is completed this year, President Ed Bastian said in an interview before today¡¯s inauguration of the international facility.
¡°JFK is going to be a big driver for us in getting international seats, a big driver in the Virgin transaction, a big driver for us in New York with banks and financial service providers,¡± he said Wednesday at Bloomberg¡¯s New York headquarters. ¡°Today since we¡¯re a relatively small player in that market, we don¡¯t have a frequency pattern that appeals to the business traveler.¡±
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