FOR
MORE INFORMATION:
Carl
Olson
Phone
(309) 663-7384
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
New
Service to Minneapolis-St. Paul
Bloomington-Normal
to Minneapolis-St. Paul Begins June 4th
BLOOMINGTON
,
IL
(Friday, March 20, 2009)…Delta Airlines has announced new Northwest service
to Minneapolis-St. Paul from the Central Illinois Regional Airport at
Bloomington-Normal (BMI) beginning June 4, 2009.
At the same time Delta announced expanded jet service on Northwest to
Detroit (DTW) with the addition of a 6:50 a.m. jet departure to the
Motor
City
from Bloomington-Normal. The current Delta Connection schedule to
Atlanta
will see an increase in the number of seats available to central
Illinois
travelers as all five flights will now be operated with seventy seat jets.
The airline announced these new services as additions to accommodate
anticipated peak summer demand.
The new service to Minneapolis-St. Paul and the additional flight to
Detroit
will be flown on fifty seat Canadair Regional jets with the following schedule.
Updated Schedule:
To
Minneapolis-St.Paul
,
MN
:
Depart BMI
Arrive MSP
Frequency
7:00
AM
8:20 AM
Daily
Depart MSP
Arrive BMI
Frequency
6:40
PM
7:55 PM
Daily
To
Detroit
,
Michigan
:
Depart BMI
Arrive DTW
Frequency
6:50
AM
9:22 AM
Daily
Depart DTW
Arrive BMI
Frequency
7:07
PM
7:56 PM
Daily
With the merger in the fall of 2008 of Delta and Northwest airlines, the
combined carrier is now the largest airline in the world.
These new services to key connecting hubs for the new Delta-Northwest
will provide central
Illinois
travelers with exceptional eastbound, westbound and international connections.
“To receive this new
service under the current economic conditions is further evidence of the
strength of the
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
and the vitality of our community.” said Paul Harmon, Chairman of the
Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority.
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
at Bloomington-Normal completed another record
year in 2008. This was CIRA’s
sixth consecutive year of increases in passenger traffic and its third straight
year of record setting passenger numbers. Perfectly
positioned at the cross roads of Interstates 74, 55 and 39 to offer convenient
access to air travel, CIRA also offers the lowest average fares in central
Illinois and free automobile parking for its passengers.##