Delta has announced it is upping its transatlantic route offerings.
The airline will operate daily flights from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Rome, as well as six weekly flights from Detroit to Munich beginning May 26, 2016. The service will be operated in conjunction with Delta's joint venture partners Air France, KLM and Alitalia.
In all, Delta will offer five new routes across the Atlantic beginning next summer: Detroit to Munich; Minneapolis-St. Paul to Rome; New York-JFK to Edinburgh, Scotland; Salt Lake City to London-Heathrow; and Raleigh-Durham to Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
Detroit-Munich will be Delta's second daily flight between the U.S. and Munich, as well as the second daily flight between the Motor City and Germany. Delta serves four destinations in Germany – Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart. The flight will be operated using Boeing 767-400ER aircraft and will offer one-stop connecting service to Munich for many customers in destinations throughout the Midwest and Pacific Northwest.
Delta's Detroit to Munich schedule will operate as follows:
| Flight number | Departure | Arrival | Start Date |
| DL23 | Detroit at 9:55 p.m. | Munich at 12:25 p.m. (next day) | May 26, 2016 |
| DL22 | Munich at 12:30 p.m. | Detroit at 4 p.m. | May 27, 2016 |
Rome will be Delta's fifth long-haul international destination from Minneapolis-St. Paul and 10th peak-day flight between the U.S. and Italy in summer 2016. The flight will be operated using Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.
Delta's Minneapolis-St. Paul to Rome schedule will operate as follows:
| Flight number | Departure | Arrival | Start Date |
| DL90 | Minneapolis at 5:25 p.m. | Rome at 10 a.m. (next day) | May 26, 2016 |
| DL91 | Rome at 11:45 a.m. | Minneapolis at 3:45 p.m. | May 27, 2016 |
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