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Delta Airlines upgrade Heathrow service
27th August 2009 Delta Air Lines have confirmed that all flights between London Heathrow and New York JFK have now been refitted with full lie flat beds in a significant expansion of their BusinessElite service.Delta Airlines will also begin to introduce it's BusinessElite service on transcontinental flights between Delta's JFK hub and Los Angeles and San Francisco.
With the expanded service, Delta will offer customers:
- Fully flat beds with 180 degrees of recline and 77 to 82 inches of legroom in the BusinessElite cabin of all flights between New York and London. The new seats are arranged in a one-two-one configuration, allowing each customer direct aisle access and enhanced privacy.
- Popular cradle-style seats with 150 degrees of recline and 55 inches of pitch in the BusinessElite cabin on all transcontinental flights between New York and San Francisco and Los Angeles. These seats are the same as Delta's business class offering on 757-200ER international flights and offer personal on-demand games, music and movies at every seat.
- Wireless Internet access for both business- and economy-class customers on all flights between New York and Los Angeles and San Francisco by the end of the year.
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