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Sept. 3, 2009
Vickie Pleus, APR, CPRC
Community Information ManagerDelta and community celebrate carrier's 30 years at DBIA Sept. 8
It was 1979 when the announcements were made: Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister, Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan, and the Garfield comic strip had its first run. And Sept. 8 of that year, Delta Air Lines Inc. commenced daily scheduled passenger service between Daytona Beach Regional Airport and Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport.
Thirty years later, at noon Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, Volusia County Council members, Daytona Beach International Airport (DBIA) officials, Delta Air Lines representatives, and the public will celebrate Delta’s three decades of service at DBIA.
“Delta has been a steadfast partner with our airport, Volusia County and the East Central Florida region for all these years, never wavering in its commitment to our travelers,” said County Chair Frank Bruno, who is planning to proclaim Sept. 8 as “Delta Air Lines Day” in Volusia County. “In an industry with so many ups and downs, so many failed plans and course changes, we are overjoyed to be celebrating Delta’s dedication to our community next Tuesday. We look forward to the next 30 years of partnership.”
The celebration will take place in the ticketing lobby on the DBIA ground floor and will be marked by free refreshments, free parking all day in the airport’s lots, door prizes and a Delta Air Lines’ ticket giveaway of two round-trip coach tickets to anywhere in the contiguous United States. People can enter to win the free Delta tickets by completing entry forms available in the airport and returning them to the first-floor information desk by 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Passengers on the 6 and 7 a.m. Delta flights departing from DBIA also will be treated with breakfast at the gate, compliments of Delta Air Lines and the airport. A water salute will mark the 6 a.m. flight departure as well.
Learn more about Delta’s round-trip service from DBIA to Atlanta, and its hundreds of connections around the world at
www.flydaytonafirst.com or www.delta.com.back to airport home page
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