Vail is located 90 miles west of Denver, CO at Exit 146 on Interstate 70.
How To Get Here: Delta Air Lines
ATLANTA, July 6, 2000 -- Delta Air Lines will operate daily round-trip flights from Atlanta to Vail, Colorado, during the 2000-2001 ski season.
Service to Vail will begin December 22, 2000, and operate through March 31, 2001. All Delta flights to Vail will be aboard the 183-seat Boeing 757 aircraft. The B-757’s fully-automated flight management system permits all-weather, hands-off operations from departure to touchdown. This feature helps provide a smooth, more comfortable ride and produces many advantages for schedule reliability.
Delta’s seasonal service to Vail: FROM TO FLIGHT DEPARTS ARRIVES
Atlanta Vail 215 10:25 a.m. 12:00 Noon.
Vail Atlanta 214 1:00 p.m. 6:05 p.m.
Delta will offer Delta Vacations packages to Vail that include air transportation via Delta; hotel accommodations, including tax; and ground transportation consisting of airport transfers or an intermediate “skierized” rental car with unlimited mileage. Also included in the packages is one-day free equipment rental with paid rental of two or more days. For hotel accommodations, travelers have a choice of six carefully-selected properties across a full spectrum of pricing including the Vail Cascade, Vail Marriott and the Lodge at Vail. An optional Travel Protection Plan allows travelers to cancel their trips for whatever reason -- no snow, illness, poor weather or a sudden change of plans -- with the guarantee of a full refund of the package price.
In addition to the seasonal service to Vail, throughout the year, Delta operates daily nonstop service to Denver and Colorado Springs from its hubs in Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Dallas/Fort Worth and Cincinnati.
Delta’s goal is to become the #1 airline in the eyes of its customers, flying passengers and cargo from anywhere to everywhere. Passengers already choose to fly Delta more often than any other airline in the world, and the carrier was named “Best-Managed Major Airline” in 1999 by Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. Customers have access to a global network of 5,390 flights each day to 356 cities in 57 countries on Delta, Delta Express, Delta Shuttle, the Delta Connection carriers and Delta's Worldwide Partners. For more information, visit Delta at Delta Air Lines.