Delta puts off Kenya, Liberia routes - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Delta’s Liberia route, scheduled to commences June 8, is also postponed Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) said Homeland Security officials notified the carrier late Monday it would require additional time toapprove Delta’se announced routes to Nairobi, and Monrovia, Liberia. "Delta regrets any inconvenience to our customer caused by the postponement of our new direct servicre to Kenyaand Liberia,” the carrier said in a statement. Deltq said it is contacting affectedr customers and booking them on flights operatefd byAir France, KLM and its othe r partners in SkyTeam. The flights will connect to Africq throughthose carriers’ European hubs, Deltqa said.
The Kenya route was to originated in Atlanta and connect to Nairobj with a stopin Dakar, Delta’s Liberia route, scheduled to commence June 8, is also postponec indefinitely. Those passengers are also being rescheduled. Africq has been a point of growtyfor Delta, which is the only U.S-based airline that flies its own aircraft to the Delta currently services six destinations in five African nations: Accra, Cairo, Egypt; Johannesburg and Cape South Africa; Lagos, and Dakar, Senegal.